Johnsonville Dental Practice Wellington

Meet Our Team

Swetha New
Dentist

Dr Swetha Oliganti

Swetha completed her graduation (BDS 2007) and post-graduation (MDS 2011) in the field of Prosthodontics from NTR University of Health sciences, India and completed her registration exams from University of Otago, Dunedin.

She is focussed to treat all her patients with empathy, promoting awareness of oral health care in day to day life, particularly aiming at prevention of gum disease, decay and deterioration of teeth.

She specialized in replacing missing teeth with fixed and removable options, correcting worn out and broken dentition.

She also enjoys doing cosmetic dentistry and root canal treatments.

Out of work she loves to travel, go for walks exploring the nature of NZ and spend time with family.

Johnsonville Nimisha Parbhu 2
Dentist

Dr Nimisha Parbhu

Nimisha qualified with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Gujarat University, India in 1999. After coming to New Zealand, and completion of my NZREX examinations in 2003, she has worked in private practice in the Wellington region. Nimisha enjoys the diverse dental work that she does, including but not limited to, fillings, extractions crowns and bridges, partial and full dentures.

Nimisha’s care planning stems from ensuring that her patients have a good understanding of their oral health, as well as the preventative and treatment options available to them. Nimisha is a fluent speaker in Gujarati and Hindi and pride herself…

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Nimisha qualified with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Gujarat University, India in 1999. After coming to New Zealand, and completion of my NZREX examinations in 2003, she has worked in private practice in the Wellington region. Nimisha enjoys the diverse dental work that she does, including but not limited to, fillings, extractions crowns and bridges, partial and full dentures.

Nimisha’s care planning stems from ensuring that her patients have a good understanding of their oral health, as well as the preventative and treatment options available to them. Nimisha is a fluent speaker in Gujarati and Hindi and pride herself on her ability to provide gentle treatment. Simple pleasures in her spare time like kicking a ball or playing scrabble with her young family is what she loves the most.

Medhavi
Practice Manager

Medhavi Kumar

As practice manager, Medhavi provides an effective team and group working environment, being friendly with staff and at the same time being efficient with leadership skills. Medhavi's goal is to provide patients with the best dental experience ever.

The thing Medhavi enjoys most about being practice manager is being able to talk to a wide range of people from different walks of life, implementing creative ideas at work to destress staff and helping them enjoy working by giving rewards and celebrating special days.

When not working, Medhavi loves to travel and explore New Zealand’s wonderful hotspots. Medhavi also enjoys trying…

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As practice manager, Medhavi provides an effective team and group working environment, being friendly with staff and at the same time being efficient with leadership skills. Medhavi's goal is to provide patients with the best dental experience ever.

The thing Medhavi enjoys most about being practice manager is being able to talk to a wide range of people from different walks of life, implementing creative ideas at work to destress staff and helping them enjoy working by giving rewards and celebrating special days.

When not working, Medhavi loves to travel and explore New Zealand’s wonderful hotspots. Medhavi also enjoys trying new food of all kinds and going to the gym.

Medhavi is a dentist back in India (graduated in 2019) and is soon planning to sit registration examinations to work as a dentist in New Zealand as well.

Chris Martindale
Dental Assistant/Receptionist

Chris Martindale

Chris loves talking to patients and building a comfortable environment for them in the clinic.

Outside of work, Chris spends most of his time with friends and family.

Monisha C
Dental Assistant

Monisha Chandar

Monisha love's working as Dental Assistant because she likes to help patients get the best smile possible. 

Outside of work, Monisha ia a busy mum of two lovely daughters.

Fionaj
Oral Health Therapist

Fiona Joe

Fiona graduated from University of Otago with a Bachelor of Oral Health in 2022.
Fiona aims to always be learning and honing her skills, and to be a reliable oral health therapist that everyone can trust in terms of performance and dental rationale. She enjoys educating and motivating as many people as possible on the importance of oral health and how to take care of their oral health.
Fiona loves educating patients on how to take care of their teeth, and when they leave happy with the care she has provided.
Outside of work, Fiona enjoys meeting up with friends,…
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Fiona graduated from University of Otago with a Bachelor of Oral Health in 2022.
Fiona aims to always be learning and honing her skills, and to be a reliable oral health therapist that everyone can trust in terms of performance and dental rationale. She enjoys educating and motivating as many people as possible on the importance of oral health and how to take care of their oral health.
Fiona loves educating patients on how to take care of their teeth, and when they leave happy with the care she has provided.
Outside of work, Fiona enjoys meeting up with friends, whether it is physically or through online. She likes to play computer games with friends and the occasional badminton. She is a homebody, so her favourite place to be is home.
Swati
Dental Assistant/Receptionist

Swati Kore

Swati enjoys working with dentists to make patients feel welcomed and comfortable at the practice.
Outside of work, she loves spending her time with her family and friends. Knowing Marathi and Hindi literature, Swati is a classical singer and dancer, too.