ProfessorAlexander Holden

Clinical Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy

Associations

Director, Councillor and Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine

Fellow of the College of General Dentistry (UK)

Member of Specialist Dental Practice in the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons


Awards and Honours

Runner-up Dental Writer of the Year 2012

Best Young Dentist 2013 (FMC Dentistry Awards) – Midlands Region Winner

Encouragement Award - Pierre Fauchard Academy / Australian Dental Association Emerging Lecturer Competition 2017

Fellowship of the International College of Dentists

Fellowship of the Pierre Fauchard Academy

Professor Roland Bryant Excellence in Teaching Award 2020


In the Media

Dental Industry Media

· Interviewed by Bite Magazine on how to usesocial media in marketing a dental practicein line with professional regulation and the law.

· Provided an interview to Bite Magazine oneffective communication between colleaguesand the importance of learning to compromise and negotiate.

· Highlighted the importance ofeffective complaints managementin Bite Magazine, highlighting how early management and a willingness to discuss patient feedback is a powerful resolution tool.

· Discussingconflicts of interest in dentistry, highlighting work published in the Journal of Law and Medicine.

· Interviewed by the Canadian Dental Association about my research.

· Featured as the cover story in Bite Magazine, focusing on my work on overtreatment in dentistry.

Popular Media – Blog posts and Popular Writing

· Published in The Conversationon advertising within dentistry and healthcare in general. (September 29th 2017)

· Writing about teeth-whitening (September 6th 2018)

o ABC News

o The Conversation

o Business Daily

o Inside FMCG

o 2SER online

· Writing about dental tourism (September 25th 2018)

o ABC News

o The Conversation

· John Menadue’s Blog – Pearls and Irritations

o Oral health – an essential component of a healthy life.

o Laying Out the Road Map for an Australian Universal Dental Scheme

o Private Health Insurance Under the Lens: Dental Providers and Patients Should Contribute to the Discussion

o We Must Fill the Hole in our Public Health Services: Why Doesn’t Medicare Cover the Mouth?

o What should our health professional associations be in the 21st Century?

· The Conversation, writing about dentistry and COVID-19; Can I still go to the dentist? How coronavirus is changing the way we look after our teeth (3rd April 2020)

· The Conversation, writing about my research on overtreatment in Australian private practice dentistry (2nd November 2020)

· The Conversation, writing about jaw clenching and teeth grinding. (3rd December 2021)

· The Conversation, writing about changes to advertising legislation for health practitioners. (25th May 2022)

Featured Interviews

· The Conversationbeing interviewed as an expert on teeth whitening (25th July 2019)

· Women’s Health Australia – interviewed on teeth whitening (September 2019 issue)

· “Would you like Botox with that? The perfect 'selfie' smile and the rise of the cosmetic dentist”The Sydney Morning HeraldandThe Agediscussing the ethics of cosmetic dentistry and how it is presented (25th August 2019)

· “The lifelong cost of the 'selfie smile': Optional dental veneers on the rise”The Sydney Morning Heraldand The Agediscussing the ethics of cosmetic dentistry (5th September 2019)

· “What you need to know before whitening your teeth”ABC Life.

· Why you may be getting dental work you don’t need and what you can do about it to save big bucks. 7News.com.au(23rd March 2021)

Radio Appearances

· 6PR Morning Program with Gareth Parker discussing teeth whitening (6th September 2018)

ABC RN Life Matters discussing cosmetic dentistry (27th May 2022)