articles, talks and interviews
It has been an incredibly exciting and busy time! Here is a selection of video, audio and print media featuring Dr Sharonne Zaks AM and her work:
BBC interview of Dr Sharonne Zaks AM about trauma-informed dental care, published 26 February 2024:
ABC Drive interview with Raf Epstein after receiving the Order of Australia award (AM) “for significant service to dentistry and the arts” in the King’s Birthday Honours 12 June 2023:
Interview with Dr Zaks AM in September 2023’s ADAVB ‘Victorian Dentist’ after receiving her Order of Australia award (page 13):
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/35322822/12
Interview with Dr Zaks AM by the University Of Melbourne after receiving her Order of Australia award:
https://tram.org.au/news/tram-track-alum-receives-prestigious-member-of-the-order-of-australia-award
ABC national news: Live radio interview broadcast around Australia at the time of the FDI World Dental Congress 27 September 2023:
National Radio News network: interview broadcast around Australia at the time of the FDI World Dental Congress 27 September 2023:
Article reporting on the FDI World Dental Congress featuring Sharonne’s presentation at the event:
FDI World Dental Congress 2023 in Sydney – Dental Asia
Australian Dental Association (ADA) Federal News Bulletin June 2023 cover story on trauma-informed dentistry featuring Dr Sharonne Zaks AM and her work ahead of her presentation at the Sydney FDI World Dental Congress:
News Bulletin Magazine June_Cover story
TEDx Sydney talk: 24th of May 2019 (link below):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUcByLoEM7U
Articles about TEDx Sydney including Sharonne and her talk:
https://tedxsydney.com/news/6-of-the-most-powerful-messages-from-this-years-tedxsydney/
https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/six-moments-that-moved-us-at-this-years-tedxsydney-052419
Article featured in the March 2020 edition of the Australian Dental Association National News Bulletin interviewing Dr Sharonne Zaks about her TEDx experience:
ABC ‘Conversations’ interview with Sarah Kanowski:
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/sharonne-zaks-dentist/11188216
BBC World Service show ‘The Conversation’ interview with Kim Chakanetsa: ‘The hugging dentists’:
BBC World Service show ‘Outlook’ interview with Neal Razzell:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07gbq5m
ABC news and Catalyst program interview of Dr Sharonne Zaks focusing on how to overcome dental anxiety and phobia posted on the 28/04/2020:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-04-28/dental-phobia-overcoming-fear-of-the-dentist/12187210
Cover story on inclusive dentistry in the Australian Dental Association News Bulletin published in September 2020 featuring an interview with Dr Sharonne Zaks about trauma survivors:
SBS online feature article:
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers:
Bite magazine cover feature article March 2022:
Bite March 2022 by Engage Media – Issuu
‘Communicating health’ podcast interview with Dr Colm Harney Parts 1 and 2:
Episode 7 – Dr. Sharonne Zaks (Part 1) – (commhealth.com.au)
Episode 8 – Dr. Sharonne Zaks (Part 2) – (commhealth.com.au)
Women’s weekly article:
https://www.nowtolove.com.au/women-of-the-future/the-weekly/australian-women-you-should-know-56038
Dentist jobs Australia National Dental Care article:
https://www.dentistjobsaustralia.com.au/news-and-events/the-links-between-trauma-and-dental-phobias
Bite magazine article about combining dentistry, music, and comedy, July 2016:
https://bitemagazine.com.au/sharonne-zaks/
A chapter in the book ‘What we talk about when we talk about rape’ by well-known New York writer and advocate Sohaila Abdulali, is devoted to interviewing Dr Sharonne Zaks and discussing her work. This was released globally in October 2018 and drew the attention of the organiser of TEDx Sydney after she interviewed the author as part of the Sydney writer’s festival. She then invited Dr Zaks to present at TEDx.
What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape by Sohaila Abdulali (goodreads.com)
ADA Victorian Dentist November 2018 Page 9: ‘Five minutes with Dr Sharonne Zaks’
VictorianDentist-2018-November (1).pdf
ADA articles featuring Dr Sharonne Zaks following the 2019 Australian Dental Congress in Adelaide:
News & Media – Australian Dental Association (ada.org.au)
News & Media – Australian Dental Association (ada.org.au)
Interview with 95bfm Auckland radio station New Zealand:
Sexual Trauma and The Parallels of Dental Care with Sharonne Zaks: 14th of June, 2019 | 95bFM
‘The Age’ newspaper article from 2002 interviewing Dr Zaks about her dental cabaret show ‘Gobsmacked, a celebration of the mouth’, the fringe festival, combining music and dentistry, and more:
https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/floss-and-roll-20021007-gdunzz.html