Australasian Dentist Magazine March-April 2023

Con ten t s 74 26 18 50 36 56 74 2 People 6 News 11 Innovations 28 Products 40 Profile 44 Cover Story 46 Events 56 Clinical 56 Part 5: The a-z of aligner attachments – what to use, when and why 60 Oral anxiolysis /sedation a new course: Certificate in Patient Care 62 Management of impacted teeth 70 The discussion aesthetic dentists need to have with their patients 72 A membrane is not a just membrane 74 Margin Call 82 Why every cosmetic practitioner should be using the ATP approach 84 Clinical Case Report of Misused Implant Componentry: Part 1 – Clarification of Definitions regarding Screw-Retained and Cement-Retained Prostheses 88 COMPLEX FACIAL ASYMMETRY: A Digital Approach to Corrective Jaw Surgery. 90 Aesthetic management of enamel hypoplasia induced by primary teeth avulsion – case report of a young adult 94 Implant placement with no bone to implant contact: innovative techniques and materials 98 Part 1: ‘Full Counselling’ during ‘Full Occlusal Therapy’ with case studies for habit modification, sleep posture analysis and instructions for delivering a splint to manage TMDs. 104 Tooth wear and the role of gastric acid 108 Aquisitions 110 Software 112 Is there life after Dental Practice ownership 114 Best Practices Q&A 116 Labs 119 Columnists 124 Finance 128 Retailing 129 Gamma Talk: Radiation Safety 130 Reality Bites 132 The Full Complement The Australasian Dentist publication has been independently audited under the AMAA's CAB Total Distribution Audit. Audit Period to June 2020 12,835 Publisher Great Australian Publishing PO Box 4230 Black Rock, Vic 3193 Amos Lang – Managing Editor Founding editor & publisher of Australasian Dentist and Implant Dentistry Today; editor and journalist. B.A. (Writing Majors) Advertising Tel: 03 9502 0792 Mobile: 0402 405 279 Editorial, subscription and mailing enquiries Tel: 03 9502 0792 Email: gapmagazines@gmail.com PO Box 4230 Black Rock, Vic 3193 Material submitted: While every care is taken with solicited and unsolicited materials supplied for consideration and/or publication, neither the editor nor the publisher accept any liability for loss or damage however caused. The Publisher, Great Australian Publishing, accepts no responsibility for views expressed within supplied material. ©Copyright. This publication is copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the publisher. Clinical Editors Dr Michael Stubbs B.D.Sc (Adel), M.D.S(Adel), M.D.Sc (Melb), F.R.A.C.D.S. Assoc/Professor Oral Medicine Latrobe University Consultant Oral Medicine Specialist Dr Geoffrey Hall Specialist orthodontist; teaching general dentists in the area of orthodontics, both nationally and internationally Director, BDSc (Melb) Cert Orth (Uni of Penn) MRACDS (Orth) Founder and Director of Complete Aligner Planning Service (C.A.P.S ) Feature writer Danny Chan

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