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Dental Protection Australia

Dental Protection

The Dental Protection Australia podcast channel discusses the key and current dentolegal risks and issues affecting dental practitioners across Australia. The Dental Protection advisory team provide helpful advice and guidance on how to steer clear of dentolegal risks, assisting you to provide safe and high quality dental care for your patients. RiskBites provides short, bite sized guidance for some of the issues impacting the profession right now.

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32:08

RiskBites - Ahpra’s new guidance for health...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/09/07

With the new guidelines for health practitioners who advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures coming into effect on the 2nd of September 2025, now is the perfect time to review and reflect upon some of the changes. In this episode of RiskBites Dr Simon Parsons and Dr Colm Harney, dentolegal consultants at Dental Protection discuss the key aspects of this guidance in addition to teasing out some of the important changes in store for practitioners.

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19:43

RiskBites - Ahpra's new guidance for Health...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/08/31

In our April edition of risk bites pertaining to Cosmetics in Dentistry, Dr Colm Harney flagged the intention of Ahpra to release new resources and guidelines for registered practitioners undertaking and advertising non-surgical cosmetic procedures.Well, that time is upon us and as of the 2nd of September 2025 the new guidelines will come into effect. Listen is as Colm steps through the key points of interest, in linear order of appearance in the document, so we would encourage you to grab your

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22:35

RiskBites: Navigating Ahpra's Advertising Guidance

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/08/17

Advertising clinical procedures can be a minefield, largely due to the rapid adoption of social media by many and the unintended consequences that have arisen from this. In this episode of RiskBites Dr Simon Parsons speaks with fellow dentolegal consultant Dr Kiran Keshwara about the Ahpra guidance and Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service. However, it’s important to note that this guidance will be supplemented with ‘The guidance for registered health practitioners who perform

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80:49

RiskMatters - An in depth and personal discussion...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/08/03

In this episode of RiskMatters, Senior dentolegal consultant Dr Annalene Weston speaks with Dr Kaejenn Tchia, Dentist, ADA president for Northern Territory, Entrepreneur, Motivational Coach and founder of ‘The Limitless Dentist. Listen in as Kaejenn graciously shares his passion for supporting and collaborating with fellow dental professionals. Additionally, he aims to shine a light on the challenges faced by new graduates and raise awareness of mental health within the dental profession by openly

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8:57

RiskBites - Shared care and scope of practice in...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/07/20

Sharing care is second nature to most of us, it’s embedded in how we practise, because dental care is never delivered in isolation. Yet while collaborative care may feel intuitive, it’s underpinned by clearly defined principles set out in our shared Code of Conduct and scope of practice guidelines.These frameworks outline the professional standards we are expected to uphold, and they become critical reference points if care outcomes are ever called into question.Join Senior Dentolegal Consultant Dr

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22:21

RiskBites: Independent practice – Who’s driving the bus?

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/07/06

Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienist and Oral Health Therapists continue to receive the highest proportion of complaints related to scope of practice which is likely a reflection of how these roles have evolved over time, often leading to confusion, misunderstanding or lack of awareness.In this episode of RiskBites, Dr Annalene Weston speaks with Mrs Kristin Trafford-Wiezel, a case manager at Dental Protection and OHT, about the changes that have shaped these roles, what they mean for the profession

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20:02

CaseMatters - Cant you just put it back?

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/06/15

CaseMatters is a podcast series designed to create a shared experience where all points of view are explored. In this episode we find out what can happen when a patient who has very strong views about their treatment needs attends a multi-practitioner practice and selectively takes on advice that supports and aligns with his beliefs, choosing to ignore the advice that doesn’t.

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66:02

RiskMatters - An interview with Dr Trudy Lin -...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/06/01

In this episode of RiskMatters, Dr Annalene Weston from Dental Protection speaks with Dr Trudy Lin. Trudy’s accolades are many and in this podcast, she shares her personal journey into general practice and later special needs dentistry, as well as providing some guiding principles for the inclusion of specials needs care, in general practice. In addition to her impressive dental career, Trudy is also a mindset coach so listen in as Annalene and Trudy discuss her ‘other passion’, which is engaging,

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32:33

RiskBites - Dental Histories

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/05/18

At Dental Protection we often talk about ‘stranger danger’ and the issues that can arise when treating strangers or new patients. However, it goes without saying that treating new patients is an unavoidable occurrence in our daily practice.In this episode of RiskBites titled Dental Histories, Dr Annalene Weston and Dr Simon Parsons outline a multi-step approach for treating ‘new’ patients that can be easily applied to your practice and will enable you to successfully manage their care from the first

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44:31

RiskMatters - Guest interview – Thrive at work

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/05/06

In this edition, Dr Annalene Weston, Senior Dentolegal Consultant based in the Brisbane Office takes with A/Prof Jo Yarker and Marleen Reinke about their recently completed research into practitioner wellness. This research was funded by the MPS Foundation.The MPS Foundation is a global, not-for-profit, research initiative, dedicated to improving patient safety, reducing risk, and enhancing the wellbeing of all healthcare professionals. The Foundation supports research relevant to public and private

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19:50

Risk Bites: Cosmetic Dentistry

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/04/20

In this episode of Riskbites, Senior Dentolegal advisor Dr Annalene Weston and Dr Colm Harney from Dental Protection discuss an area of practice that is under particular scrutiny at the moment by the regulator which is ‘cosmetic dentistry’. Although the existing guidelines about this area of practice are still under consultation, there has been a declared focus on “reforming the regulation of registered health practitioners who work in the non-surgical cosmetic procedures sector in Australia to

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9:22

Risk Bites: The Second Victim and the Second Arrow

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/04/06

When an adverse outcome occurs or treatment does not go to plan, our patients are often recognised as the only victim in these situations. But are they? In this episode of RiskBites, Senior Dentolegal consultant Dr Annalene Weston explores the concept of the second victim, and its correlation with the Buddhists parable of the second arrow.Annalene goes on to explain how this teaching essentially encompasses everything that a dentolegal consultant strives to impart when assisting members with a

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25:23

RiskBites: Uber and Audits

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/03/23

Uber, Audits and dentistry and interesting concept. In this episode of RiskBites Senior Dentolegal consultant Dr Annalene Weston quizzes Dr Colm Harney about the title of this podcast and asks the obvious question ‘what does a ride-hailing service have in common with third party payment audits in dentistry.’Colm shares his thoughts and goes on to identify common reference points utilised by private Health Funds and Medicare to determine:whether a claim is acceptable andwhy an audit may occur in the

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29:22

RiskMatters: International Women’s day - A...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/03/06

In recognition of International Women’s Day, Senior dentolegal consultant Dr Annalene Weston interviews our CEO of Medical Protection Society, Karen Miller. Karen has been and continues to be an inspirational leader to many women and men and in this episode of RiskMatters, Karen shares the highs, lows and lessons learnt in her illustrious career as well as what International Women’s Day means to her.

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34:28

RiskBites: Starting a New Job

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/02/23

It’s often incredibly challenging to know if you’re making the right decision when changing jobs or even starting in a new position for the very first time. Is this going to be the right choice for me? Am I doing the right thing if I have some doubts about the new role?In this episode of RiskBites Dr Annalene Weston and Dr Simon Parsons, dentolegal consultants at Dental protection explore some of the issues faced by practitioners contemplating a new role or perhaps start their own practice.

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26:35

RiskBites: Word from the Wise

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/02/09

In this episode of RiskMatters Dr Roger Dennet speaks with Dr Ralph Kelsey who has a long and storied career in dentistry. Ralph provides Dentolegal reports to support Dental Protection members and bespoke programs of education for those members who fall foul of Ahpra. Listen in as Roger and Ralph discuss a number of topics sent in by some of our young members, imparting some sage and salient advice.

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23:46

CaseMatters: I’ll make sure everyone knows

Dental Protection Australia ·

2025/01/26

As we know communication is key and when things don’t go to plan or as we expected the consequences can be surprising, unkind and unfair. But regardless of this there is always two sides or more, to every story.In this episode of CaseMatters, the practitioner, practice and patient all have their own account and interpretation of their appointments, their discussions, expectations and time together. Listen in to hear the differing perspectives, that ended in a disgruntled patient and an emotive,

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7:45

Riskbites: We all need a feel-good story

Dental Protection Australia ·

2024/12/07

This year we’ve shared many podcasts that have identified areas of risk and shared information, moments and cases that we can all learn from. For our last podcast of 2024, we wanted to flip our focus and share a feel-good story, reminding us that not all complaints end badly.Too often we can focus on the negative but prior to the year's end we hope that you can each take some time to reflect on, acknowledge and celebrate some of your triumphs and successes, be it professionally, personally or both

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37:51

RiskMatters: E/Prof Laurie Walsh – Changes to...

Dental Protection Australia ·

2024/11/23

In this episode of RiskMatters, Senior Dento-legal Dr Annalene Weston speaks with Emeritus Professor Laurie Walsh about the recent changes to the Infection control guidance, namely the replacement of the Standard 4815 with AS 5369 – Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and other devices in health and non-health related facilities, as well as the subsequent updating of the ADA infection control guidance. Their discussion goes on to include additional topics about AI’s role in infection control

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9:34

Riskbites: The Elasticity of Truth

Dental Protection Australia ·

2024/11/09

Is truth linked to fact? Is it a rigid and fixed construct or is it moveable, expanding and contracting like a rubber band. In many ways truth can be subjective and is often seated in an individual’s perception of the facts, what they have experienced, what they believe they have experienced and what they want to believe they have experienced. Unfortunately, when perceptions of truth don’t align, it can it result in practitioners bearing the brunt of a very unhappy patient. In this episode of

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