About us

At Civic Gentle Dental Canberra, we have a simple philosophy, which is to provide quality dental care, in a friendly and caring manner, at a good price point, to ensure that our patients receive value for money.

Civic Gentle Dental Canberra is also a Network provider with Australia’s major health funds, being Medibank Private and BUPA. The benefit you receive is that if you are a member, you should be able to maximize your health fund dental benefits. (please speak with your health fund if you have any specific questions about your particular health fund cover).

We have the latest dental equipment, technology and materials, along with experienced dentists to provide you with the very best dental care that we offer.

We have a team of over 4 dentists and 5 support staff to take care of all your dental health needs.

Dr Kim Nguyen:

I have been working as a dentist for almost 24 years, and have been very fortunate in the way that my patients are very wonderful individual themselves and very cooperative as patients.

I believe preventive is the key to keep yourselves healthy, starting with oral hygiene, good oral hygiene means free of bad breath, bleeding gum or pain or swelling of any kind, from teeth and gum.

In our practice, we all take pride in helping our patients:

1. To understand how to prevent further problems in the mouth as well as discussing with you all different options for your dental need,
2. And help you decide what best for you,
3. And what will be the least cost in term of value for money in relation to the treatment outcome for example, how long will it last in each options.

Dr Fiona Archibald

I strongly empathise with my patients, and do understand how hard it is to be the patient.

I believe that just treating a tooth in isolation is shortsighted, as there is always an individual attached who needs to be understood before good treatment options can be identified. There is seldom only one treatment option, and it is my job to discuss fully with you, all the options with their relative benefits and costs.

I understand how costly dental care can be, and treatment plans that span several years are not uncommon, but by combining different treatments we can often reduce time and costs, and this is my goal

The better dentally educated a person is, the less dentistry they need, so I spend a lot of time teaching my patients how to need me less!

Dr Maria Anderson

I am pasionate about my job and find it the most interesting and rewarding profession. I am curious and trying to constantly develop in different fields of dentistry. I am trying to follow the new improvements, trends and development of modern equipment. I am conveniently using the latest technology in dentistry, such as the radiographic and various diagnostic tools and computerized prosthetic treatment CAD/CAM (CEREC). I am proficient in all the different areas of general dentistry and highly motivated of achieving the best quality possible as well as working efficiently. Recently I attended Dental Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark which was very informative and interesting.

I really like to be able to help people who suffer from dental phobia and are anxious to be at dental clinic. It is rewarding to be able to let them relax and start to trust a dentist. My gentle way and soft touch let the patients feel like they can interact during the treatment. I was studying hypnos and think that it could be a gentle way to let the anxious patients relax.

I am trying to do my best when I am making anterior or posterior restorations or working with prosthetics, I always use my judgement and trying to acheive the best possible results, esthetically and functionally. I enjoy seeing patients satisfied with the results of my work. I truly enjoy esthetic, conservative, endodontic and pediatric dentistry and like to see my patients returning year after year to see me. I am efficient in performing extractions and minor surgeries as well.