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I am
the the director of the Centre. I am a
dentist with a specific interest in
integrative dental and natural health and
a natural medicine practitioner. As a dentist my scope of
practice is as a general dental
practitioner and I am registered as such
with the Dental Council of New Zealand
under the HPCA Act 2003. I graduated in
1980 with a D.M.D. ( doctorate in dental
medicine ) from the Faculty
of Dental Medicine, University of
Montreal, Canada, studied for and passed
the New Zealand Dental Registration
Examination ( NZDREX ) in 1993 at the
Faculty
of Dentistry, University of Otago in
Dunedin and gained my NZ dental
registration as a general dental
practitioner in early 1994 ( DCNZ– DD-2763 )
As a
natural medicine practitioner I am
registered with Natural Health
Practitioners New Zealand ( NM-2447 -
Nutrition, biochemistry and homeopathy )
and I am registered as a full
professional member of the New
Zealand Natural Medicine Association ( NZNMA-0053). I
am also on the executive board of the
NZNMA. In 1998 I studied for and passed
the fellowship in Nutritional and
Environmental Medicine ( FACNEM) and I am a
current full professional member of the Australasian
College for Nutritional and Environmental
Medicine .
I am
also a full member of the following
professional bodies: the Australasian
Integrative Medicine Association, the New
Zealand Dental Association the Auckland
Dental Association, the International
Team for Implantology, and the
International Academy of Oral Medicine
and Toxicology.I am a certified
instructor in through-transmission
alveolar ultrasonography and a published
author on such maxillofacial bone
disorders as ischaemic bone disease and
oral osteoporosis as well as being SMART
certified by the IAOMT.
Those
seeking my professional services can
consult me as a dentist or as a natural
medicine practitioner or both. However as
a dentist, pursuant to my scope of
practice as a general dentist, I can only
provide advice and treatment for issues
related to the oral cavity. As a natural
medicine practitioner I cannot provide
dental treatments unless specifically
requested to do so as a dental
practitioner. Therefore those seeking my
professional advice will be asked to
specifically state in writing whether
they wish to consult me as a dentist only,
as a natural medicine practitioner only
or both and they should understand that
each modality is distinct with a separate
scope of practice. The dental modality is
specifically regulated under statutory
law ( HPCA Act 2003 ) whereas the natural
medicine modality is self-regulated under
the laws of NZ in general. For more
information see the NZ
Ministry of Health website.
All
health practitioners in New Zealand,
whether HPCA or self-regulated, are
subject to the Code of Health and
Disability Services Consumers’
Rights. See Health
and Disability Commissioner for more
information about the Code.
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I
am a father of three with dual New Zealand -
Canadian citizenship and I have over 30 years
experience in all aspects of dental and oral
health and diseases, including over 15 years in
advanced diagnosis and treatments of problems
related to dental and oral pathologies, including
oral \ dental infections, oral galvanism \
corrosion, dental material toxicity, facial pain,
jaw joint and maxillofacial bones disorders,
abnormal bite and nutritional imbalances
resulting from such pathological conditions.
Frequently these problems are linked to general
health problems that can adversely affect the
heart, liver, gut, nervous system, the skin and
may be involved in many others problems such as
irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic
fatigue, osteoporosis ect.... Increasingly dental
problems and common dental procedures can impact
overall health and systemic health problems can
adversely impact oral health so that an
integrative approach to health is indicated, both
as a preventative and curative modality.
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