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Rise of Tooth Whitening Kiosks is Next

The Australian Dental Association supports the AMA’s stance to stop the partnership between a pharmacy chain and nurse practitioners to open 150 walk-in clinics which the AMA states will pose a serious threat to the quality and safety of health care in Australia. We see a parallel here with the proliferation of tooth whitening clinics being established on street corners and shopping centres. Just as a nurse practitioner plus a pharmacist does not equal a doctor, a tooth whitening kiosk operator does not equal a dentist. Currently the issue of bleaching by others than dental practitioners is before the courts. The new National Registration Scheme must ensure such operators are clearly rendered illegal and unable to practise. Click here for more details.

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