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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today.
It’s your weekly mentoring session.
An Adverse Outcome Is the Worst Day of Everyones Life
Dr Annalene Weston
It doesn’t always go to plan. While we take every effort to prevent adverse outcomes, they are always a possible occurance when practicing dentistry.
In this episode Dr Weston shares a story, her own event that she vividly recalls, helping us recogonise it can happen to anyone. And the message she wants to get across is this is a terrible situation for the patient but also for her staff and herself.
How we manage this situation, including ourselves is crucial in coping. Dr Weston walks us through managing the unthinkable.

Dr. Annalene Weston
Annalene completed her dental studies and first years of work in the UK before emigrating to Australia. She has worked along the Eastern Seaboard practising in both the public and private sectors, and has added a Masters in Health Law from University of Sydney to her dental qualifications.
Annalene is a dento-legal advisor with Dental Protection, a practicing dentist and a leading speaker on burnout and stress in the dental profession.
We’ve done a feature interview with Annalene which is just excellent! If you haven’t listened yet, please check it out here! She opens the conversation on burnout in the dental profession, an issue that is very real and very important. There are also some amazing links to resources on burnout avaliable in the blog post.
You can get in contact with Annalene through her email below, and as always Dental Protection are always here to help.
Annalene: annalene.weston@dpla.com.au
DPL (membership and dento-legal advice):
phone 1800 444 542
online https://www.dentalprotection.org/australia/contact-us/dento-legal-enquiry
Also, look out for more tips from Annalene coming out on the “What I Wish I Knew” Podcast soon!
AORTA Australia

Alignment of teeth has revolutionised our ability to provide minimally invasive cosmetic treatment for our patients.
But how do you learn the tips, tricks and secrets to getting predictable long term outcomes for your aligner patients?
AORTA Australia was developed by Dr John Hagiliassis and Dr George Abdelmalek to help bridge the gap and assist you in your aligner therapy outcomes.
This is an ideal first step for those wanting to embark on their aligner journey.
Go to www.aortaaustralia.com.au and start with their online foundations course to get your journey going!
CPD Junkie

How do you find CPD? It is such a difficult task, with courses listed here and there but you never know you’ve seen them all.
Until Now.
www.cpdjunkie.com.au has been created to provide all Dental CPD in the one place. Search by keyword, date, discipline, location, speaker or organiser – however you want to find it, you can.
Get the Free e-book – “How to Get the Most From CPD”
Including a template to use to maximise every CPD dollar you spend!
The Dental Head Start Podcast is for students and new graduates. We interview successful dentists and specialists to uncover the tips, tricks and advice to help you transition from dental school to private practice successfully.
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