Dr Kathryn Perry is an energetic and enthusiastic principal dentist at Camp Hill Dental.
Dr Kathryn Perry has lived and worked in Camp Hill for over 40 years. Kathy owned Cavendish Road Surgery since 1976 and subsequently Camp Hill Dental since 1988. She now treats the grandchildren of her original patients. In 2009, her daughter, Jenny joined her mother as a newly graduated dentist. She enjoys mentoring Jenny and the other dentists who work for her at Camp Hill Dental.
“Dentistry has been a wonderful career as I can help my patients by educating them on everything from hygiene to dental implants. Every patient I see for dental treatment comes to me with different concerns and different treatment objectives. This is because they have different health concerns, lifestyles and budgets. I believe in a truly individualised and holistic approach to dentistry to achieve a great natural healthy smile for all my patients.”
Dental Education
“I take every educational course I can from hygiene to sleep apnoea and snoring, CEREC® crowns and restorations, dental implants, aesthetic restorations, computer courses and business courses to run the best practice surgery possible. Practice Accreditation and Prime Practice has made our practice a leader in dentistry. I have been president of Vardiman Dental Study Association – twice.
I find personal satisfaction educating our patients and seeing a transition from ‘I hate dentists’ to suggesting their own treatment plans. I believe in a life-time plan and only good hygiene will achieve this goal. I believe I have the most ‘toys’ of any dental practice from digital x-rays, a state of the art sterilization room, CEREC® machine, rotary endodontic (root canal) machines to dental implant machines. Our intraoral cameras allow me to show our patients their teeth so they can see what we can see. I sometimes refer to dental specialists to achieve the best outcomes possible.”
Background
“I was the first dentist in my year to venture into debt and buy a dental practice at Cavendish Road, Coorparoo. I quickly learnt the business side of dentistry. Within a week of owning the surgery, my husband Chris painted the surgery and I cleaned the surgery from top to bottom, refurbished the dental chair with new vinyl and paint, bought an autoclave and we were open for business in 1976. We were newly married and Chris was a medical student.
In 1980, we decided to sell the practice to work in Ghana in Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw. We cleaned the operating theatre where I discovered a full set of extraction forceps. Chris and I were quite busy around the hospital and I had my one-year-old daughter, Emily, in tow as I gave dental maternal care talks and extracted many teeth. The nearest dental clinic was a three to four-hour one-way drive from the hospital. We went home in January 1981 and I gave birth to a daughter, Jennifer who is now a dentist working in my practice. Jenny and I are working together to make Camp Hill Dental the best boutique and family-owned practice in Brisbane.
