Joint Units
Unit News Directorate of Defence Force Dentistry Campbell Park Offices, ACT LTCOL Genevieve Constantine and WO Penny Stone The focus for the Directorate for 2011 has been the review of outdated policy and the provision of guidance to junior Dental Officers and CHPs. The Directorate continues to operate with the majority of its staff remote from Canberra. SO1 DPP, LTCOL Genevieve Constantine works remotely from Darwin and also has the additional appointment of Head of Corps, RAADC. SO1 CDS, SQNLDR Janine Tillott works part time remotely from Adelaide on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. LCDR Kate Bailey works remotely from London three days per week. WODEN Penny Stone works remotely from Sydney and has been kept extremely busy as the DDFD representative for the JeHDI Solution Demonstration Laboratories (SDL). We are very pleased to welcome LS Ashleigh Nock who provides invaluable administrative support to the Directorate on one Reserve day per week.
The Directorate also continues to consult closely with representatives of all three Services, senior specialists, Dental Officers and the ADF Dental School. We wish to thank COL Curry, COL Stacey, COL Scott, COL Olive, COL Thurnwald, GPCAPT Mahoney, CMDR Brazier, LTCOL Freeman, WGCDR Cordery, LCDR Leong, CAPT Jacobsen, WO1 Chiesa and FSGT Fitsgibbon for their excellent support and advice. CAPT Byrne, RAN will be posted at the end of 2011 into the Director Navy Health position and he would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported him as DDFD. He welcomes COL Constantine on promotion to the DDFD position and wishes her well for the future. We all wish you a safe and enjoyable Christmas and a happy and productive 2012.
The Directorate farewelled WGCDR Mark O’Sullivan who has left the RAAF after 15 years of service. We thank him for his outstanding support and effort and wish him well in his future endeavours. We hope to utilise his specialist endodontic skills when he provides Reserve service in the future. The Directorate continues to consolidate and analyse the Monthly Dental Returns. The information contained in the PM276 and PM354 returns are providing valuable insight into treatment trends, productivity and challenges faced by units. The Monthly Returns have been collated since 2008 and with continued accuracy and prompt submission a long-term trend analysis will be achievable. Many thanks to those consistently collating and submitting the returns – your efforts are greatly appreciated.
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