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

2.2.8 Community Oral Health Promotion: Teeth Whitening [Bleaching] by Persons Other Than Dental Practitioners - Aug 2022

2.2.9 Community Oral Health Promotion: Body Modifications and Dentistry (previously was Oral Piercing) - Nov 2023

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

2.3.3 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Older People (previously was Aged Persons) - Nov 2019

2.3.4 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Individuals in Remote Areas -Nov 2023

2.3.5 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians - Aug 2020

2.3.6 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups : Individuals With Disabilities - July 2024

2.3.7 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Individuals Unable to Visit Dental Clinics - Aug 2023

2.3.8 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Special Groups: Infants and Pre-School Children - Nov 2021

2.4 Research - Nov 2023

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

2.7.3 Delivery of Oral Health Care: Facilities: Dental General Anaesthesia Procedure Facilities - Aug 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

3.2 Dentists - Nov 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

5.13 Complementary or alternative therapy associated with Dental Practice (previously was Negative Licensing in Dental Practice) - Mar 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

6.10 Oral Cancer - March 2023

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

6.26 Dental Fees - Nov 2023

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