The team have had a busy few months raising much needed funds and awareness for charity.
We think that they looked funny in red noses, pretty in jeans and mellow in yellow!
Such a great effort was put in by all and we would like to thank all of our Patients and the local Muswellbrook community for their support.
Sam and Tiarne have been down to the Australian Dental Association in Sydney, learning how to Implementing sterile procedures at The Happy Tooth.
Training topics included;
The girls can now assist the practitioner and/or assistant to master the skills required to efficiently scrub-up, drape, assist or perform oral surgery in a safe environment and follow set surgical protocol.
They say that time flies when your having fun, did you know we have been open In the Muswellbrook community for four years now!!
What a fun night out we had celebrating our 4th birthday and the farewell or our much loved Dentist, Dr Julia Tarnay.
Julia is off to travel the world before heading back to her home town in Victoria. We wish her and her partner Brooke all the best and safe travels.
A big thank you to Goldfish Bar and Kitchen for putting on such a member able occasion. If you are looking for a venue for your next event, be sure to have a look at their website;
https://www.thegoldfish.com.au/
Staff members training
Nervous, anxious and wriggly Patients can continue to rest at ease whilst in our qualified and trained staff's care! The team attended a Nitrous oxide - Happy Gas course with Dr Michael Walker
About Dr Walker - Dr Michael Walker is a Dental Board Approved Sedation Practitioner and is the external examiner for the Intravenous Sedation course at the University of Sydney.
Be sure to ask us about Happy Gas at your next Dental Appointment.
Staff members: Aleisha and Tiarne with their Mouthgurds and certificates
Mouthguards can protect you from some serious sporting injuries, such as broken jaws, fractured, cracked or knocked-out teeth, cut lips and tongues. You can play any sport with a mouthguard, you don’t just have to be playing obvious contact sports like rugby union, rugby league, AFL, hockey, etc to sustain those kinds of injuries. Even non-contact sports like cricket, basketball and even netball, carry a real risk of accidental collision, resulting in dental trauma.
If you have braces it is highly recommended to wear a mouthguard to avoid grazes or serious injuries to the lip, cheek and tongue.
Our staff have recently completed a training course – Modern Mouthguards presented by Dr Brett Dorney. This hands on practical course will ensure that your mouthguard is made with special moulding techniques to minimise impact.
About Dr Dorney;
Dr Dorney has been awarded fellowships from The Academy for Sports Dentistry, the International College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International and has also been lecturing for 20years in Australia and overseas on Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Dental Injuries.
Aleisha and Tiarne with Dr Brett Dorney
Tiarne making a mouthguard
There will be something a bit different at your next appointment, The Happy Tooth Muswellbrook has updated our uniforms!
Thank you to our uniform models: Tiarne, Katrina and Laura.
Practice Coordinators Shannon and Caitlin attended Goodstart Early Learning's open day.
The girls handed out Fairy Floss and Oral Health Promotional show bags to all that attended.
It’s always a pleasure attending these events in our community. A big shout out to the hard working team in the Muswellbrook center, who allow parents to leave there kids in a safe and nurturing environment whilst they are at work.
The team had a wonderful time interacting with the Muswellbrook community at this years show. They were busy handing out Free Oral Health show bags and managed to seek in some time with our cute,fluffy and scaly friends from Oakvale Farm and Fauna World.
A big thank you to every one who stopped to say hi and we look forward to seeing you all at the 2019 show.
We have teamed up with Cube and Google to invite you to have a look at our Practice via Google street view.
Belinda and Caitlin headed off on a life changing experience to Nepal in 2017. They worked with Project Yeti as Dental Aid for two weeks at the Kopan Monastery.
During their time at the Monastery; the girls got to experience the Buddhist religion, strict routine for the Monks and the Monastic lifestyle. The girls are very thankful to all the Patients at The Happy Tooth, the Muswellbrook local community/business and Dr David Ward and Dr Alexys Ward, that made generous donations to help get them there.
“Real happiness in life starts when you begin to cherish others.”
About Project Yeti
The Project was founded in 2012 by Dr George Manos and his wife Helen. Dr Manos and Helen aimed to provide dental care and oral health education in Kathmandu. The clinic is within the Kopan Monastery which is near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Want to help? Dental Operators and trained support staff are highly sort after.
Muswellbrook we have your local team colours *subject to availability
Mouthgurads will be Health Fund ONLY (meaning no out of pocket expense) or a fixed price for the period of 1/2/18 - 30/3/18.
To avoid disappointment, be sure to book an appointment on (02)6541 1111 during this period!
*For fixed price, please contact the surgery on (02)6541 1111
Team members Katrina, Shannon, Tiarne Laura and our helper Brad
The team have been busy reminding the community about the overall health benefits of flossing their teeth, through the sales of Fairy Floss.
The idea is encourage people to remember that flossing is just as important as brushing your teeth! The surfaces between our teeth -where they touch, is the most common area where tooth decay starts.
At each fete we sold Fairy Floss to customers, they also received a bag of goodies which contained; a toothbrush, toothpaste, Oral Health Information and most importantly Dental FLOSS!
All funds raised by the sale of the Fairy Floss were donated to the Schools.
We would like to thank St James Primary School and Muswellbrook South Public School for inviting us out to their fetes on 22 October and 3 November.
Do you have an event coming up, would you like The Happy Tooth to come along? Call us today on (02)6541 1111.
Helper Brad with team members Katrina and Samantha.
Samantha - the Floss Boss and Nikki
Proud staff members with their Certificates
Medical emergencies in the Dental practice is something we all wish to be prepared for.
Every year Cynergex Group come out to The Happy Tooth and provides Medical Emergency training.
This ensures that all of our Dentists and support staff are up to date and prepared for any Medical Emergency that may arise.
Staff members photographed with "The Muswellbrook Cup"
A fun night was had by all at the Muswellbrook Race Club, Gold Sponsors Gala dinner.
Thank you to Muswellbrook RSL club for hosting a memorable event.
The draw for the 2017-2018 year of racing was carried out with the team walking away with the honor of sponsoring the Ladies Day event.
We hope to see you all down at the track!
Practice Coordinators, Katrina and Shannon with Dental Assistant Samantha
2017 Winner Megan Budd
On Saturday 16th of September 2017, the team attended the 2017 The Dental Assistants' Professional Association conference, held at the International Convention Centre Sydney - ICC Sydney.
Megan was nominated for The Vern-Barnett Award for Excellence in Dental Assisting by Dr David Ward and was crowned the winner by a selection of Dentists, Mrs Vern-Barnett and industry peers from the Dental Assistants Professional Association.
What does the award stand for?
Nominations had to meet a selection criteria;
Influence a student
Volunteered to help the underserved
Organised continuing education courses
Developed procedures to improve the workplace
Be an exceptional mentor for staff or made your workplace a better environment in which to operate
We would like to congratulate Megan on her achievements.
We would like to congratulate all our "Happy Teams" on an outstanding effort, on an off the field.
Muswellbrook Women's League Tag - Under 14's
Muswellbrook Jnr Netball - The Happy Tooth Fairies
Muswellbrook Mixed Touch Football Team - The Happy Tooth Hurricanes
Expressions School of Dance
Wishing you all the best for the finals..... go Happy Tooth!
Whilst away he participated in an Advanced Surgical Course in Miami (5/5 -8/5) before heading off to Columbia (9/5-14/5) to learn Surgical procedures such as Lateral Sinus Lift, Block Graft and Soft Tissue Grafts.
We now look forward to now providing these services to Patients that require them.
A little more about his trip.....
In Miami and Columbia it was all work and no play with a short trip to Miami Beach, which he described as a bigger version of the Gold Coast.
He fell in love with Spanish language and the Columbian culture and is now trying to learn Spanish - but it is not going to well.
One day soon he hopes to return to Columbia for a proper holiday with his family.
Mouthguards can protect you from some serious sporting injuries, such as broken jaws, fractured, cracked or knocked-out teeth, cut lips and tongues. You can play any sport with a mouthguard, you don’t just have to be playing obvious contact sports like rugby union, rugby league, AFL, hockey, etc to sustain those kinds of injuries. Even non-contact sports like cricket, basketball and even netball, carry a real risk of accidental collision, resulting in dental trauma.
If you have braces it is highly recommended to wear a mouthguard to avoid grazes or serious injuries to the lip, cheek and tongue.
Our staff have recently completed a training course – Modern Mouthguards presented by Dr Brett Dorney. This hands on practical course will ensure that your mouthguard is made with special moulding techniques to minimise impact.
About Dr Dorney;
Dr Dorney has been awarded fellowships from The Academy for Sports Dentistry, the International College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International and has also been lecturing for 20years in Australia and overseas on Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Dental Injuries.
The team have been sharpening their photography skills. Together with 1122 Corp our staff participated in a Clinical Photography course.
This course will assist us to provide the best clinical photos for all our Orthodontic, Cosmetic and General Dentistry.
Clinical photography is the daily recording of clinical conditions presented by patients and is used for diagnosis or for recording a condition during the stages of treatment. At The Happy Tooth clinical photos are taken at each orthodontic appointment review every 2 – 4 weeks to see the progress of the patient’s treatment.
Stephanie, Belinda and Megan headed off on a life changing experience to Nepal. They worked with Project Yeti as Dental Aid for two weeks at the Kopan Monastery.
During their time at the Monastery; the girls got to experience the Buddhist religion, strict routine for the Monks and the Monastic lifestyle.
The girls are very thankful to all the Patients at The Happy Tooth, the Muswellbrook local community/business and Dr Alexys Ward, that made generous donations to help get them there.
“Real happiness in life starts when you begin to cherish others.”
The Project was founded in 2012 by Dr George Manos and his wife Helen. Dr Manos and Helen aimed to provide dental care and oral health education in Kathmandu. The clinic is within the Kopan Monastery which is near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Dental Operators and trained support staff are highly sort after. If you wish to volunteer with Project Yeti, please refer to their web site; http://www.projectyeti.org/volunteering
The Happy Tooth Muswellbrook is a modern dental practice, providing dental services to all areas of the Upper Hunter Valley including Muswellbrook, Denman, Merriwa, Aberdeen and Scone.
We offer a full range of treatment options. In addition to general Dentistry we have available tooth whitening, cosmetic dentistry and dental implants, together with general preventative care programs.
We realise that our patients lead very busy lives so we have extended our trading hours.
Monday – Thurs: 8am – 6.30pm
Friday: 8am – 4.30pm
The Happy Tooth
87 Bridge Street,
Muswellbrook, NSW 2333
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