18^th Asia-Pacific Dental and Oral Care Congress November 21-23, 2016 Melbourne, Australia

Garth D Pettit graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in November 1953 from University of Adelaide, School of Dentistry. He was retired from dental practice in December 1991. His expertise he gathered over a period since 1995 is to teach people of all ages how to prevent common oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum diseases, bad breath and stained teeth. However his research in 2001, led him to believe that the 500 year old instruction Brush Your Teeth was misleading, often did not prevent these diseases and in fact could be a cause of these diseases. In February 2011 he published, in Amazon Kindle, twelve eBooks. Two were new and ten were from electronic copies of his original 10 Mouth Wise Oral HealthCare Manuals. They were titled “Oral 7 Hygiene – Paint Your Mouth, “Visit 1 of 12 Visits to GarGarThe Dentist”, etc. Later they were re-titled “Paint Your Mouth”, then “How Do I Look After My Kids Teeth?” Now they are to be published under the title “Teaching Oral Disease Prevention”.

Dentistry

Jamie completed his BDS (Adelaide)degree in 1979. Continued to rewrite the frontiers of dentistry in Practice Managment and dental business practices over a long productive career.

• Practice Management ; • 1st Practice in Australia to win the government Small Business Awards • 40% Overhead Practice; • On how to work the 6 month year; • How to retire in 4 years from dentistry; • How to increase clinical productivity by 40 % in a month ; • How to grow a dental practice 6 fold in 7 months; • How to totally dominate organic searches for all key words; • Social media domination and the 18,000 like Face book; • Pareto Principle and delegation • Part of Australia’s premier Dental business group

Harry Marget graduated from the University of Adelaide dental school in 1972 and at that time he completed a short training program at the dental school on how to finish certain procedures. On December 25 of the same year he moved to Melbourne and took a position working seven days a week at a conservative dental practice in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. There it was required that the dentist perform all procedures including molar endodontics, molar surgery, and crown and bridge. After a two year training program in Endodontics at the University of Melbourne, he ventured off on considerable overseas trips to learn from Masters in dental procedures from as far afield as the United Kingdom, the United States, and South America to India, South Africa and Israel. Between 1974 and 1994, he opened no less than three dental practices from scratch and built them up to $3 million dollar business. After 3 to 5 years he sold them off at a considerable profit. In each and every case, careful selection of the type of procedures offered, staffing recruitment, training and business management, were the key elements to the success. Since that time he has operated the one dental practice in the family suburb of East Bentleigh, building it up to comprise of 10 surgeries. Currently with a professional clinical roster of 10 general dentists, 3 dentists specialising in oral surgery and implantology, periodontics and orthodontics respectively, 4 hygienists and oral therapists and a resident anaesthetist, he boasts one of the bigger dental practices in Victoria.

Dental Practice

Bruce himself has over 50 years 'hands-on' experience in business, and was CEO of a multimillion-dollar company with a staff of 65. Recognising that every big business once started out as a small business Bruce founded the New Zealand National Business Institute and created the best practice "Business Builder" program. Bruce has written a number of business and marketing manuals for the Professional practices of Lawyers, Accountants, Doctors and for Dentists he added a professional business education manual ‘How to Build a High Profit Dental Practice’ In 2009 a career change saw Bruce establish New Zealand’s largest Associate network of Professional Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Clinics and in 2011 he was appointed the first President of the "New Zealand Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Association"​ (NZCTWA) who are the self-regulatory trade group representing both Dentists and Non Dentists of the Appearance Enhancement Industry and is recognised by the NZ Ministry of Health. Realising that Non Dentist Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Practitioners would always be part of the Dental and Appearance Enhancement Landscape, New Zealand has taken an Integration approach that focuses upon Professional Training and Practitioner Registration. Subsequently, Bruce together with input from Dental experts developed the NZCTWA Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Practitioner Training Program and Registered Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Practitioners scheme that is believed to be a World first. Today Bruce Forlong is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s foremost authorities for Cosmetic Teeth Whitening and is the Practitioner Training and Compliance Executive of New Zealand Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Association (NZCTWA).

Teeth Whitening

Baek Il Kim is presently working as Vice Dean for Research Affairs, Professor and Chair for the Department of Preventive Dentistry & Public Oral Health,Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Republic of Korea

1. Development of new technology for early detection of oral disease (QLF technology, Cariview etc)
2. Dental application of nano-materials and natural extracts (Nano carbonate apatite, Xanthorrizol)
3. Development of new technology to evaluate the masticatory function (Mixing ability index, Food intake ability index)

Teeth Whitening, Cosmetic Dentistry

James L Ratcliff is Chairman and CEO of Rowpar Pharmaceuticals, Scottsdale, AZ, makers of the ClōSYS and Dentists’ Choice brands of oral care products. Prior to assuming his current role, he was Professor and senior Scientist at the Center for Higher Education at the Pennsylvania State University (1990-2000), Professor of higher education at the Iowa State University (1979-1989), President of Performance Associates Consultants (1976 to present), Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University (1977-1978) and Assistant Professor, Washington State University (1975-77). He is author of over two dozen books and over hundred articles and has consulted with universities, research centers and higher education agencies on six continents. He is co-inventor with Elena Young of a patent application entitled, “Method for prevention and treatment of oral fungal infections”.

Dentistry

Carolyn S Dean is the author of ‘Fully booked – Dental marketing secrets for a full appointment book’ and is the Managing Director at ‘My Dental Marketing’. Carolyn is a widely known seminar speaker and dental marketing consultant working extensively with dental professionals. Carolyn has over 21 years experience in sales and marketing, working with some of the largest global IT organisations in the UK, USA, Europe, South Africa, Asia and Australia. Over the last 10 years she has specialised in the area of the dental, medical and health care profession. Carolyn is Managing Director at My Dental Marketing award winning specialist in marketing services and website design for dental, medical and healthcare professionals. They currently manage a portfolio of over 300 practices. They provide marketing solutions solely in the dental and medical space. As a consequence Carolyn has gained a deep understanding of this profession’s problems and pain points.

Dental Marketing

Dr. Mahyunah Dato' Masud is working as a Deputy Dean (Student Affairs & Alumni) and Assoc. Professor of Periodontology at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She has 38 years of experience in Dentistry and 30 years in Periodontology

Dentistry, Periodontology

Professor Ilknur Tanboga was born in Eskişehir/Turkey in 1950. She received phD from Hacettepe University, Dentistry Faculty, Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Tanboga became a Professor of Paediatric Dentistry at Marmara University in 1994. She served as the Dean of The Marmara University, Faculty of Dentistry between 2007-2010. She is the Chair of the Association of Turkish Pediatric Dentistry. Since 1988, has been the Head of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry in Marmara University. She is dedicated to postgraduate education to qualified dentists on a wide range of subjects. She has numerous articles published in the area of special needs children and many topics. Prof Tanboga has been active in national and international Associations in Special Care in Dentistry and has made an enormous contribution to the process of having Special Care recognised as a specialty in Turkey.

Laser and Ozone therapy in pediatric dentistry, temporomandibular disorders in children, child abuse and neglect, genetic researches in dental caries, medically- physically-intellectually compromised children.