Policy Statement Index
Administration & Governance
1.1 Establishing Policy - Aug 2022
1.6 Equal Opportunity & Workplace Diversity - Nov 2021
National Oral Health
2.1 National Oral Health - Nov 2023
2.2.1 Community Oral Health Promotion: Fluoride Use - Nov 2022
2.2.2 Community Oral Health Promotion: Diet and Nutrition - Nov 2023
2.2.3 Community Oral Health Promotion: Oral Hygiene - Mar 2022
2.2.4 Community Oral Health Promotion: Tobacco - Aug 2022
2.2.5 Prevention & Management of Oral Injuries - April 2024
2.2.6 Community Oral Health Promotion: Elective Overseas Dental Treatment - Nov 2023
2.2.7 Community Oral Health Promotion: Emergency Overseas Dental Treatment - April 2021
2.2.10 Direct to Consumer and Do It Yourself Dentistry - Nov 2022
2.2.11 Community Oral Health Promotion: Vaping – Aug 2023
2.2.12 Community Oral Health Promotion: Betel Nut Use - Aug 2023
2.3.1 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Children - Aug 2021
2.3.2 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Adolescents and Young Adults - Nov 2023
2.3.4 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Individuals in Remote Areas -Nov 2023
2.3.6 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups : Individuals With Disabilities - July 2024
2.3.8 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Infants and Pre-School Children - Nov 2021
2.5.1 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Funding - Nov 2023
2.7.1 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Facilities: Dental Hospitals - Aug 2022
2.7.2 Delivery of Oral Health: Facilities: Hospital Dental Units - Nov 2023
2.7.4 Mobile Dental Services - Aug 2021
2.8 Non-communicable Diseases - Aug 2023
2.9 Oral and Systemic Disease -Aug 2023
2.10 Oral Health and the Social Determinants of Health - Nov 2023
2.11 Community Oral Health Promotion: Dental Volunteers -Mar 2022
2.12 Abuse and Violence Victims and Dentistry - Aug 2021
2.13 Ankyloglossia and Oral Frena - Mar 2022
Dental Workforce, Education & Training
3.1 Dental Workforce & Education - Aug 2021
3.4 Specialist Dentists - Mar 2022
3.5 Areas of Practice Adjunctive to Dentistry - Nov 2021
3.6 Higher Education Funding for the Dental Workforce [under review] - Nov 2019
3.7 Vocational Education and Training for Allied Dental Personnel - Nov 2023
3.8 Overseas Qualified Dentists - Aug 2023
3.9 Recency of Practice - Nov 2021
3.10 Clinical Practice Placements - April 2021
3.12 Benefits of Defined Health Professions - Aug 2022
3.14 Role of Non-Dental Practitioners in Oral Health - April 2021
3.16 Collaborative Practice - Aug 2022
3.17 Dental Student Graduation Declaration - Aug 2022
Professional Development
4.1 Continuing Professional Development - Aug 2023
4.2 Sponsored Continuing Professional Development Activities - Jun 2023
Third Parties
5.1 Dentistry and Third Parties - April 2021
5.2 The Australian Schedule of Dental Services & Glossary - Nov 2021
5.3 Practice Ownership - Aug 2020
5.4 Complaints Resolution - Aug 2021
5.5 Funding Agencies - April 2021
5.6 Dental Industry - Aug 2023
5.7 Professional Indemnity - Nov 2021
5.8 Dental Acts, the National Law and Boards - Mar 2022
5.9 Dental Accreditation Authority - Nov 2022
5.10 Dental Practice Accreditation - Nov 2022
5.11 Credentialing for Hospital Practice - Aug 2021
5.12 The Relationship between Dentists and the Pharmaceutical Industry - Nov 2022
5.16 Informed Financial Consent - July 2024
5.17 Dental Records - Nov 2023
5.18 Dentistry, Privacy and Confidentiality - April 2021
5.19 Assessments, Expert Opinions and Reports for Third Parties - Nov 2022
Dental Practice
6.1 Infection Control - Aug 2023
6.2 Clinical Governance - July 2024
6.3 Dental Health Care Workers [Incl. Student] and Blood-borne Viruses - Aug 2022
6.4 Management of Impaired Dental Practitioners - Nov 2021
6.5 Professional Boundaries - Nov 2022
6.7 Use of Dental Appliances to Treat Sleep-Disordered Breathing - April 2021
6.8 Evidence-based Dentistry - April 2021
6.9 Advertising in Dentistry - Mar 2022
6.12 Medical Devices in Dentistry - Mar 2022
6.13 Partnering for Better Health - Dentists and Patients - Aug 2021
6.14 Radiation Safety - Nov 2022
6.15 Dental Informatics and Digital Health - Aug 2022
6.16 Forensics in Dentistry - Nov 2021
6.17 Conscious Sedation in Dentistry - April 2020
6.18 Safety of Dental Amalgam - March 2023
6.19 Minimal Intervention Dentistry - April 2021
6.20 Social Responsibility - Nov 2023
6.21 Dentistry and Environmental Sustainability - Aug 2023
6.22 Dento-Maxillofacial Cone Beam Computed Tomography - Aug 2021
6.23 Prescribing Medications in Dentistry - Nov 2023
6.24 Social Media and Dentistry - Nov 2023
6.25 Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice - Aug 2022
6.27 Bisphenol-A in Dental Restorative Materials - April 2021
6.28 Telehealth & Virtual Care in Dentistry - July 2024
6.29 Laser Safety in Dentistry - March 2023
6.30 Neurotoxins and Dermal Fillers in Dentistry - Aug 2021
6.31 Salivary Diagnostics - April 2021
6.32 General Anaesthesia in Dentistry - Aug 2023
6.33 Relative Analgesia - Nov 2022
6.34 Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry - Nov 2023
Representation, Affiliation & Recognition
7.1 International Representation - Nov 2023