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Curious case: A blocked nose turns out to be an extra tooth

4th August 2020
A young girl’s nasal obstruction turned out to have an unusual cause when scans revealed a wayward tooth growing on the…
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Clinical Focus Spot Diagnosis

When blood blisters strike

3rd June 2020
A 12-year-old male presents with a two-year history of altered appearance of the dorsal tongue, with occasional 'blood…
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Spot diagnosis
Clinical Focus Spot Diagnosis

Would treatment help these palatal petechiae?

16th April 2020
Sophie, aged 11, presents with 24 hours of fever, sore throat and lethargy. She has little appetite but is drinking freely. …
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doughnut lesions
Australian Doctor News

Mayor behind push to remove fluoride from town's water supply

16th March 2020
Doctors say they are alarmed by a political push to remove fluoride from the water supply for 80,000 people after a town…
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Tap water
Australian Doctor Medical Must-See

This 'impacted tooth' isn't a tooth at all

13th March 2020
This giant salivary stone was the spitting image of an impacted tooth on examination and X-ray, duping both dentists and…
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X-ray
CPD How to Treat

Dental caries in infants and children

28th February 2020
Read this How to Treat article and take the quiz to earn 2 RACGP CPD points, or 1 educational activity hour with ACRRM PDP.
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Australian Doctor Medical Must-See

Woman finds 'eyelashes' growing where they shouldn't be

7th February 2020
Few things compare to the infinite grossness of finding a hair in your mouth — apart from perhaps finding multiple hairs…
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Hair in gums