Professional Suites

The Centre provides both general and specialist dental treatment and radiological services to private patients either by direct enquiry or referral. An Oral Malodour Clinic provides assessment and treatment of halitosis related issues.

The Centre also stocks a wide range of Colgate Oral Care products and we will be pleased to assist you in meeting your dental hygiene needs.

We are located on Level 2, Adelaide Dental Hospital, Frome Road adjacent to the RAH. Clinic hours are 8.45 am - 4.45 pm, Monday to Friday.

Appointments for clinical treatment services can be made through the Centre's reception desk on 8303 3437. Enquiries may also be sent through email. Please note this is not the contact address for the School of Dentistry. Costs of treatment cannot be provided through email. A discount is available for full time students.

If you have an appointment with one of our practitioners and wish to save time by filling out our new patient form in advance.

Consulting Staff

General Dental Practitioners

The Colgate Professional Suites offer a full range of general dental services including preventive dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, bleaching, root canal therapy and extractions. Using state of the art equipment our practitioners are able to treat most general conditions. Should more complex treatments be needed a number of specialists are available.

Dr Peter Koutsikas - BDS, BScDent(Hons), MScDent, FRACDS
Dr Desi Lipapis - BDS

Periodontics

Our highly trained periodontists offer a full range of periodontal treatments including surgical and non-surgical treatments, regenerative therapies and state of the art adjuncts such as specially formulated antimicrobial agents and wound healing aids.

Professor Mark Bartold - BDS, BScDent, PhD, DDSc, FRACDS (Perio)
Dr Robert Hirsch - MDS, PhD

Restorative Dentistry

We are pleased to have the only specialist restorative dentist in South Australia working here. This is a highly skilled area requiring comprehensive and up to date knowledge of dental materials used for dental treatments.

Associate Professor John Abbott - BScDent(Hons), MDS, PhD, FADM

Endodontics

Endodontics is the name used for root canal treatment. We are able to offer a full range of endodontic treatment including management of acute pain, difficult or complicated root canal infections, surgical management and bleaching.

Dr Khashayar Nassery - BDS, DClinDent(Endo)

Implants

We offer full range of implant treatment. We exclusively use the Nobel Biocare, Straumann and 3i implant systems. We adhere to the philosophy of a team approach to implant treatment which means that specialist surgeons place the implants and then specialist restorative dentists or prosthodontists place the final crown. Our team is very experience both clinically and is also actively involved in a number of important research studies investigating how to improve implants and their clinical outcomes.

Associate Professor John Abbott - BScDent(Hons), MDS, PhD, FADM
Professor Mark Bartold - BDS, BScDent, PhD, DDSc, FRACDS (Perio)
Dr Robert Hirsch - MDS, PhD
Professor Lindsay Richards - BDS, BScDent(Hons), PhD

Oral Malodour Clinic

Oral malodour (bad breath) is a very significant problem. We offer a full range of assessment and management of oral malodour conditions. Our state of the art diagnostic equipment OralChroma gas chromatograph is the only one of its kind in Australia.

Professor Mark Bartold - BDS, BScDent, PhD, DDSc, FRACDS (Perio)

Dental Lasers

Many of our staff are fully trained in the uses of laser technology for dentistry. Laser bleaching is also available.