December 2011 - Dental Care available during Christmas and New Year 2011
Pacific Smiles Group, the owner and operator of Pacific Smiles Dental and nib Dental Care Centres are pleased to offer patients access to emergency dental services during the Christmas and New Year period this coming festive season.
It can be a notoriously difficult time to access dental services, when a lot of dental practices close for the holidays. However, Christmas and New Year can also be the time when emergency dental appointments are required more than ever due to toothaches, broken teeth or chipped teeth.
Being a time when people are often away on holidays, patients of Pacific Smiles Dental or nib Dental Care Centres can be assured of quality dental care no matter which centre they visit in Australia.
This Christmas and New Year period, the majority of the 23 Pacific Smiles Dental Centres will be open between the Christmas and New Year public holidays, all with emergency appointments available. Similarly, all the nib Dental Care Centres are open during this holiday period.
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November 2011 - Dental Care Now Available 7 Days A Week
Pacific Smiles Group, the owner and operator of Australia’s largest network of branded dental centres, is proud to announce the opening today of a new Pacific Smiles Dental Centre in Kotara, New South Wales. The new dental centre is conveniently located at 88 Park Avenue, right opposite Westfield Kotara and it has great exposure onto a busy thoroughfare.
The opening sees the tenth Pacific Smiles Dental Centre within the Hunter, Newcastle and Mid North Coast region and expands the Group’s network to thirty dental centres across three states and one territory.
Pacific Smiles Dental, Kotara, provides residents of Newcastle and the surrounding areas with access to quality dental services 7 days a week. Patients will also be able to enjoy maximum value due to the preferred provider arrangements in place with all of the major health funds.
The new centre opens with 3 surgeries fully fitted out, plus the usual high quality facilities in all new Pacific Smiles Dental Centres to maximise patient comfort and wellbeing. The dentists at Pacific Smiles Dental, Kotara, will offer family and cosmetic dental treatments and will reserve time every day for emergency appointments for patients requiring urgent treatment.
Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Smiles Group, John Gibbs said he is “pleased to have another dental centre in the Hunter with seven day a week coverage”. He added that Pacific Smiles Dental, Kotara, will complement the success of our neighboring dental centres in the local area.
With an extensive local communication campaign, there is already a high level of interest from local residents and the new centre opened today with a very full book of appointments, confirming the need for additional dental services in Newcastle.
October 2011 - Pacific Smiles Group Expands into ACT
Pacific Smiles Group, Australia’s largest network of branded dental centres and eye care centres, has today opened a brand new dental centre in Woden, Australian Capital Territory.
The opening sees the first Pacific Smiles Dental Centre in the ACT and expands the Group’s network to twenty nine dental centres and four eye care centres across three states and one territory.
The new centre, branded Pacific Smiles Dental, provides residents of Canberra and the surrounding areas with access to quality dental services, including emergency appointments, 7 days a week. They will also be able to enjoy maximum value due to the preferred provider arrangements in place with all of the major health funds.
With a total capacity for 7 surgeries, the new centre opens with 3 surgeries fully fitted out, plus the usual high quality inclusions in all new Pacific Smiles Dental Centres to maximise patient comfort and wellbeing.
There is already a high level of interest from local residents, with some pre-opening marketing generating many weeks of advance appointment bookings. Further marketing, including press and radio advertising, is expected to increase patient demand further.
Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Smiles Group, John Gibbs said he was thrilled to see the Group expand into another new region of Australia. “It’s so exciting to see the Pacific Smiles Dental Centre network develop and succeed in so many different locations” he added.
August 2011 - Pacific Smiles Dental, Torquay Relocates
Pacific Smiles Group has successfully completed the long awaited relocation of Pacific Smiles Dental, Torquay. The brand new centre located at 110 Geelong Road, Torquay, Victoria opened today, Monday 22 August 2011, with much excitement from the entire team.
The Torquay centre joined Pacific Smiles Group in 2009 via the acquisition of the very successful Torquay Dental Practice located at 94 Geelong Road, Torquay. The Centre was rebranded upon acquisition to Pacific Smiles Dental, Torquay and was the first centre for the Group in the Geelong region of Victoria.
The new centre has an additional 2 surgeries compared to the previous facility, taking surgery capacity to 7. The centre will continue to open 6 day per week, with daily emergency appointments available.
The new centre provides the team of 6 Practitioners, 1 Prosthetist and 14 support staff with a much more comfortable working environment, with plenty of storage and staff facilities. Patients will also benefit from a much larger reception and patient lounge area and brand new equipment including OPG.
Pacific Smiles Group Regional Operations Manager for Victoria, Ms Helena Butkovich, said "It's great to see the opening of our new Torquay centre which will now allow for more practitioners to join the centre as we have more space and surgeries available". Helena also indicated that the increased capacity is intended to allow for the expansion of current services and treatments offered, meaning "patients will have an even greater array of dental services and treatments available right in Torquay."
June 2011 - Central Coast Growth for Pacific Smiles Group
Pacific Smiles Group is pleased to announce the opening of its newest centre, Pacific Smiles Dental, Lake Haven, opening today, Monday 6th June 2011.
The brand new Centre opened with two fully equipped surgeries, with the potential for three, all fitted with the latest proven dental technology including digital x-rays, OPG and an electronic patient management IT system. The high quality Dental Centre is both comfortable and functional, providing patients with excellent patient care, a great array of dental services and a safe and welcoming environment.
Pacific Smiles Dental, Lake Haven will open 6 days a week and will have some emergency appointments available every day for patients requiring urgent treatment. This will greatly enhance accessibility for the local community to dental care when they need it. Pacific Smiles Dental, Lake Haven is conveniently located in the Lake Haven Shopping Centre, right next to a busy Commonwealth Bank branch.
The new Dental Centre is the ninth Pacific Smiles Dental Centre in the Hunter and Central Coast region of New South Wales. Pacific Smiles Dental is a well-known and respected business in this region. We are pleased to now have a greater presence in the Central Coast area to complement the successful Pacific Smiles Dental Centres at Tuggerah, Erina and Morisset, all located within a 50 km radius.
With an exclusive preferred provider arrangement with nib, Pacific Smiles Dental, Lake Haven will also be able to offer nib customers the benefits of 100% back on check-ups, scales and cleans, fluoride treatments and a handful of other commonly needed services.
The Pacific Smiles Dental network currently comprises 20 other centres located throughout New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
April 2011 - South Coast Growth for Pacific Smiles Group
Pacific Smiles Group has today confirmed the acquisition of a successful Dental Centre at Warilla, near Shellharbour, on the South Coast of New South Wales.
The Dental Centre was acquired from Dr Bernard and Kay Whalen and is the third centre in the Illawarra / Shoalhaven region, south of Sydney for Pacific Smiles Group.
The new centre will be rebranded immediately to Pacific Smiles Dental, Warilla, with Dr Whalen continuing to practice from the centre. Additional Practitioners are currently being engaged to assist the existing team service the high patient demand in the growing South Coast region.
Pacific Smiles Dental, Warilla, has three dental surgeries and is open from Monday to Friday for appointments and emergency care. Pacific Smiles Group plans to open the centre on Saturdays as well, to improve local community access to quality dental care.
Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Smiles Group, Mr John Gibbs, said he was “thrilled to welcome Dr Whalen’s centre to the Group as we continue to strengthen our presence on the South Coast of New South Wales”. Mr Gibbs confirmed that with the “seemingly strong patient demand in the area, Pacific Smiles Group will continue to look at opportunities to expand further in the region”.
Pacific Smiles Dental, Warilla joins Pacific Smiles Group at a time of growth, with the recent acquisition of a centre at Bribie Island, Queensland and the impending opening of a new development at Lake Haven on the Central Coast of New South Wales.
Warilla is the 20th Dental Centre in the growing Pacific Smiles Dental network. Pacific Smiles Group also owns and operates the nib Dental Care Centre network and The Dental Specialists, York Street, Sydney.
April 2011 - Open this Easter and ANZAC day long weekend
Pacific Smiles Group is dedicated to patient care which is why some of our Dental centres in New South Wales and Victoria are open this Easter and ANZAC day long weekend.
The dental industry, as with many professional service industries, typically close over the Easter and ANZAC day public holidays. This often leaves many people within our local community with few, if any options for assistance for emergency or urgent dental care.
To ensure our local community has access to required dental care over the Easter and ANZAC day public holidays, some Pacific Smiles Dental and nib Dental Care Centres will be open and available to see patients who have toothaches or other dental emergencies. We understand that patients who are genuinely in a dental emergency need priority attention.
We are pleased to advise that the following centres are open most days this long weekend:
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Pacific Smiles Dental, Greenhills: Please phone (02) 4934 9000 between 10am and 5pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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Pacific Smiles Dental, Tuggerah: Please phone (02) 4350 0500 between 9.30am and 4pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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Pacific Smiles Dental, Erina: Please phone (02) 4363 7300 between 9am and 4pm on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
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Pacific Smiles Dental, Morisset: Please phone (02) 4973 7200 between 8.30am and 4pm on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
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nib Dental Glendale: Please phone 1300 345 300 between 10am and 4pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
We hope you have a great Easter and enjoyable long weekend; you can relax knowing that we are available if you require an appointment.
April 2011 - Pacific Smiles Group now operating in Queensland
Pacific Smiles Group, Australia’s largest network of branded dental centres and eye care
centres, has expanded operations into Queensland with the acquisition of a highly reputable dental centre in Bribie Island. Bribie Dental was acquired from Dr Greg Manzie and wife
Rosemary on Friday 1st April 2011 and will be rebranded to Pacific Smiles Dental, Bribie Island.
The acquisition sees the first Queensland based Centre for the Group, with operations to date being mainly focused in regional New South Wales and Victoria. This strategic move will be the catalyst for Pacific Smiles Group’s further growth throughout Australia’s third most populous state.
Bribie Island is situated 50 minutes north of Brisbane. With a population of around 17,000
residents, patient demand is very strong at the 5 surgery centre.
Dr Manzie and his team of 5 Practitioners and staff will continue to work from the Centre,
providing 6 day trading and emergency appointment availability.
Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Smiles Group, John Gibbs said he was delighted to see the group expand operations into Queensland and was excited by the prospect of future growth in that state.
The popular and long established dental centre at Bribie Island will benefit from key support services provided by Pacific Smiles Group in the areas of Operations, Human Resources,
Finance, Practitioner Services and Marketing, allowing Dr Manzie and the whole Bribie Island team to focus on the dental needs of the Bribie Island community.
Mr Gibbs said Pacific Smiles Group plans to continue its expansion throughout New South
Wales and Victoria while commencing the development of a stronger presence in Queensland.
January 2011 - Pacific Smiles Group supports the flood relief effort with a "double-the-donation" offer
With two-thirds of Queensland declared as disaster zones, we are witnessing what may eventually be declared Australia’s largest recorded natural disaster. The financial cost of rebuilding is dwarfed only by the human cost of the unimaginable heartbreak at losing loved ones, homes, farms, pets, livestock and in some cases, everything.
Pacific Smiles Group is asking dentists and employees to dig deep and give to the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. Pacific Smiles Group will match DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR all donations to this fund made directly by Pacific Smiles Group employees or dentists before February 28.
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