Graduate Dentist by Dental One
Graduate Excellence Program by Dental One
The most comprehensive mentorship program to ever be offered to new graduate dentists
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Comprehensive Mentorship
At Dental One we have figured out that real mentorship needs three ingredients – a busy book of patients, experienced full-time mentors and a very keen, hungry to learn dental graduate. What we offer is what no other clinic offers – our two most experienced principal dentists artificially cut their own patient time to ensure that the new dentists have mentorship at any time they need it – they do not need to wait for someone to be free or wait until they are on break – they will be always helped.
This type of mentorship takes many forms:
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What We Offer at Dental One
The most comprehensive mentorship program to ever be offered to new graduate dentists
Pushing your boundaries to improve your skills
We encourage our graduate dentists to do treatment they may otherwise be scared to do by themselves, knowing that a very experienced mentor is there to help them if they get stuck or need help. We find this is the best way that a graduate dentist can learn how to do treatment well in a shorter period, as most of us are hesitant attempting treatment we have not done previously which really does hinder clinical skill development.
Mentoring without the hand holding or spoon feeding
You are not at uni anymore, so we won’t be checking your etch before you bond, but we will be making sure that you’re constantly reviewing and evaluating the quality of your own work, and we will be showing you how to improve your skills. You will be your own clinician seeing your own patients, but we will be there ready to help if we think you need it or if you ask for it. We also hope that you take some responsibility for your own development and expect that you will put in that extra effort needed to become the best dentist you can.
Busy books quickly
Our graduate dentists will typically have a consistent full book of patients (8-15 patients depending on what procedures are being done) within 2 months of starting work, which is well below the time it may take other clinics. This is because our main clinic in Craigieburn is a well-established clinic in a growing area, so our monthly new patient numbers are very high. We also offer affordable dentistry which sets us apart from other clinics and makes us an attractive option to patients.
Best Of The Best
Technology and Facilities
Our amenities at the brand new Craigiburn facility are recognised as the top in the industry. With large surgery rooms 14-20sqm, each equipt with the best of the best equipment.
- CBCT machine for wisdom teeth exos and implant placement
- Digital scanners for ortho
- Digital radiography, OPG machine
- Rotary endo
- All new Sirona chairs and equipment
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What you'll learn
We are so confident in our mentorship program that we believe we can take a new graduate dentist and make them better than most experienced dentists within a year.
Some of the treatment you will be doing within your first 12 months are:
- High quality composite restorations
- Molar endo, as well as premolars and anterior teeth to a high quality.
- Impacted wisdom teeth exos that most dentist are scared to do
- Confident and rapid treatment planning of complex patients including cosmetic cases.
- Surgical extractions, including flap raising and bone removal.
- Restoring implants and implant fixture placements if ready.
- Complex crown and bridge work including multiple units on a single patient, partial and full arch rehabs with your mentor and once ready, on your own.
- Periodontal treatment and maintenance
- Ortho if you are interested
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How we're different
The typical clinics who claim to offer mentorship will be the principal of a mid-sized dental clinic. They themselves will have a full book of patients, and you will be asked to see some overflow patients initially until your books become busier – often it will take many months to achieve a full book. The principal will be busy with their own patient book and the new graduate will usually be a second thought – they will be assisted when the principal is free, cases will be discussed when the principal has time, you will be on your own when the principal is away. It will be frustrating when you need help then and there with treatment planning, or you are stuck with a difficult extraction, and no one is there to assist you right then and there. You will also be less willing to try more complex work as you know there is no guarantees someone will help you when you need it.
At Dental One we are different:
- There will always be at least two senior dentists mentoring the new graduates, so assistance and guidance will always be available.
- Your books will be filled quickly; often a full book within 1-2 months
- Our most senior dentists and directors put the mentorship of the new graduates as the number one priority in their day, ahead of their own patients.
- You will be encouraged to do more complex treatment alongside your mentor until you are ready to do it on your own.
- We have been offering this graduate program for over 5 years and have learned the nuances in maximising the development of our grads.
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What our Dentists Say
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How can I apply?
Please send you resume and cover letter to careers@dental1.com.au and we will will reach out. We are also happy to let potential graduates talk to our past graduates who work with us to share their experiences.