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PRESS CALL for 7.30am Monday 7th August

Australian Dental Association < 1 mins read

PRESS CALL for 7.30am, Monday 7 August

 

Event: Launch of the new Oral Health Messages for Australia – A National Consensus Statement

The 11-point oral health charter includes new recommendations and approaches for Australian healthcare providers, consumers and policymakers on vaping, flossing, alcohol consumption, mouthguard use and the age a child should have their first visit to the dentist.

Who: Launched by Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon. Ged Kearney MP, Chair of the Senate Select Committee into Dental Services Senator Jordon Steele-John, and Australian Dental Association Federal President Dr Stephen Liew. Also expected to attend are Federal MPs and representatives from other peak health bodies.

 

When: 7.30am to 9.30am, Monday 7th August, for the start of Dental Health

Week (7-13th), the Australian Dental Association’s (ADA) annual oral health campaign.

 

Where: Parliament House, Canberra - the Dame Dorothy Tangney Alcove. Breakfast available.

 

For more information / media RSVP: ADA Media Advisor Jenny Barlass

0484 869 086 or [email protected].

 

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