Open Wide: Oral Health in the Bush

Open Wide: Oral Health in the Bush is a new Rural Health Education Foundation television program which explores the special circumstances faced by people living in rural and remote areas where the dental workforce shortage is particularly acute. It highlights the need for expanded primary health care services, including preventive approaches to good oral health, and broad-based oral health promotion activities. It looks at strategies to improve access to services in rural and remote Australia, and to refine the referral pathways; it also considers the important role played by other dental health professionals, General Practitioners, nurses, and allied health professionals in the areas of prevention and the promotion of good oral health.

Once you registered for free on the Foundation home page you can watch "Open Wide: Oral Health in the Bush" as well as most other programs offered by the Foundation as a web-streamed video, download or listen to the podcast (audio only), or you can purchase a DVD copy.

New E-book

Burket's oral medicine / edited by Martin S. Greenberg, Michael Glick, Jonathan A. Ship. 11th ed. Hamilton, Ont. : BC Decker, 2008.

Database on trial

The following database is currently on trial at the University of Sydney Library. Please try it out and let us know what you think using the the database evaluation form below.

Clin-eguide (Ovid) trial - Trial ends 30th of September, 2008

Clin-eguide is a one-stop evidence based resources searching tool for Dentistry, Pharmacy, Medical and allied health students and staff.

It integrates clinically relevant, evidence-based information resources from diagnostic and treatment guidelines to drug description and natural product reviews, and delivers it quickly and easily to the point of care. This, coupled with the ability to access the primary source literature, allows user access to a comprehensive research tool.

Make sure you look at:

• Visual DX- access to 16,000 images that can help diagnose 900 visually identifiable diseases, drug reactions or infections. - About VisualDX - Visual Diagnostic Decison Support (video)
• Clin-eguide Evidence-Based Guidelines -recommend a course of action for diagnosis, disease management and drug therapy with quick, actionable answers. Covers frequent and high-cost problems occurring in primary care, inpatient and emergency department settings
• Nursing Advisor - a great resource for nursing students and staff
• Facts and Comparisons Drug Information

Click here to search Clin-eguide (you will need to log in with your UniKey if you are off-campus)

Note that National Guidelines include many Australian Clinical Guidelines

Please fill out the Database Evaluation Form

New Publications by Faculty of Dentistry Staff and Students

The following paper has been added to PubMed in the last 30 days:

Prabhu NT, Nunn JH, Evans DJ, Girdler NM. 2008, 'Development of a screening tool to assess the suitability of people with a disability for oral care under sedation or general anesthesia.', Special care in dentistry , vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 145-58.

New books received in July 2008

29 items were added to the Dentistry Library collection in July. Go to the New Titles List for July to find out what's new.

Most recently received new titles include:

Burket's oral medicine / edited by Martin S. Greenberg, Michael Glick, Jonathan A. Ship. 11th ed. Hamilton, Ont. : BC Decker, 2008.

Description: The 11th edition of Burket's Oral Medicine is a comprehensive and authoritative text of medical diseases affecting the mouth. The text is written by a group of over forty internationally respected experts in the field and includes 23 chapters divided into sections covering: Principles of Diagnosis, Oral Mucosal and Salivary Gland Disease, Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders, and Principles of Medicine. The 11th edition contains new chapters covering Pharmacology, Headache and Genetics and has all new color illustrations and figures. The text is accompanied by a CD, which contains case reports for each chapter and an expanded bibliography.

The national survey of adult oral health 2004-06.Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008.

Description: Provides a detailed snapshot of oral health in Australia at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It reports results from the 2004-06 National Survey of Adult Oral Health in which a random sample of adult Australians was interviewed and dentally examined. The report describes the levels of oral disease, perceived oral health and patterns of dental treatment for the population and among sociodemographic subgroups of the population.

For the postgraduate student or member of Faculty based out at Westmead, a reminder that items can be sent out to the Westmead Hospital Medical Library for collection. Use the Document Delivery book request form to do so.

You will need to register if you have not used the Document Delivery service before.

What's new at the Library: My Reading History

One of the questions I'm occaisionally asked by staff and students is whether or not it would be possible to get a list of books they have borrowed in the past, the rationale behind the request being they would like to borrow a book again. Up until now the answer was no, but the introduction of the new My Reading History feature this week changes all that.



All you need to do to access this feature is to login to My Library, and click Opt in. Make sure you read the disclosure statement, which advises you of what you need to be aware of and what your responsibilties are. You can opt in and out whenever you want to, and delete any and/or all of the titles in your reading history.



Library staff will not access OR DISCLOSE your reading history except where in accordance with University policy or legislation. See Section 8 of the University's ICT Resources Policy for more information.