Author: Derek

What is vaping?

Vaping laws are changing in Australia.  From the 1st of October 2021 consumers will require a prescription to purchase nicotine vaping products in Australia or import them from overseas.  So, what is vaping? Why should we be cautious of it? And what impact can it have on our oral health?  'Vaping' is the act of inhaling the

Don’t toss the floss!

It only takes 2 minutes a day.  So why is daily flossing such a big hurdle to overcome?  Let's be honest, it's an annoying chore.  One we are required to perform at often inconvenient times of the day.  It's not especially easy to complete and seems to make little difference to how our mouth functions on a day to day basis.Â

Keeping COVID-19 Safe at Medland Dental

We are looking forward to seeing you soon! Great work Brisbane! Following the three-day Greater Brisbane lockdown dental practices have been advised that we can return to Level 1 restrictions. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, dental practices in Australia have been working under different levels of restrictions. Level

Keeping COVID-19 Safe at Medland Dental – Greater Brisbane Lockdown

As you are aware, the Greater Brisbane area is going into a three-day lockdown from 5pm this afternoon, Monday 29 March. With community transmission in the Greater Brisbane region and the declaration by the Chief Health Officer of the greater Brisbane region as a hotspot, the Australian Dental Association has recommended that de

Keeping COVID-19 Safe at Medland Dental

We are looking forward to seeing you soon! Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, dental practices in Australia have been working under different levels of restrictions. Dental practices in Queensland are currently operating under Level 1 restrictions. This means that Medland Dental can provide our patients with the full

Important information about return to full operations

We are looking forward to seeing you soon!   We are very pleased to advise that in accordance with a lifting of government restrictions, from today, Monday 11 May, Medland Dental will return to providing our patients with our full range of treatment and services. We would like to thank all of our patients for their un

Dental Treatment Restrictions Eased

Important information about changes to operational restrictions We would like to thank all of our patients for their understanding during the period of Level 3 restrictions on dental practices. We have been genuinely touched by everyone's kind words and messages of support during these challenging times. We understand that Lev

COVID-19 and Dentistry Update

The COVID-19 virus is understandably causing concern in the community and within the Medland Family. We know that many of you are deeply affected by the pandemic and the flow-on effects, and are facing challenges unprecedented in most of our lifetimes.Since our last communication, the COVID-19 outbreak has continued to spread, a

Important Information about COVID-19

The COVID-19 virus is understandably causing concern in the community and within the Medland Family.As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread and the situation regarding management and containment evolves, Medland Dental is closely following the advice from Queensland Health, the Department of Health, the World Health Organis

Across the latest developments in Dentistry

When not practising Dentistry, our clinicians regularly attend courses and lectures to remain abreast of developments in the industry. As a patient, it may be unclear what type of professional development a Dentist or Oral Health Therapist might undertake, so we have listed below some of the training our clinicians have complete