5 MINUTES WITH Dr Trudy Lin

What three words best describe you?

The most common words that people have said describe me is that I’m passionate, caring and determined. I feel like the three of them are very interlinked. I am driven by this strong belief in inclusion – every person matters, and every person deserves to live to their true potential. This drives this strong sense of social justice and care for people from marginalised identities and that drives my passion for my work and my advocacy. Then I become determined to do the best that I can to make a difference.

If you weren’t in the dentistry field, what would you be doing for a living?

I truly feel called to my work in oral healthcare; I can’t imagine not being involved in the dental profession in some way. I do find myself being drawn to the ‘one-to-many’ impact and that is what I enjoyed about the time I spent before specialty training in leadership and mindset coaching, so perhaps that might be what I would be doing.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

I haven’t had much time in the last year with all my spare moments being used with voluntary advocacy for oral healthcare as a result of the SA Young Australian of the Year Award. I am looking forward to the pace potentially slowing down a little bit to allow me to spend my spare time outdoors in nature.

What is your favourite book?

My favourite book is called The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman. I believe our brains are the most powerful tool that shapes our lives and that is what drew me into mindset coaching. What I love about this book is it sheds so much light on understanding how our brains are wired and how we make decisions.

If there anything people might be surprised to learn about you?

I completed a 105 kilometre ultra-marathon on the Heysen Trail to fundraise for the Cancer Council. That usually surprises people and it surprised myself because if you meet me you’ll see I don’t have the height to be a runner – I am quite small and short. But that is the reason that drew me to it – to develop my mindset and break through a self-limiting belief. The amazing thing about this experience was when I broke through that belief it really changed my concept of what I believed was possible in other areas of my life.

What future plans are on the horizon for you?

I have been asked this question a lot, and it has allowed me to gain clarity about my personal mission statement – what I aim to contribute is summed up as trying to help people move to their full potential – that is why I am working towards creating more equitable access to oral health care for marginalised people in our community.

I see three pillars to this mission – the first one being raising awareness around the importance of oral health in the general community, secondly – advocating for solutions at government policy level, and thirdly – building capacity supporting and upskilling dentists.

I would like to focus more on that third pillar and invest more time in supporting clinicians. It is important to support clinicians in their wellbeing because at the end of the day, clinicians are the critical asset, which then drives patient care. This passion I have comes from my own near-burnout experience during my specialist training and what I found was when I sought mindset coaching it had a huge impact on my capacity and resilience to then thrive. I would like to empower other dentists to thrive in their professional and personal lives in some way, shape or form through mindset coaching in the future.

6 SAT

Drs Amanda Phoon Nguyen & Tom Huang

Drs Graham Carmichael and Glen Liddelow The Brånemark Center

Oral Surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons CTEC

Practicing Safe and Efficient Endodontics for Long-Term Success

Dr Gaurav Vasudeva

UWA Dental School

13 SAT Socket and Ridge Preservation

19 FRI

20 SAT

16-17

Drs Leticia Algarves Miranda and Mahnaz Syed

ADA House

Smart Brain – Nutrition Workshop

Ms Julie Meek ADA House

Simple Predictable Posterior Composite Restorations

Dr Michael Chan

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Drs Paul Gorgolis & Asheen Behari

W/Professor

29 THUR july

1 SAT

The Halitosis Pathosis: Diagnosis, Prognosis & More

Drs Amanda Phoon Nguyen & Melanie McAlpine University Club

Minimally Traumatic Tooth Removal and Socket Preservation

Dr Luan Ngo & Dr Cindy Nguyen

UWA Dental School

7 THUR

The Bite Stuff - Occlusion for the General Practitioner

Dr Asheen Behari University Club

16 SAT Practical Oral Surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons CTEC

Advanced Single Implants & Introduction to Short-Span Bridges

2 SUN Crown Lengthening for the General Dentist

22 FRI

Dr Luan Ngo & Dr Cindy Nguyen

ADA House

5 WED ADAWA General Meeting

6 THUR

8 SAT

21 FRI

ADA House

Silver Diamine Fluoride: Use vs Abuse

Dr Jilen Patel University Club

Restorative Rubber Dam

Drs Bec Penco, Greg Crane and Maheer Shah

UWA Dental School

Hands-On Extraction

Professors Raymond Williams & Dieter Gebauer

CTEC UWA

Drs Graham Carmichael & Glen Liddelow Brånemark Center

October

7 SAT Suturing Workshop

Dr Lee Kaing ADA House

13 FRI Practical Oral Surgery for Your Practice

19 THUR

Dr Barbara Woodhouse

ADA House

Innovation in Virtual Implant Treatment Planning and Guided Implant Surgery

Dr Adam Hamilton University Club

22 SAT Stress Management

Ms Alex Hof

ADA House

August 4 FRI Anxiety Control in the Dental Practice

Dr Steven Parker

UWA Dental School

5 SAT Anxiety Control in the Dental Practice

Dr Steven Parker

UWA Dental School

11 FRI Restore My First Implant

Drs Graham Carmichael & Glen Liddelow

The Brånemark Center

18 FRI

Predictable and Easy Root Canal Instrumentation and Filling Techniques

W/Professor Paul Abbott

UWA Dental School

September

6 WED ADAWA General Meeting

ADA House

25

Oral

21 SAT Practical Oral Surgery

W/Professor Paul Abbott Hilton Garden Inn, Albany

November

3-4

Porcelain Veneers & Ceramic Onlayss

Drs Paul Gorgolis & Asheen Behari UWA

COURSE OUTLINE

This course is designed especially for dentists looking to get started or who are already on their way in their dental sleep medicine journey. Presented by dentists, clinicians and sleep scientists, these comprehensive lectures will cover the fundamentals of sleep and sleep disorders in adults and paediatric patients and focus on dental sleep medicine theory with practical pointers that attendees can implement immediately in practice. The lecturers will share relevant research, pointers for managing cases and provide resources for ongoing learning.

Topics Include

• An overview of sleep disorders

• Oral appliance use and combined therapy

• Topics related to device and patient selection

• Troubleshooting challenging clinical cases.

Dental Sleep Medicine

6.5 CPD Friday 17 February 2023

Registration from 8.30 am

Course 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

ADA House

54-58 Havelock St West Perth

Lunch, morning and afternoon tea

$ 682 inc gst

MEMBERS

PRESENTERS

• Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen – Oral Medicine Specialist and Chair of the Australasian Sleep Association Dental Sleep Medicine Council

• Clinical Prof. Shyan Vijayasekaran – ENT Surgeon

• Dr Adelaide Withers – Respiratory and Sleep Paediatrician Physician

• Dr Anam Khan – Dentist and lecturer at OHCWA in Dental sleep medicine and co-chair of ASA DSM

• Dr Ivan Ling – Respiratory and Sleep Physician

• Dr Kath Maddison – Respiratory Sleep Scientist