Lumino Whanganui

Meet Our Team

Graham Swanepoel
BDS (WITS RSA) NZDREX

Dr Graham Swanepoel

Born is South Africa, Graham attended Witwatersrand University where he obtained his BDS (Wits RSA) in 1978. Graham was in private practice mainly reconstructive dentistry but also was a part-time Clinical Supervisor of crown & bridge at the University of Western Cape.

He was the Clinical Supervisor for Prosthetics at Stellenbosch Dental School.

Graham immigrated to New Zealand in 1998 adding NZDREX to his BDS (Wits RSA).

Graham obtained his diploma in clinical orthodontics from the city of London dental school 2021.

Michelle
Receptionist

Michelle

Bio coming soon

Kelly Jones
Oral Hygienist/Oral Therapist

Kelly Jones

Bio coming soon

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Hygienist

Sarah-Jane Aplin

Sarah-Jane graduated from the University of Otago in 2006 with a Bachelor of Health Science, endorsed in Dental Hygiene. Since graduating and working in Whanganui for a few years, she spent some time living and working as a hygienist in Sydney, Australia. She has now permanently moved back to Whanganui with her family and is loving being ‘home’.

Sarah-Jane is passionate about oral health and helping her patients to achieve and maintain optimum oral health. She enjoys educating her patients about the importance of good oral health impacting overall general health and encourages positive behavioral changes with home care habits…

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Sarah-Jane graduated from the University of Otago in 2006 with a Bachelor of Health Science, endorsed in Dental Hygiene. Since graduating and working in Whanganui for a few years, she spent some time living and working as a hygienist in Sydney, Australia. She has now permanently moved back to Whanganui with her family and is loving being ‘home’.

Sarah-Jane is passionate about oral health and helping her patients to achieve and maintain optimum oral health. She enjoys educating her patients about the importance of good oral health impacting overall general health and encourages positive behavioral changes with home care habits to help her patients maintain healthy mouths.

Sarah-Jane specialises in the detection and prevention of gum disease and also does tooth whitening.

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Practice Manager

Doaa Hussein

Doaa is an overseas trained dentist who moved to New Zealand in 2008. She joined the Whanganui team in December 2021.

She enjoys meeting new patients and ensures all patients feel welcome at the practice.

Outside of the practice, she enjoys walking and baking for her lovely family.