Celebrating a centenary

More than 110 people including current staff and Partners of Cottesloe Dental, former Partners and staff of more than 10 years’ service at the practice and special guests came together in March for an event at the Freshwater Bay Yacht Club to celebrate the practice’s centenary.

Founded by Len Glaskin in 1923, the practice was originally run out of Len’s home in Mosman Park, before the practice was moved to the rear of Greens Chemist on Stirling Highway. Len was joined by his son Bruce at the practice in 1947 and the pair worked together for a number of years until Len’s retirement (Len spent 31 years at the practice and Bruce 46 years).

The practice experienced great growth in the 1960s and moved next door to Greens Chemist to a purposebuilding (the practice’s current location), which has been renovated and expanded several times over the years. The practice has been staffed by a loyal group of dentists, and Dentist and Partner Dr Colin O’Brien (who joined Cottesloe Dental in 1986) laughs that his time at Cottesloe Dental is by no means the longest. “One of our dentists, Dr Max Trott, was at the practice for 50 years,” he says.

“Drs Bruce Glaskin, John Carroll, Bruce Barblett and Ken Cumming all did about 40 years of service each at the practice.”

As well as caring for three or four generations of patients, Colin says a big part of the practice’s history has been servicing the private schools around the area. “As a result, there is a large country connection as a lot of the students were boarders,” he explains. “Those students would then go back to the country and send their next generation of children to the practice when they became boarders.” When asked why Cottesloe Dental has been trusted to care for the oral health of their community for 100 years, Colin says the team has always kept abreast of current technology and been staffed by dedicated Partners. “Our partnership (currently with seven Partners) works well due to the comradery and longevity of many of the Partners and the subsequent continuity.

“We also have a prominent place in the Cottesloe area, right on the highway and adjacent to the Cottesloe Central Shopping Centre. We have concentrated on being a family practice and that is where we will go forward,” he says.

“There might be changes but it is a community practice and has been successful thanks to the contribution of many people over a long time.”

A warm congratulations to all the Cottesloe Dental staff and Partners on their centenary.

Guess who’s coming for dinner?

Our WA Dental CPD dinner courses provide good food, great company and the opportunity to learn. It’s dinner and a show! We take a look at upcoming dinner courses that you will not want to miss.

Held at the University Club, the dinner courses include a delicious three course meal to enjoy while you learn.

Some of our upcoming dinner courses include

May 4

Updates in Cariology: From diagnosis and detection through to management

Presented by Paediatric Dentist

Dr Jilen Patel (who has previously received both the Royal Australasian College Emerging Lecturers Award and Australian Dental Association/ Pierre Fauchard Academy’s Young Lecturer Award), this series of lectures will cover recent updates in cariology and unravel contemporary evidence with a focus on clinical practice. The session will cover aspects such as when to intervene in the caries process, caries removal protocols and changes to caries risk assessment.

May 11

A Dinner with POP! (Pros, Ortho and Perio)

The three presenters of this course (a prosthodontist, an orthodontist and a periodontist) have met in person regularly over 14 years to brainstorm patient cases and continually learn and share – this dinner gives others an opportunity to learn as well. This meeting will be a casual and interactive presentation of some multidisciplinary cases that have been treated over the years with a focus on patient-centred outcomes. The dinner will be presented by orthodontist Dr Crofton Daniels, periodontist Dr Wendy Gill and prosthodontist Dr Brendan Joyce.

June 29

The Halitosis Pathosis: Diagnosis, Prognosis and More

Periodontist Dr Melanie McAlpine and Oral Medicine Specialist Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen have teamed up to talk about all things orally odorous, and will discuss what a dental professional should know in this interactive lecture on the causes of halitosis, pseudohalitosis, possible systemic contributors and further investigations required, and red flags.

July 6

Silver Diamine Fluoride: Use vs Abuse

Presented by paediatric dentist Dr Jilen Patel, this lecture will discuss the history behind SDF, the mechanisms of action of SDF, the current evidence from both the most recent invitro and clinical research.

September 7

The Bite Stuff – Occlusion for the General Practitioner

Dr Ashen Behari will discuss a sensible approach to occlusion in general practice. It will provide some principles of occlusion and practical guidelines and procedures to follow in practice.

October 19

Innovation in Virtual Implant Treatment Planning and Guided Implant Surgery

Discipline lead in Prosthodontics at the University of Western Australia, Dr Adam Hamilton, will explore the various technologies which can be integrated into the digital implant workflow with a clinical and evidenced-based approach to the advantages and disadvantages of each.

November 8

Restorative Driven Ortho – A Dinner

Interdisciplinary treatment is often required to achieve both functional and aesthetic outcomes for our patients. This presentation from a general practitioner, an orthodontist and prosthodontist demonstrate how three disciplines can work together to achieve these outcomes. The lecture will be presented by Drs Steven Naoum, Tom Elliot and Han Oh.

To book one or more of our upcoming dinner courses, simply head to our website adawa.com.au/cpd