Rob Smith – Dentist |
Rob graduated in 1994 from the University of Otago. He has been working as a Dentist in Wellington since. 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. Thus Rob is one of the only dentists in Wellington able to complete such work. Wellington Dentists is fast becoming known as the Wellington area’s leading place for people who want excellence in cosmetic dentistry. When not at work you can find Rob working hard on the latest DIY project, or enjoying time with his family in the Marlborough Sounds. (Testimonials for Rob (click here) |
Christie Holmes – Dentist
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Christie graduated from Otago University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Credit and won the New Zealand Health Boards Dental Surgeons Association Prize. She takes great pride in her work and loves helping people. She really enjoys all aspects of dentistry, but takes particular interest in endodontics, preventative dentistry, as well as the art of cosmetic dentistry. In her spare time Christie is kept busy by her four kids. Together they enjoy spending time around the water, both pool and ocean. Christie and her family have a passion for all kinds of sports. |
Jane Lambert – Dentist
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After graduating from Otago University, Jane has been practicing dentistry in Wellington since 1994. After an initial stint at Hutt Hospital, she has worked solely in private practice. She opened her own very successful business at The Wellington Dental Practice, and built up her practice as “No Pain Jane”. She enjoys and excels in all aspects of dentistry. Outside of work her hobbies include cycling, short triathlons, skiing and of course, her wonderful children! |
Ruth Lambeth – Dentist
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Ruth graduated from Bristol Dental School in 2013. She gained a postgraduate diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and spent two years as a dental house surgeon at Trelikse hospital in Cornwall. This is where her interest in oral surgery and conscious sedation was sparked. Ruth is our expert in these services, and she is renowned for her effective tooth extractions. Since then, she has gained experience in this field within hospital, community and private practice settings. Ruth moved to New Zealand in 2017. During her spare time she enjoys biking, climbing and swimming. |
Jeff Jones – Dentist |
Jeff graduated from the University of Otago in 1993. After a year of Hospital dentistry he moved to Wellington in 1995. He has been providing general dentistry in Wellington since then before joining the team at Wellington Dentists in 2019. Outside of work, he has a passion for classic cars, going to the gym, coffee and wine with friends, and the never ending process of house renovation. |
Lisa Bailey – Dental Hygienist
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Lisa graduated from The Eastman Dental Hospital London in 2011. She emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 2014. She brings lots of enthusiasm to our team and enjoys helping her patients to achieve a high standard of oral hygiene. Her aim is to optimise each patient’s oral health. In her spare time Lisa enjoys walking her dog, and dabbles in a bit of sewing. |
Jay Jattan – Dental Hygienist
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Jay graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in chemistry in 2012. She then followed that with a Bachelor of Oral Health from the University of Otago in 2015. She grew up in Auckland and attended Baradene College. Before joining the team at Wellington Dentist, Jay has worked as an Orthodontic Auxiliary and a dental therapist. Jay is known as our super mum, with 4 beautiful children under 5 years of age. Her favourite pastime outside of work is eating her way around Wellington’s variety of cuisines. A woman of many talents, Jay also enjoys playing guitar and piano. |
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Nur Alnaimi – Dental Hygienist
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Nur graduated from the University of Otago in 2014 as an Oral Health Therapist. She enjoys the one to one interaction with patients. She is passionate about educating patients regarding their oral health and where they are situated in term of keeping a healthy gum. Outside of work she enjoys painting with water colours, jogging on the beach and having a walk in one of Wellington beautiful parks. |
Vinni Fernando – Dentist
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Vinni graduated from the University of Otago in 1994. Since then, Vinni has worked across a variety of locations in private practice. Vinni dabbles in all areas of dentistry. She enjoys everything from root canals to extractions. A frequent attendee of dental courses, Vinni is developing her skills in cosmetic dentistry and is now also placing implants. Vinni enjoys skiing, tennis and walking a variety of New Zealand’s great walks with her family. Vinni is a bright and bubbly character. When sitting in her chair you will often hear music from her favourite artists, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. |
Laura Bridger – Dentist
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Laura graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Distinction. She also completed her Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons primary examinations and received the Leask Memorial medal for restorative dentistry. Laura’s favoured area of dentistry is oral surgery (removal of teeth) and general dentistry. Before moving into private practice, Laura worked for two years as the dental surgeon at Wellington Hospital. When left-handed Laura is not taking out teeth, she competes (and wins) mountain biking races at both a local and national level. |
Lydia Ng – Paediatric Dentist
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Lydia grew up in the Hutt and attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate. She graduated from Otago University in 2011 and then completed specialty training in paediatric dentistry 2019 at the University of Adelaide. Since specialising she has worked in hospitals in Auckland, Wellington and the Hutt as well as with the Bee Healthy Service. Lydia is kept busy with two young kids, enjoys yoga, baking, and she is an expert in playgrounds around the Wellington Region |
Emily Sutton – Dentist
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Emily graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Distinction) in 2015. After her time at Auckland Hospital she moved to wonderful Wellington! She then furthered her training with the primary examinations from the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. Her aim is to provide a gentle, pain-free environment for my patients as they work through their oral health goals together. In her spare time, she enjoys keeping active and her guilty pleasure is musical theatre. She am also a proud corgi-mum with a shameless love of dogs. |
Sarah Tien – Dental Hygienist
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Sarah graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, majoring in Functional Human Body in 2012. Inspired to work more closely with patients, she went on and completed her Bachelor of Oral Health in 2015. With a strong clinical background and a passion for patient care, Sarah is committed to helping people feel confident and comfortable with their oral hygiene. Outside the clinic, she’s often planning her next travel adventure or relaxing with her cats. |
Courtney Coey – Dental Hygienist
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Courtney graduated from Otago University in 2012. Whilst working in London on her OE, she volunteered in both rural Uganda and Kenya on dental outreach trips and ran the London Marathon to raise funds for a dental training programme in Tanzania. Upon returning to New Zealand, Courtney gained invaluable experience working alongside periodontal specialists and is passionate about minimally invasive airflow treatment to remove plaque and stains as gently as possible. |
Emma Alcock – Dentist
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Emma graduated from the University of Otago in 2022 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. She is of Rongomaiwahine descent and had a passion for Māori oral health. Since graduating Emma has been a Dental House Surgeon at Hutt Hospital, where she built up her oral surgery skills. She enjoys treating all ages, with the focus of making patients comfortable and enjoy being at the dentist. When Emma is not busy being a dentist, she is at Les Mills teaching group fitness classes. |
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Maggie Li – Dental Hygienist
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Belinda Liu – Dentist
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Louise Cautley – Dental Hygienist
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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
I had four appointments recently at Wellington Dentists Ltd I am reasonably qualified to comment on the service I received.
I was impressed with the website, the building, amazing old pictures on the walls and superbly clean and slick operation.
Because the ‘making’ of any business is the people, it is no surprise that you have a great practice. The people are so friendly, helpful, clear with instructions, and caring.
Nearing age 60, I have been to quite a few dentists and would suggest this experience was either the best ever, or very close to it. Everyone worked so smoothly together, and even under a good environment for pressure, still managed beautiful smiles, even Rob.
As a result I have been recommending this practice to anyone looking for a ‘great dental practice’. For those not looking for a ‘great’ practice I can confidently tell them they will be impressed by the level of care above their expectations.
As well, I love your system for contacting patients. Go Wellington Dentists Ltd.
Jack Ponting – Wellington
I thank the day I saw the Wellington Dentist’s website. Having had major dental issues all my life as a result of an accident when I was young and other compounding problems, my teeth were a mess. We are talking about crooked, missing and infected teeth. This even after being a diligent patient of a local dentist for twenty five years. To sort out my problems, I had been to dentists who gave me massive quotes, and briefly considered Asia, but no one I spoke to seemed to grasp the idea of what I wanted to achieve. They spoke when I wanted them to listen.
So I made an appointment with Rob Smith, based on the narrative and pictures published on the website. He listened to me, gave me an outline of my options, and sent me a treatment plan and price quote for my consideration, which I gratefully accepted. I could not believe the outcome that Rob and his team have achieved. My family and friends are also stunned at the difference in my appearance. I now have lovely straight teeth and can laugh and smile in public. I can look in the mirror without cringing. It is life-changing. I also could not believe how simple it was for me during the whole process. I had absolutely no pain or discomfort, the work was done so professionally and in modern, comfortable surroundings.
The team at Wellington Dentists made me feel welcome and were friendly and helpful, fitting in with my appointment requests as I do not live in Wellington. The cost of the treatment was much less than half of the other quotes I had received, yet the outcome was so much better. My other quotes did not include straightening my teeth, merely “filling the gaps”.
I cannot adequately describe how much difference my experience with Rob and the team has changed my well being and have no hesitation in recommending them for your dental problems, whatever they may be.
Des Newton – Christchurch
Rob Smith did an amazing job putting composite veneers on my front teeth. I had been really worried about having the procedure done and had put it off for quite a while. My teeth looked 100% improved after Rob had finished and I felt more confident to smile. I wasn’t in surgery for long and didn’t even require a local anaesthetic. I had previously been a dental nurse for nearly a decade and in my own personal experience could recommend Rob for dental cosmetic procedures as it has made such a difference to me ! Thank You Rob
Karin Roberts – Wellington
