Ross Musolino . B.D.S (Adel)

Family and Interests

Married to Jennifer Sanders with three children. Enjoys spending time with the family and trains (of all sizes!), movies and TV, pop culture / anime & manga / Sci-Fi (love both Trek and Wars!), and Grocery shopping! (tracking down Australian grown / made / owned)

Actively involved in the community, loves to have a chat & volunteers his time to many community organisations.

About

Our Practice

Philosophy 

Our Team

About Ross

Dentistry

 Finished Dentistry studies at University of Adelaide 1986 & Graduated with B.D.S.(Adel.) 1987

Employment history       - Neil Slater’s Dental Clinic, Colac 1987 – 1988

                                                - Maude Street Dental Clinic, Shepparton / Euroa / Murchison 1988 – 1994

                                                - Tatura Dental Care (self-employed), Walshe Street, Tatura 1994 – 2005

                                                - Tatura Dental Care (self-employed), Thomson Street, Tatura 2005 – Current

Current Memberships   - Australian Dental Association (Vic. Branch) since 1987

                                                - ADA (Vic. Branch) Goulburn Valley Group

                                                - Dental Board of Victoria

                                                - AHPRA

Current Positions Held   - ADA (Vic. Branch) Goulburn Valley Group Chairperson 2016 –

                                                - Fluoride for Tatura Working Group (2018) member

Continuing Education

Both Ross and the team members at Tatura Dental Care regularly attend and undertake continuing dental education each year. Ranging from hour lectures to day-seminars to multi-day conferences, Ross and the team are dedicated to continually advancing our personal knowledge and skills in dentistry to benefit not only our patients and their individual care but also for our own personal development and feeling of well-being.

Ross is a Foundation Member of the ADA (Vic. Branch) Continuing Professional Development Programme

Ross has attended the prestigious FDI World Dental Congress in Singapore and Vancouver, as well as in Sydney with the entire Tatura Dental Care team

Significant continuing education courses accomplished (many more than once);

• composite resin technology

• caries risk assessment and preventative dentistry

• tooth wear assessment and treatment

• dietary analysis

• periodontics and periodontal surgery

• implants (both restorative and surgical aspects)

• crowns and bridges, veneers

• One Visit Crown

• treatment planning

Research (as an Associate Investigator)

•  eviDent Project 006: Diagnosis, treatment and maintenance of periodontal patients by general dentists (chief investigators: Prof. Ivan Darby, Dr. Denise Bailey)

• Published as: Periodontal treatment in private dental practice: a case-based survey Aust Dent J. 2017 Dec;62(4):471-477. doi: 10.1111/adj.12523. Epub 2017 Jul 6 Darby I, Barrow SY, Cvetkovic B, Musolino R, Wise S, Yung C, Bailey D.

•  eviDent Project 007: Understanding the relationship between dental professionalism and PP status (chief investigators: Dr. Denise Bailey, Prof. Mike Morgan, A/Prof. Clare Delaney)

•  eviDent Project 011: OHPs’ knowledge and beliefs about the potential causes of oral cancer (chief investigators: A/Prof Rodrigo Mariño, Prof Mike Morgan, Prof Michael McCullough, Dr Denise Bailey, Dr Satoru Haresaku, Ms Roisin McGrath)

• Published as: Oral cancer screening practices of oral health professionals in Australia; Rodrigo Mariño, Satoru Haresaku, Roisin McGrath, Denise Bailey, Michael Mccullough, Ross Musolino, Boaz Kim, Alagesan Chinnassamy and Michael Morgan. BMC Oral HealthBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 201717:151 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-017-0439-5 )

•  eviDent Project 012: Diet advice in the dental setting (chief investigator: Dr Melanie Hayes)

• Published as: Dietary analysis and nutritional counselling for caries prevention in dental practise: a pilot study. Hayes MJ, Cheng B, Musolino R, Rogers AA. Aust Dent J. 2017 Dec;62(4):485-492. doi: 10.1111/adj.12524. Epub 2017 Jun 28 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28466498 )

Past Dental Activities of significance

• Adelaide University Dental Students Society Probe Magazine committee 1983 – 1985

• Adelaide University Dental Students Society Probe Magazine Editor 1986

• author Raiders of the Lost Plaque Chapter One (with Kathy Pilowsky)

• author Raiders of the Lost Plaque Chapter Two

• author Captain Amalgam & Captain Amalgam Returns (illustrated by Domenico Allegretto)

• Australasian Dental Students Association Convention 1986: organising committee member

Current Community / Volunteer / Recreational Activity

GV Rail Club Inc.

• Founding member 1989

• President 2016 – Current

• Secretary and President numerous times over 30 years

• Exhibition Czar 2009 / 2011 / 2013 / 2015 / 2017

Transition Tatura    

• Founding member 2009

• Facilitator 2009 –Current

• Assist in organising / volunteering         

  - Roadside Clean-up 2012 –

                                  - Practical Living Seminars 2017 –

                                  - Play in the Piazza

• Organising committee;

  - Communities Shaping the Future annual film festival 2014 - Current

• Guest speaker

  - Greater Shepparton Smarter Living Workshops 2018

                                          - Shepparton Libraries eco-friendly workshops 2018

  Tatura Community Plan member 2010 –

•          project leader for         

  - additional drinking fountains for Tatura

                                         - additional (public) recycling bins for Tatura

 Tatura Walks and Rides member 2013 – Current

• Involved in planning and implementation of;

                                          - Tatura 10km path

                                          - Footpath “missing links” / audit

• Volunteer                        

  - Tat200 adventure bike ride

GVGS Tuckshop                - volunteer 2011 – Current

TatFest 2018, 2017  - Volunteer