The Team
Rob Smith - Dentist
Rob has been working as a dentist in Wellington for 15 years. His special interests are in Cosmetic dentistry and replacing missing teeth. Rob has trained with some of the world's most prominent Cosmetic Dental Specialists and has devoted countless hours in the perfection of his craft. Wellington Dentists is fast becoming known as the Wellington area's leading place for people who want excellence in Cosmetic Dentistry.
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Judy Petrie - Dentist.
Judy joined the practice in 2009 after six years of private practice both in Wellington and also Dunedin as well as two years spent teaching dental students at Witten Herdecke University in Germany. Judy practices general dentistry but also has a special interest in cosmetic dentistry, including Porcelain Veneers, Invisalign and Teeth Whitening.
Jonathan Luke - Dentist
Jonathan Luke has also joined us recently and has had experience in general dentistry but also in dental surgical techniques
Mel Fox - Dental Hygienist.
Mel graduated as a Dental hygienist from Otago dental school in 1998. She has since developed a special interest in Teeth whitening and has attended many courses to enable her to provide the most up to date technology in the world today. She also Provides dental Hygiene to her many loyal patients.
I have always had crooked teeth and always wanted to do
something about it.
They were also yellowish in places despite my best
efforts at keeping them clean. I almost never smiled at people, and when I did I
always felt embarrassed. I decided to have a look at composite veneers to see if
they could make my teeth look a bit better.
I made the appointment to
see Rob to discuss my options. At the initial consultation Rob explained my
options and we decided that composite veneers would be the way to go. He then
did a quick demonstration to give me an indication of what the composite veneers
could do. This involved sticking some of the material to the front of my teeth
and shaping it to give an indication of what the finished result might look
like. It took about 15 minutes and the change was dramatic. I made the decision
right then to go with it.
The mock-up was then removed and I was back to
having crooked teeth again. No change was made to my teeth and if I had decided
not to go ahead and get the veneers my teeth would have been none the worse for
the trial.
To prepare my teeth for the veneers, I went to see the
hygienist, Mel, to get them professionally cleaned. She did a wonderful job and
I got comments from people that my teeth looked much better. The putting on of
the veneers was to take two sessions of 2 1/2 hours each. The first session Rob
concentrated on the four front teeth. There was quite a bit to be done as one
tooth stuck way out towards the front and had to be shortened by removing some
of the tooth. While this was not reversible, it was necessary to give a good
result, and I'm happy that it no longer cuts into the inside of my mouth.
While Rob and Lisa did their magic I lay back and watched a DVD. Going
to the dentist was never like this when I was a kid!! It was also not painful
and I only required anesthetic when Rob was removing sections of tooth.
After the first session I was very pleasantly surprised at the results
so far. I have no idea how Rob achieved the result he did, but my front teeth
were straight and looked totally natural. The result was significantly better
than the mock-up. My mouth ached a little from being worked in for a couple of
hours, and my teeth felt a bit funny for a while. But by the next day I was fine
and ready for the second session. The second session was doing the two teeth on
each side behind the front four teeth. Once again it was a relatively painless
experience, and having been through the first session I found it easier to
relax. Once that was done Rob did some adjustments to ensure my mouth could
close properly and that there were no sharp edges left and that it felt
comfortable
Then I got to see the results. I was nearly reduced to
tears. The results were so much more than I had ever hoped for. I now have a
smile that I am not embarrassed for people to see. I find myself smiling more at
people, and they smile back. The whole process was relatively painless (much
less than getting a filling) and inexpensive. I only wish I had done this a long
time ago.
Thank you to everyone at Wellington dentists I love my
new smile, and as a bonus, I am not longer hesitant about going to the dentist.
T George - Wellington
'After returning from overseas after a two year period, I walked in off the street for an appointment with Rob, his having been recommended by a business friend.
My first impressions of his practice were very favourable - friendly and helpful staff out front, light, airy premises with cool cafe music, flat screens on the ceiling and cool images/movies to watch - a whole new experience for me at a dentist's surgery. However, I was apprehensive at that first consultation - years of neglect, botched National Health dentistry from the UK, the attrition associated with middle age and the specific challenge of a weakened bridge at the front, the legacy of an old rugby injury, made me a walking dental nightmare! Then there was the worry about cost?!
I needn't have worried: Rob immediately got to work, strategising a treatment plan and crafting solutions to my specific dental problems, something he is very clever at. He was upbeat and positive about the outcomes and e-mailed me a plan and quote that was very reasonable indeed. Once agreed upon, along with his assistant Lisa, the pair earnestly got to work.
Rob is an amazingly quick and efficient practitioner - he is very professional, totally focussed on the best outcomes and I consider him to be a true craftsman; the results he achieved with me after three days of intensive treatment were nothing short of remarkable. After being used to slow, invasive, brutal/ protracted regimes of drilling and filling, my experience in the chair with Rob by comparison was pain free, and certainly less arduous and relatively stress-free.
In short I would wholeheartedly recommend him: so if you have a dental problem you want to get fixed up, you now know where to go!
M Williams - Wellington