Business feature
DENTAL anxiety is alive and real for a lot of people who just don’t feel relaxed and safe during their regular check up.
This was an issue Brisbane dentist Dr Jena Ward wanted to do something about.
Almost two years ago, she left the corporate world of dentistry to open up her own little private practice in Capalaba.
Skye Dental became a place where patients didn’t feel like a number, where you could visit to feel safe and not judged, and to see same local dentist again and again.
Dr Ward is business owner and principle dentist of a team of dedicated staff who truly love what they do.
‘My team are the happiest group of people, and really care about their patients,” she said. “The receptionist was babysitting a patient’s child and I heard a nurse offer to drive home an elderly lady after her treatment.”
Dr Ward especially wanted to cater for anxious patients and has brought in options of sedation and twilight dentistry, a mild anxiety reducing sedation, so that patients can relax and ease their nerves.
She wanted her practice to be that local family dentist you can feel at ease seeing.
And her passion has paid off – Skye Dental not only won Best Dental Practice at the 2018 Redland BaR Awards, the team took home the coveted Redlands Retailer of the Year award as well.
The dental practice utilises the very latest technology and is unique in the fact that you aren’t just referred off after every visit.
“Due to extensive continuing professional development, our dentists are aware of problems that many ordinary dentists never check – airways and breathing, orthodontic treatments such as invisible braces, headaches and jaw issues and whole tooth replacement with implants,” Dr Ward said.
Staff are also able to tend to people who are in pain and needing emergency treatment quickly and efficiently – and they are really great with kids!
Brisbane born Dr Ward is extremely passionate about her job and has volunteered her dental services overseas in third world countries.
She said she loves what she does, and that is so rare in dentistry these days.
“I love the team I work with and feel so proud of them, that they have won best dental practice and best retailer in the Redlands,” she said.
However, its not just about teeth at Skye Dental. In 2019 the team has plans to start a new recycling initiative and become even more involved in the community.
Dr Ward believes that Australia is the luckiest place in the world to live.
She loves giving back to the community and getting involved with the local schools in the Redlands.
For more information, contact the Skye Dental team on 3823 1896 or visit www.skyedental.com.au.
