Miscellany

After that last rant, England reclaimed the Ashes and the Wallabies have lost to both the All Blacks and the Springboks in the Tri Nations! Perhaps I was a bit premature in my admiration for Aussie sports...

Having secured gainful employment a fortnight ago, I started working for Gary and Maurice this week. www.cairnsprecisiondental.com . Its a really cool set up. My assistant does pretty much everything. I just show up, chat to the patient for a while and then get on with some treatment. More than half of all australians have private medical cover which usually covers some or all of their dental stuff. As a result the fees are mostly covered by insurance, which in turns means the dentist can spend more time (and money) on the patient which inevitably means the patient gets better quality treatment. I'm not quite sure yet what happens to those without private medical cover!? Enough toothtalk already.....