Dental therapist

Luciana Visintin.

Luciana joined our team in August 2006.  She has qualified as a hygienist and therapist at the Eastmans Dental Hospital in 2004. Luciana is extremely thorough, precise and passionate about her work.  She has also trained to do the following treatments as a therapist:

- oral health education to individuals or groups
- taking alginate impressions for study models
-administration of dental analgaesia
- fillings involving all surfaces of teeth both in adults and children
- building up of broken down teeth provided they do not need pins
- extraction of deciduous teeth
- placement of stainless steel crowns on deciduous teeth
- vital and non-vital pulpotomies
- application of temporary fillings in an emergency
- application of prophylactic agents eg. fluoride varnish
- initial non-surgical treatment of periodontal disease.

Most of our children patients see Luciana to have their fillings done, as she loves working with children, and believes in taking the time to tell and show the children first how something is done before their treatment is started.