CADMUS
The Journal of Australian Defence Force Dentistry Celebrating the inauguration of the RAN Dental Branch Logo and Motto Volume 28, 2009
Editor’s Message This is a special year, as we celebrate the inauguration of the Royal Australian Navy Dental Branch Logo and the Motto ‘Fit to bite, fit to fight’. This edition is the first issue since 2004, when the journal became a tri-Service publication, that the RAN Dental Branch has taken centre stage. Lieutenant Shannon Godfrey, RAN, one of the newest naval dental officers has written a brief informative article on the Dental Branch after his diligent research of its 90+ years of history. In this edition, we have also included a number of interesting reports from Exercises in which our dental members have participated, over half of which were multinational efforts. This journal cannot produce itself. I thank the three single-Service subeditors Lieutenant Commander Tanya Burton, RAN, Captain Mike Lines, and Squadron Leader Andrew Draper, for their willing assistance and sterling effort in collating the materials. I also thank the many others who assisted with reviewing and checking the content. I thank the many authors who have contributed articles of both high standard and fine content. Without their efforts, this edition would not be the success that I believe it is.
LTCOL Kittie Dugan
I am also grateful for the continued support of this journal from the Director General Garrison Health Services, Commodore Robyne Walker, RAN and Commander Joint Health, Major General Paul Alexander, at a time when the Directorate has been faced with serious under-manning and a myriad of competing priorities.
As always, the production of this magazine is made possible through the professionalism and expertise of the team at Adbourne Publishing, and those generous advertisers who choose to support this publication. I thank the Managing Director Neil Muir and his Production Manager Claire Henry, who ensured that the 2009 edition was printed to such a high standard. The cover page this year is an historical photograph of Surgeon Dentist Milton Spencer Atwill at sea in HMAS AUSTRALIA in 1918 during World War 1 and incorporates the RAN Dental Branch Logo, officially approved by the Chief of the Navy on 14th August 2007.
LCDR Tanya Burton
CADMUS 2009
CAPT Mike Lines
SQNLDR Andrew Draper
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