Dental Precinct

Dental Precinct We get the whole family to SMILE WITH STYLE. Our goal is to provide the best dental treatment and k

Our dentists have improved clinical acumen in general dentistry and have undergone training in performing Orthodontic treatments to straighten teeth with conventional metal/ ceramic braces, invisible (lingual) braces and Invisalign clear aligners, sedation dentistry with Happy Gas, root canal procedures, gum treatment, dental implants, crowns/ veneers, Smile Make Overs and restorative procedures.

With State of the Art modern technology, we strive to deliver a gentle, pain-free and stress-free treatment. Being a member of the Australian Dental Association and actively participating in the Continuing Dental Education programmes, you are assured of appropriate dental treatment options. Our team consists of dentists with special interest in Orthodontics, Dental Implants and Oral Surgery. Should a complex situation arise, we understand our limitations and make a decision for an appropriate specialist referral. Health Precinct accepts all dental insurance cards and is equipped with HICAPS terminal that makes your insurance claiming direct and easy. Our reception staff can swipe your health insurance cards to claim your dental treatment bills directly. We also accept VISA/ MASTER/ AMEX card with our EFTPOS terminal to have an easy cash-free transaction. Health Precinct is affiliated to DENTICARE that offers an interest free credit payment plan up to 24 months. Our dentist/ reception staff can give more information on the payment plans in the dental treatment room to maintain confidentiality. Health Precinct also has affiliation with MAC Credit for medical/dental/ cosmetic treatments that offers unsecured loans with low repayments over a long period. Kids eligible for Medicare Child Dental Benefit Scheme (CDBS) are completely bulk-billed. HCF members with Dental cover are eligible for a GAP-FREE DIAGNOSTIC and PREVENTIVE dental treatment at Health Precinct.
‘A stitch in time saves nine’. Don’t let your dental problems worsen over time, call us today to make an appointment and meet our friendly team at our clinic at Bushland Beach Plaza.

📞 Meet Keri — the voice behind Dental Precinct! 😄🦷If you’ve ever called Dental Precinct and thought, “Wow… she sounds fa...
03/09/2026

📞 Meet Keri — the voice behind Dental Precinct! 😄🦷

If you’ve ever called Dental Precinct and thought, “Wow… she sounds far too cheerful to be working at a dental practice” — you’ve probably spoken to either Keri or Dani! 😂

Keri is one of our wonderful receptionists and quite often the first friendly voice you hear and the smiling face that greets you when you walk through our doors.

She’s a master of answering phones, juggling appointments, keeping the dentists organised (a full-time job in itself 😜) and somehow remaining calm when the rest of us are running around asking:

“Keri… where’s my next patient?”
“Keri… did they confirm?”
“Keri… can you squeeze just ONE more person in?” 🤣

And through it all… she’s still smiling!

We’re incredibly lucky to have Keri as part of the Dental Precinct family. ❤️

So next time you call or visit, make sure you say Hi to Keri! 👋

And remember… be nice to the receptionist — she controls the appointment book. 😏📖🦷

03/09/2026

Soft tissue is…… was the issue.
Advanced procedures learnt. Haven’t posted the bloody gory photos on purpose to avoid a cringe.

There's a particular smugness that turns up about a month after an implant goes in. It can't decay. Sugar means nothing ...
02/09/2026

There's a particular smugness that turns up about a month after an implant goes in. It can't decay. Sugar means nothing to it. In theory you could walk it through a lolly shop and let it browse. All of that is completely true — titanium and porcelain have never once been troubled by a chocolate biscuit.

The catch sits just underneath. A natural tooth is slung in by a ligament with its own blood supply and a decent seal where it meets the gum. An implant is fused straight to bone, and the cuff of gum around it is a thinner, less forgiving barrier. Plaque left along that margin gets further, faster, and quieter — that's peri-implantitis, and it's what actually ends implants. Not sugar. Never sugar.

Dental Precinct reviews implants at check-ups and cleans around them with titanium or plastic-tipped instruments, because a steel scaler scratches the implant surface and leaves plaque somewhere to hold on.

🦷 The crown can't decay — the gum and bone holding it very much can 🧵 Superfloss or an interdental brush under the crown, where bristles simply don't reach 🚭 Smoking is the single biggest threat to a long-serving implant 🔧 Screws work loose now and then — a short appointment early, a bigger one later

📅 Book an implant review at Dental Precinct.

Call: 07 4788 0111
or
Visit: https://www.dentalprecinct.com.au/

🦷 Someone really needs to tell Dr Vik that he’s allowed to have normal hobbies… 😂While normal people fly to Sydney for r...
01/09/2026

🦷 Someone really needs to tell Dr Vik that he’s allowed to have normal hobbies… 😂

While normal people fly to Sydney for restaurants, shopping and a weekend away…

Dr Vik flies to Sydney to do advanced surgical training. 🤦‍♂️🦷

Apparently, spending all week looking at teeth wasn’t enough.

His idea of a good time?
✈️ Fly to Sydney
📚 Sit in a course
🔬 Talk about surgery
🦷 Look at MORE teeth
🤓 Come home ridiculously excited about something nobody else at dinner wants to hear about

And just when the team thought he already knew enough… he’s gone and upgraded himself again. 😎

All jokes aside, the training is focused on advanced surgical techniques and the latest approaches to preserving natural teeth and keeping them going for longer.

Because despite how much Dr Vik enjoys surgery, the real win is knowing when NOT to take a tooth out. 🙌

So yes… while Sydney gets the dental nerd for a few days, Townsville gets Dr Vik 2.0 when he comes home. 😂🦷

Same Vik. Same bad jokes. Slightly better dentistry. 😜

A tooth that's snapped off level with the gum looks beyond saving, and most people walk in assuming the conversation wil...
27/08/2026

A tooth that's snapped off level with the gum looks beyond saving, and most people walk in assuming the conversation will be about extraction. But if the root is healthy and the bone around it is sound, there's often still a foundation there to work with.

A post and core rebuilds the missing structure from the root upwards, creating something solid for a crown to sit on.

Dental Precinct rebuilds broken-down teeth with post and core restorations wherever the root can be saved.

🦷 Uses your healthy root as the foundation instead of removing it ✨ Assessed on X-ray first — not every root can carry one 💬 Usually follows root canal treatment on the same tooth 🪥 Keeps your own root in place, which preserves the bone around it

📅 Broken a tooth off at the gum? Book an assessment at Dental Precinct.
Call: 07 4788 0111
or
Visit: https://www.dentalprecinct.com.au/

Crowns don't last indefinitely. The porcelain itself can look perfect while everything around it changes — the gum reced...
25/08/2026

Crowns don't last indefinitely. The porcelain itself can look perfect while everything around it changes — the gum recedes and exposes a dark line at the margin, the cement seal breaks down, and decay works its way in at the edge where nobody can see it.

Replacing a crown at the right moment matters, because it's the difference between the tooth underneath still being strong enough to hold a new one and it not being.

Dental Precinct assesses ageing crowns and replaces them before the tooth beneath is compromised.

🦷 A dark line at the gum usually means the margin is exposed ✨ Decay at a crown edge is easily missed without X-rays 💬 Replaced in time, the tooth underneath stays restorable 🪥 New crowns shade-matched to your teeth as they look now

📅 Unsure about an old crown? Book a review at Dental Precinct.

Call: 07 4788 0111
or
Visit: https://www.dentalprecinct.com.au/

🎂 Wishing our wonderful Dr. Aparna a very Happy Birthday! 🥳🎉She officially turns 21 today… with just a few years of expe...
22/08/2026

🎂 Wishing our wonderful Dr. Aparna a very Happy Birthday! 🥳🎉

She officially turns 21 today… with just a few years of experience! 😉😂

Age is merely a number — and apparently, one we’ve decided to stop counting! 😜

Wishing you a beautiful day filled with happiness, laughter, love and plenty of cake! 🎂💐

Happy Birthday, Dr. Aparna! ❤️🥳

— With lots of love from the Dental Precinct family 🦷💙

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🇭 🇦 🇵 🇵 🇾 🇫 🇷 🇮 🇩 🇦 🇾 from Dental Precinct! 🦷✨The weekend is here — time to slow down, relax, recharge and enjoy yours...
21/08/2026

🇭 🇦 🇵 🇵 🇾
🇫 🇷 🇮 🇩 🇦 🇾
from Dental Precinct! 🦷✨

The weekend is here — time to slow down, relax, recharge and enjoy yourself! ☀️🌴

But while you’re treating yourself, don’t forget to treat your body and your smile well too. 😁

🥗 Make good food choices
💧 Stay hydrated
🪥 Brush & floss — yes, even on weekends!
🏃‍♂️ Keep moving
😴 Get some proper rest
😊 And make time for the people and things that make you happy.

Good health is built on the little choices we make every day — dental health included.

Have a safe, healthy and fantastic weekend from all of us at Dental Precinct! 💙🦷

In a small number of teenagers, an adult tooth — most often one of the narrow teeth either side of the front two — never...
19/08/2026

In a small number of teenagers, an adult tooth — most often one of the narrow teeth either side of the front two — never forms at all. The baby tooth stays put and slowly loosens over the years, and the gap it will eventually leave sits right at the front of the smile.

Knowing early opens up options: holding the space, closing it with orthodontics, or planning a replacement for once growth has finished.

Dental Precinct assesses congenitally missing teeth in teenagers and maps out the long-term plan.

🦷 Confirmed on an X-ray, often years before the baby tooth gives way ✨ The space can be closed or held, depending on the bite 💬 Implants wait until jaw growth finishes — the plan covers the years between 🪥 Coordinated alongside orthodontic treatment where that applies

📅 Told your child is missing an adult tooth? Book at Dental Precinct.

Call: 07 4788 0111
or
Visit: https://www.dentalprecinct.com.au/

Those chalky white squares where the brackets used to sit are early decay — enamel that lost mineral wherever plaque gat...
17/08/2026

Those chalky white squares where the brackets used to sit are early decay — enamel that lost mineral wherever plaque gathered around the bracket edges during treatment. They aren't surface stains, which is why whitening tends to make them stand out more rather than less.

Resin infiltration draws resin into the porous enamel instead, bringing the white patches back towards the shade of the tooth surrounding them.

Dental Precinct treats post-orthodontic white spot lesions with resin infiltration.

🦷 Treats the early decay itself rather than masking it ✨ Explains why whitening made the marks look worse 💬 No drilling and, in most cases, no anaesthetic 🪥 Most effective when done soon after the braces come off

📅 White marks left after braces? Book an assessment at Dental Precinct.

Call: 07 4788 0111
or
Visit: https://www.dentalprecinct.com.au/

Address

2 Lionel Turner Drive, Bushland Beach
Townsville, QLD
4818

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

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+61747880111

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