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Address given by Stephen Boxhall in Hobart on 13th Oct, 2007 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the passage of the Tasmanian Legislation that enabled dental technicians to work directly with the public.
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Reports of Interest
· United Kingdom -
  Announcement of General Dental Diploma, May 06
· Ireland - Competition in Professional Services
· South Africa - Dental Scandal (Article)
· South Africa - What is the Controversy? (Article)
· CDTA - The Politics of Denturism (Article)


Presentation to National Denturist Association (May 2005) and Australian Dental Prosthetists Association (August 2005)
Extrapolated text of a presentation made by Gerry Hansen, Chief Executive of the International Federation of Denturism to the National Denturist Association (US, May 2005) and the Australian Dental Prosthetists Association (Sydney, August 2005). Permission is granted for members of the IFD to use the text and accompanying PowerPoint presentation. NOTE: No significant revisions to the facts of the presentation can be made without consultation with the IFD.

Sydney Powerpoint Presentation (3.3MB PPT)
Sydney Presentation accompanying text (133KB PDF)


DENTURIST ASSOCIATIONS

Statements of opinion and supposed fact contained in the following websites do not necessarily express the views of the International Federation of Denturists, its Officers, Directors or appointed staff, and do not imply endorsement of any opinion, product or service.

These links do not include websites of private practitioners or clinics.

Arizona Denturist Society
http://www.lmtcommunications.com/

Association des denturologistes du Québec
www.adq-qc.com

Australian Dental Prosthetists Association
www.adpa.com.au

Clinical Dental Technicians Association (UK)
www.cdta.org.uk

Denturist Association of British Columbia
www.denturist.bc.ca

Denturist Association of Canada
www.denturist.org

Denturist Association of Manitoba
www.denturistmb.org

Denturist Association of Ontario
www.dao.on.ca

Denturist Association of Saskatchewan
www.saskdenturists.ca

Landsforeiningen Af Kliniske Tandteknikere (LKT)
Denmark Denturist Association
www.lkt.dk

Malta Dental Technologists Association
www.mdta.cjb.net

National Denturist Association (US)
www.nationaldenturist.com

Oregon State Denturist Association
www.ordenturist.org

Organisatie van Nederlandse Tandprothetici (ONT)
Netherlands Denturist Association
www.ont.nl

Erikoishammasteknikkoliitto Ry
Union of Denturists in Finland
www.erikoishammasteknikkoliitto.fi

Washington Denturists Association
www.wadenturist.com

OTHER DENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Dental Association
www.cda-adc.ca

Federation of European and International Dental Laboratory Owners
www.feppd.org

General Dental Council (UK)
www.gdc-uk.org

National Association of Dental Laboratories
http://www.nadl.org/what_s_new.shtml

United States Dental Boards
http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/sdb_contacts.asp

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark
http://www.au.dk/index.jsp

Bates Technical College, Tacoma, Washington, United States
http://www.gbrownc.on.ca/Marketing/FTCal/hsci/S101.html

Collège Edouard-Montpetit, Longueil, Québec, Canada
www.college-em.qc.ca

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.gbrownc.on.ca/Marketing/FTCal/hsci/S101.html

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
http://www.gbrownc.on.ca/Marketing/FTCal/hsci/S101.html

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
http://www.rmit.edu.au/programs/

Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
www.vcc.ca

ARTICLES AND OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

Agape Center listing of Dental Organizations
http://www.theagapecenter.com/Organizations/Dental

American Denturist Advocacy Council
http://www.usdenturist.com/index.htm

Peter Meeds, Chairman of the Clinical Dental Technicians Association gives an overview of the new PCD legislation (Vital Journal, British Dental Association)
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/dynapage.taf?file=/vital/journal/v1/n4/full/vital163.html

"Who's making you smile?", Albert Esses, President, College of Denturists of Ontario, October 2004
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2004/08/c1421.html

Cooperation and competition between dentists and denturists in Finland.
Tuominen R., Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland. Risto.Tuominen@Helsinki.Fi, March 2002

Clinical quality of removable dentures provided by dentists, denturists and laboratory technicians.
Tuominen R., Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. risto.tuominen@helsinki.fi, April 2003 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12020122&dopt=Abstract

Dentistry Resources
http://www.n-e-x-u-s.com/dentistry/index.html

Denture Wearers Action Group
http://www.frontiernet.net/~dwag/DENTURE-DENTURISTS.html

European Parliament
www.europarl.eu.int

International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage Kentucky Legislature - A Study of Denturitry, 1998
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/lrcpubs/RR292.pdf

Lab Management for Today Magazine
http://www.lmtcommunications.com/

Non-Insured Health Benefits (Indian and Inuit of Canada), Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/nihb/

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Conversions of Weights and Measures
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

MSN Maps & Directions
http://mappoint.msn.com/(444fvgeyajmhdi55avupbv45)/Home.aspx

Translation
http://world.altavista.com

World Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Daniel Léveillé
Finds: From a presentation at the 6th World Symposium on Denturism