Dental Protection Australia

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.

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, insightful and relevant to us all, as practitioners and people.   3.27 - Special needs dentistry 4.48 - Risk management strategies when looking after patients who have specialist needs 7.15 - The relevance of renal conditions 8.54 - Role of GDPs in the management of patients with special needs 10.48 - Reaching out to special need specialists 12.48 - Specialists special training pathways 15.50 - Why Trudy became a specialist 16.50 - Impact of self limiting beliefs 20.30 - Mindset and leadership coaching 21.44 - What is a belief? 23.44 - How Trudy become a mindset coach 27.25 - Safe Failure 32.33 - Who benefits from having a mindset coach? 38.00 - (Self) perception 39.50 - Support and Ahpra's view 44.40 - Techniques - reframing 51.00 - Techniques - awesome and brain dumps 54.45 - Techniques - Self-care and wellness 56.15 - Loading 101.05 - How burnout fits in and saying no https://extramiledental.com.au/about/

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 encounter.

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 healthcare in both primary and secondary care settings, outpatient practices, and dental care and is committed to investing in research, analysis, education, and training. Thriving in private practice [https://www.thempsfoundation.org/our-research/article/thriving-in-private-practice] Preventative wellbeing intervention for dentists | Affinity Health at Work [https://www.affinityhealthatwork.com/preventative-wellbeing] The MPS Foundation [https://www.thempsfoundation.org/]

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 improve practice and standards, improve public safety, and provide opportunities for more informed consumer choice.” Listen in to Annalene and Colm to find out more.