Central Dental Group

07/09/2026

🦷 Cavity prevention isn’t just about brushing.

One of the major risk factors for dental caries is dry mouth.

Saliva is one of our natural defences against tooth decay — it helps wash away food, neutralise acids and protect our teeth.

Breathing through the mouth, or simply leaving the mouth open for extended periods, can dry the oral tissues and reduce this natural protection.

That’s why, keeping lips comfortably closed and breathing through the nose whenever possible is part of everyday oral health routine too.

Of course, the basics still matter: floss, brush with fluoride toothpaste, don’t rinse straight afterwards, and limit frequent sweet and sticky snacks.

Healthy teeth. Healthy saliva. Healthy breathing. 🦷👃

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06/09/2026

06/09/2026

💙 This Father’s Day, take care of Dad beyond the smile.

If Dad snores, don’t just make fun of him. 😴

Snoring can sometimes be a sign that he isn’t breathing well while he sleeps.

Persistent, loud snoring can be associated with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) — a sleep-related breathing disorder where breathing repeatedly reduces or stops during sleep.

When left untreated, sleep apnoea is associated with an increased risk of health problems including:
❤️ High blood pressure
🫀 Heart disease
🧠 Stroke
😴 Daytime fatigue and poor concentration

So if Dad snores loudly, wakes feeling unrefreshed, gasps or chokes during sleep, or is constantly tired during the day, encourage him to speak with his doctor or an appropriately trained health professional.

Sometimes looking after Dad means listening to him snore — and taking it seriously.

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful dads and father figures in our community. 💙

Central Dental Group
Beyond the Smile — Breath. Bite. Beauty.

This information is for general educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose sleep apnoea or replace medical advice. Snoring does not necessarily mean a person has sleep apnoea. Appropriate medical assessment and sleep testing may be required for diagnosis.

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04/09/2026

📚 Meet Dr Leanne | What Are Our Favourite Books

It’s Dr Leanne’s turn in our Book Week series — and her favourite book is a classic.

📖 Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.

A story she has loved for many years, Jane Eyre is much more than a romance. At its heart is a fiercely independent woman navigating life with intelligence, resilience and a strong sense of who she is — determined to remain true to herself even when the easier path might be to compromise.

Perhaps our favourite books resonate with us because, somewhere between their pages, we recognise something we value ourselves.

For Dr Leanne, curiosity and continual learning have always been a big part of both life and dentistry. After more than two decades as a dentist, she still loves learning, questioning and discovering better ways to care for her patients.

Her clinical interests have taken her across many areas of dentistry — from children’s dentistry and orthodontics to facial growth and development, airway health, implants and complex restorative care. But underlying all of these is the same philosophy: look beyond the individual tooth, understand the whole person, and think about their health for the long term.

Outside dentistry, Dr Leanne loves travelling, gardening, discovering good food — and finding time for a good book. 🌿✈️📚

And while there have been many favourites over the years, she keeps coming back to Jane Eyre.

Maybe that’s the wonderful thing about books.

We change as we go through life — and sometimes, when we return to the same book, we find something different waiting for us in its pages.

What’s the book you always come back to? 🤍

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03/09/2026

📚 Meet Annie | What We’re Reading

Next in our Book Week series is Annie, one of our casual receptionists at Central Dental Group. 🤍

When she’s not welcoming patients at the front desk and helping keep our days running smoothly, Annie is busy studying Science at the University of Melbourne. 🔬📚

For Book Week, we asked Annie:

📖 What’s your favourite book?

Her answer is J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.

First published more than 70 years ago, Annie loves the book because she feels its central themes still ring true today.

Questions of identity, growing up, belonging, uncertainty and finding your place in the world continue to resonate with generations of readers — perhaps particularly when you’re at a stage of life where so much lies ahead.

And that’s one of the wonderful things about books. Some belong unmistakably to the time in which they were written, while others somehow keep finding new readers who see a little of their own world within the pages.

We love discovering another side of our team through the books they choose. 📚🤍

What’s an older book you think still speaks to life today?

02/09/2026

📚 Meet Shamsia | What Are Our Favourite Books

Next in our Book Week series is Shamsia, one of our Dental Assistants at Central Dental Group Frankston. 🤍

Shamsia qualified as a Dental Assistant two years ago and is at the beginning of what we hope will be a long and rewarding journey in dentistry.

Curious and eager to learn, she loves being exposed to all the different aspects of dentistry — building her skills, gaining experience and discovering more about the profession every day.

So perhaps her favourite book is rather fitting.

📖 Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist — which Shamsia loves reading in Persian, the language of her family’s heritage.

A story about following your dreams, embracing the journey and learning from the people and experiences you encounter along the way, The Alchemist has inspired readers around the world.

And we love that for Shamsia, reading it in Persian adds another layer — connecting a much-loved story with language, family and heritage. ✨

Behind every person in our team is a different story, and through this Book Week series, we hope you’re getting to know them just a little better.

Is there a book you love reading in another language — or one that connects you with your family or heritage? 📚

We’d love to hear about it.

02/09/2026

📚 Meet Nargis | What Are Our Favourite Books

Our Book Week series continues, as we get to know the people behind Central Dental Group through the books they love.

Today, meet Nargis, one of our Oral Health Therapists based in Elsternwick clinic. 🤍

A graduate of the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Oral Health, Nargis is passionate about preventative dentistry, education and helping her patients build the foundations for lifelong oral health.

She has a particular love for children’s dentistry. For Nargis, those very first visits to the dentist matter — and she loves helping children feel safe, comfortable and confident so that going to the dentist becomes a positive experience from the very beginning. 🦷

Outside the clinic, Nargis enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing badminton and, of course, reading.

So what is her favourite book?

📖 George Orwell’s 1984.

A thought-provoking classic about freedom, truth, individuality and the power of ideas — perhaps proof that you can learn a little more about someone by discovering what sits on their bookshelf.

And that’s exactly why we started this series.

We spend our days talking about teeth, but behind the masks and scrubs are people with their own interests, stories and favourite books.

What’s a book that has stayed with you long after you finished the last page?

Tell us below — or perhaps add it to our Book Exchange next time you visit. 📚🤍

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01/09/2026

📚 Meet Cheyenne | What We’re Reading

Next in our Book Week series is Cheyenne, one of our lovely Dental Assistants at Central Dental Group. 🤍

Cheyenne came to dentistry after spending many years working in aged care. Ready for a new challenge, she began her Dental Assisting traineeship with us and became a qualified Dental Assistant in 2024.

Since then, she has grown into someone who knows just about every corner of our clinics — and she is one of the main forces behind keeping them organised, running smoothly and, most importantly, spotlessly clean. ✨

Cheyenne loves learning new things and gets enormous satisfaction from being given something unfamiliar, working it out and realising, “I can do this.”

That curiosity extends beyond dentistry too.

At home, she loves cooking and baking and is someone who takes great care of both her work family and her family at home. 🤍

And then, two years ago, she discovered something completely new…

📖 Her first fantasy series — Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses.

She loved it, and it became her favourite read.

Perhaps there’s a little theme here: whether it’s a new career, a new skill or an entirely new literary world, sometimes you just have to try something different and see where it takes you. 📚✨

That’s one of the things we love about books — they can introduce us to worlds we never knew we would enjoy.

What book took you completely by surprise?

01/09/2026

📚 Meet Jen | Your Favourite Books

As part of our Book Week series, we’re getting to know the people behind Central Dental Group through the books they love.

Today, meet Jen, one of our wonderful Dental Assistants — and someone who has been working in dental assisting for an incredible 33 years.

After more than three decades in dentistry, Jen still loves what she does. Her favourite aspects of dental assisting are oral surgery and helping anxious patients feel a little less anxious in the dental chair. 🤍

It’s a combination that says quite a lot about Jen: she enjoys the technical side of dentistry, but equally values the very human part of our work — being there to reassure someone when they need it most.

And there’s plenty to Jen beyond dentistry.

🥾 She loves multi-day hikes with friends
🏏 Plays Sunday cricket with the senior women’s team at Mount Eliza Cricket Club
⚽ Volunteers at Mount Eliza Soccer Club
✈️ And treasures dinners and holidays with her family.

We hope that through the books our team loves, you’ll get to know the people who look after you at Central Dental Group just a little better.

Now it’s your turn — what’s your favourite book? Perhaps you’ll inspire the next addition to our Book Exchange. 📚🤍