It's about giving you time and understanding your individual needs. Our mission is to help our patients accomplish their optimum dental health in a painless, compassionate, and efficient way. Together we can establish a treatment plan that is cost effective, health conscious and suited precisely to you.
We have been serving the Cairns community for over 25 years and are proud to offer continuing care to generations of patients. The team at Smithfield Dental is highly experienced and skilled in their craft. The combined experience of the practitioners is 90 years. They are proudly serving the Cairns community for around 30 years and are proud to offer continuing oral care for the new generations.
We have been serving the Cairns community for over 25 years and are proud to offer continuing care to generations of patients. The team at Smithfield Dental is highly experienced and skilled in their craft. The combined experience of the practitioners is 90 years. They are proudly serving the Cairns community for around 30 years and are proud to offer continuing oral care for the new generations.
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Dr Meglin Rathnasamy
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Dr. Meglin Rathnasamy qualified in 2003 from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. After owning his dental practice outside Johannesburg, for 8 years, Meglin and his family emigrated to Australia and chose Cairns as their home.
Having been in Private Practice for the past 5 years in Cairns, Meglin brings with him a wealth of experience in Clinical dentistry, strongly believing that dentistry is a combination of an Art & a Science - both mutually dependent on each other for success.Equally important, communication with his patients serves an integral part of Meglin's treatment approach.
Having been in Private Practice for the past 5 years in Cairns, Meglin brings with him a wealth of experience in Clinical dentistry, strongly believing that dentistry is a combination of an Art & a Science - both mutually dependent on each other for success.Equally important, communication with his patients serves an integral part of Meglin's treatment approach.
Dr Lea Ovaska
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Dr Lea Ovaska graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Science (Hons) from the University of Queensland in 1986. Lea considers herself a local as she started her first few months of primary school at Tully while her father was cutting sugar cane. Lea married her husband in Cairns, they have two children and love living in the tropics.
Dr Sophie Cuming
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Dr Sophie Cuming graduated in 2017 from James Cook University with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Sophie grew up in Cairns and loves living in the tropics. Dentistry is her passion as it fulfils her dream to care for patients in a hands-on, creative and challenging environment. Sophie was inspired to follow a career in health by her parents who are both healthcare professionals.
Dr Karen Pettigrew
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Dr Karen Pettigrew graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2006 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and continued further postgraduate training which saw her admitted as a Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2008. Shortly after she relocated to Cairns to take up a post with QLD Health before moving into private practice.
Dr Olivia Evans
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Dr Olivia Evans graduated from James Cook University with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2014. Born in Cairns, she is proud to call herself a local.
Throughout her studies Olivia was admitted to the International Golden Key Society for Academic Achievement and awarded a number of scholarships, including one from the Australian Dental Association, the National Rural Health Students Network, and from the Services for Allied Rural and Remote Allied Health.She has a passion for health and well-being, a love of art and an interest in developing technologies.
Throughout her studies Olivia was admitted to the International Golden Key Society for Academic Achievement and awarded a number of scholarships, including one from the Australian Dental Association, the National Rural Health Students Network, and from the Services for Allied Rural and Remote Allied Health.She has a passion for health and well-being, a love of art and an interest in developing technologies.
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