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With a team of experienced experts, DAN provides timely support, helping you make informed decisions and minimise clinical risks in your practice. Our service is designed to give you peace of mind, knowing that expert guidance is always at your fingertips.

Joining the DAN family means you’ll have access to year-round expert advice and engaging webinars. For less than the cost of many one-day CPD events, you’ll gain access to valuable insights and resources for an entire year that keep you ahead in an ever-changing dental landscape. Empower your practice with the support you need to deliver the best patient care—join DAN today and never face challenging decisions alone.

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Vision

To support every dentist, hygienist and therapist by providing the expert advice they need to treat patients competently and safely.

Mission

To give dental professionals direct access to Australia’s leading brain trust of experts and resources to solve clinical problems fast and reduce the risk of mistakes.
Why DAN

Expert guidance, always at your fingertips

With a team of experienced experts, DAN provides timely support, helping you make informed decisions and minimise clinical risks in your practice. Our service is designed to give you peace of mind.

Joining the DAN family means you'll have access to year-round expert advice and engaging webinars. For less than the cost of many one-day CPD events, you'll gain access to valuable insights and resources for an entire year that keep you ahead in an ever-changing dental landscape. Empower your practice with the support you need to deliver the best patient care. Join DAN today and never face challenging decisions alone.

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Meet our experts

Specialists across therapeutics, surgery, paediatrics, oral medicine and more, ready to back your clinical decisions.

Emeritus Prof Laurie Walsh AOClinician-scientist

Emeritus Prof Laurie Walsh AO

A widely recognised dental clinician-scientist, Laurie has made extensive contributions to dentistry.Read bio
Dr Kar Mun ChanPaediatric Dentistry

Dr Kar Mun Chan

Dr Chan obtained her BDS from Sydney Uni and her MDS in Paediatric Dentistry from Hong Kong Uni.Read bio
Dr Trudy LinSpecial Needs Dentistry

Dr Trudy Lin

A Specialist in Special Needs Dentistry with over a decade of experience in both the public and private sector.Read bio
Assoc Prof Geraldine Moses AMDental Therapeutics

Assoc Prof Geraldine Moses AM

Clinical and drug information pharmacist, one of Australia's leading dental therapeutics experts.Read bio
Dr Rod MarshallPeriodontics

Dr Rod Marshall

A periodontist in Brisbane who has lectured extensively throughout Australia and internationally.Read bio
Dr Manu AyerAnaesthesia

Dr Manu Ayer

A highly skilled specialist anaesthetist experienced in treating dental patients.Read bio
Prof Ian Meyers OAMResearch and Education

Prof Ian Meyers OAM

A dentist with over forty years of experience in dental research, education and clinical dentistry.Read bio
Dr Amanda Phoon NguyenOral Medicine

Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen

One of Australia's most well-known and respected oral medicine specialists.Read bio
Dr Omar IkramEndodontics

Dr Omar Ikram

An endodontic specialist who has a passion for teaching and is well known for his social media tips.Read bio
Dr Dayea OhOral and Maxillofacial Radiology

Dr Dayea Oh

Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist and Senior Lecturer at The University of Western Australia.Read bio
Dr Steven ParkerLA, Sedation and Oral Surgery

Dr Steven Parker

A dentist with nearly 40 years of experience, particularly in the fields of LA, sedation and oral surgery.Read bio
Dr Brett TaylorRestorative Dentistry

Dr Brett Taylor

An experienced general dentist with multidisciplinary and complex restorative skills.Read bio
Dr Melissa WarrenPaediatric Dentistry

Dr Melissa Warren

Specialist Paediatric Dentist and Clinical Lecturer at The University of Sydney, UNSW and Charles Sturt University.Read bio
Dr Michael MandikosProsthodontics

Dr Michael Mandikos

A registered specialist in Prosthodontics with advanced training in restorative and implant dentistry.Read bio

Vision

To support every dentist, hygienist and therapist by providing the expert advice they need to treat patients competently and safely.

Mission

To give dental professionals direct access to Australia's leading brain trust of experts and resources to solve clinical problems fast and reduce the risk of mistakes.

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Risk Factors Around Dental Caries in Children and Young Adults

3 Part Mini-Series

This addition to the DAN journal club shows how one research question can be tackled using quite different approaches, with each of those having its own strengths and weaknesses. This provides an insight into the point that every type of study comes with a particular lens that it applies, which influences the interpretation of its findings.

The 3 videos explore risk factors around dental caries in children and young adults. The papers used are all recent open access papers from the Journal of Dental Research. Each video runs for 20-30 minutes.

The first study uses data from a longitudinal Australian study to make predictions about the impact of dietary sugar restrictions on caries in children. The second study is from the UK, and explores the impact of the UK sugar tax on sugar-sweetened soft drinks in terms of reductions in hospitalisations for GA treatment of severe caries in children and young adults. Third study is from the USA, and uses "big data" from the US NHANES study and AI tools to look into the impact of social disadvantage on caries risk.

Risk factors around dental caries in children and young adults

Part 1

Risk factors around dental caries in children and young adults

Part 2

Risk factors around dental caries in children and young adults

Part 3

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