Dental Council News
 
The Dental Council of New Zealand produces a newsletter several times a year which it distributes to all oral health practitioners and other interested people and organisations.
 
 
2011: December Message from the Chair | Council membership | International relationships | Health sector reforms come to regulatory authorities | Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 review | New graduates 2011 | Other Dental Council activities - Consultations, Continuing professional development providers, Discipline | Registration under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act | Orthodontic auxiliary registration pathways | 'Lost' practitioners | New prescribing limits for dentists | Practitioners' corner - Your health and wellbeing
 
Two versions are available - interactive (flip-book) version and PDF version.
 
2011: April Annual Plan and Budget for the 2011/12 year | Message to Christchurch Practitioners | New Scopes of Practice for Dental Hygienists, Dental Therapists and Orthodontic Auxiliaries | ERMA Hearing on Tooth Whitening| Consultations | Health Workforce New Zealand Discussion Document | Accreditation |Oral Surgery Working Party | Policy on the Approval of Providers of Continuing Professional Development Activities | Dental Council Awards 2010 | Practitioners' Corner - 2009 Workforce Survey Extract
 
2010: December Message from the Chair | Christmas Wishes | Dental Council Annual Plan and Draft Budget for the 2011/2012 year | Consultation Feedback on the Dental Technology and Clinical Dental Technology Scopes of Practice | Current Consultations | Annual Practising Certificates Renewal Reminder | Practitioners' Corner - Dentists as Health Care Providers
 
2010: September Annual Practising Certificates - Dentists and Dental Specialists | GST Increase on 1 October 2010 | NZAOMS Judicial Review Proceedings Against the Dental Council | What's New: New Fees Published; Prescribed Specialist Qualifications; New and Amended Policies Approved by Council; Accreditation; Annual Report 2010; HRANZ Working Party | Dental Council, Professional Boards and Committee Appointments | Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal Appointments | Have You Moved? Do We Have Your Email Address? | 'Lost' Practitioners | Continuing Professional Development Updates | Practitioners' Corner: How Does Council Deal with Complaints?
 
2010: March Annual Practising Certificates | DCNZ Annual Plan and Budget for the 2010/2011 year | CPD Compliance | A Reminder to New Registrants (including graduates) - Emergency Care Training | Reminder: Dental Therapy Practice Appraisals | Accreditation of the New Zealand Association of Orthodontists (NZAO) Orthodontic Auxiliary Training Programme: Certificate of Orthodontic Assisting | Australian National Registration and Accreditation Scheme| Code of Practice on the Working Relationship between Orthodontic Auxiliaries and Dentists
 
2009: December DCNZ Annual Plan and Draft Budget for the 2010/2011 year | Continuing Professional Development Policy | A New Graduate's Perspective | Streamlining the Registration and Examination Process | APC Renewal | Consultation | Continuing Professional Development Cycle Ends
 
2009: March Appointment of Chair and Deputy Chair | Consultation on CPD | Dental Therapist and Dental Hygienist Board Nomination Process | Hygiene/Therapy Scope Outcome | Changes at the Secretariat | DCNZ Annual Plan and Draft Budget for the 2009/2010 year | OA Scope of Practice | Dental Technician Board Prize for 2008 | Prize for Clinical Excellence
 
2008: December DCNZ Annual Plan and Draft Budget for the 2009/2010 year | Message from the Chair | Review of the Policy on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) | English language policies | CPD audit for dentists and dental specialists | APC renewal | DCNZ annual plan for the 2009/2010 year
 
2008: November DCNZ Annual Plan for the 2009/2010 year | Tooth whitening | Prize for Clinical Excellence | Cultural competence | Dual-trained graduates | HPCAA review update | Have you changed address recently? | On-line registration | Cosmetic dentistry | Professional agreements | Practitioner's corner | Stop press
 
2008: June Farewell to the CEO | Update on oral surgery | What to do when you are aware of non-registered people 'practising' as though they are a registered oral health professional | CORA exams - dental technology | Update on HPCAA review | Practitioner's corner | Checklist for monitoring compliance with the TMVI code of practice | Changes at the Dentist Board table | Approved training providers for the DCNZ Code of Practice on Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice |
 
2007: December Message from the Chair | Competence review training | Annual Plan and Budget for 2008/2009 | Final fitting of Implant Overdentures | A friendly reminder - . 31 March 2008 | DCNZ Presentations | Annual workforce analysis - 2006 | Dental Council 2007 | Changes at the workforce board tables | Provision of dental grills | Working as an oral health practitioner in New Zealand publication available | Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act review survey | Medical emergencies training | Practitioners' Corner |
 
2007: September Use of Laser Technology by Dental Hygienists | Farewell to Janet Eden | Welcome to David Dunbar | Specialist Scope of Oral Surgery Practice | The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) | Do you want to subscribe to the Pharmaceutical Schedule? | Compliance with codes of practice - who is legally responsible? | Restricted Procedures under HPCAA | Use of Penthrox for sedation | Clinical excellence prize | Adult Care in the Dental Therapy Scope of Practice | Registration in additional scopes of practice for Dental Therapists | What's the Council been up to lately? | Dentists Disciplinary Tribunal | Misleading advertising and the use of appropriate titles |
 
2007: May DCNZ Decision to Reopen the Oral Surgery Specialist Scope of Practice | Dentist Disciplinary Tribunal (Patel decision) | Informed consent | The interface between dentistry, dental technology and clinical dental technology | APC Renewal Update | Medical Emergency Training and Compliance | Clarification of requirements on the use of x-rays by unlicensed persons | New Chair of Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal | Council to take action to prevent tooth whitening/bleaching by unregistered persons | Changes at the Dental Council | The Cost of Dental Services | Council Decisions on Dental Auxiliary Scope of Practice |
 
2007: January From the Chair: Reforms for effective governance | DCNZ Statement on Ethical Principles | Thinking CPD, acting locally - the case of Ashburton and Timaru | Dental Hygiene - Fitting Mouthguards; Use of laser technology | Dental Therapy - NZDTA and Northland DHB approved CPD providers; Compliance with Professional Standards and Codes of Practice; Working Relationship Associated with the Practice of Dental Therapy | Dentistry - Tribunal case; Monitoring compliance with codes of practice | Dental Technology - Introducing Karl Lyons; NZIDT - approved CPD provider |  
2006: June  
 
2005: December  
 
2005: July  
 
2004: December  
 
2004: May  
 
2003: October  
 
2003: April  
 
2002: December  
 
2002: June