Dr Mike Wu
Dr Mike Wu was an oral surgeon in public hospital in China for five years before came to New Zealand in 1995.
He gained the diploma in dental technology at Wellington (CIT) in 1999, then practised as a dental technician in Christchurch for a year. He moved to Dunedin for his further study in 2001, and graduated from Otago University with Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2003.
He took over and has been practicing in Viva Dental since 2004, and enjoys performing all forms of dentistry. Dr Mike has a particular interest in oral surgery, crown and bridge and orthodontics. He also…
Dr Mike Wu was an oral surgeon in public hospital in China for five years before came to New Zealand in 1995.
He gained the diploma in dental technology at Wellington (CIT) in 1999, then practised as a dental technician in Christchurch for a year. He moved to Dunedin for his further study in 2001, and graduated from Otago University with Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2003.
He took over and has been practicing in Viva Dental since 2004, and enjoys performing all forms of dentistry. Dr Mike has a particular interest in oral surgery, crown and bridge and orthodontics. He also likes designing and making dentures with his strong dental technician back ground.
Dr Mike takes pride and finds enormous joy in taking care of elderly patients - sometimes even getting called out to visit the local rest home. He finds working as a family dentist in local community very rewarding.
Outside work, Dr Mike enjoys spending time with his family, swimming, playing tennis, traveling and just admiring New Zealand's amazing scenery and friendly people.
Dr Ranee Charya
Dr Ranee Charya graduated in 1996 from the University of Otago. She then started practicing in Wellington in a private practice and part time providing dentistry for low income families at the resource center.
She enjoys performing all forms of general dentistry and providing care for anxious patients and children.
She moved to Auckland in 2003, and has been working for Viva dental for the past 14 years. Her passion is in community and preventive dentistry.
Dr Shelley Paterson
Dr Shelley Paterson graduated from Otago in 1990. In the first two years, she worked as a maxillofacial house Surgeon at Hutt Hospital in Wellington.
Shelley then moved to the UK and practised for 10 years. She did all ranges of dentistry in the UK - from National Health, mixed private, to finally settling into a private practise for 6-7 years as the in-house dentist for the multinational corporate bank JPMorgan. She loves doing general dentistry, with an emphasis on cosmetics and helping improve people’s similes.
She has worked for Viva Dental in the past 14 years.
Leslie Yan
Leslie graduated with a Bachelor of Oral Health from the University of Otago in 2023. She also has a postgraduate qualification in communications. As an Oral Health Therapist, she provides restorative and preventative dental treatment to adolescent patients and dental hygiene services to adult patients.
Leslie enjoys interacting with patients and building lasting rapport with them. She is empathetic to their needs and concerns, striving to create a comfortable and supportive environment during their dental visits.
Leslie attended school in Singapore before moving to New Zealand in 2012 and speaks English and Mandarin Chinese at native level.
Outside of work she enjoys spending time with family and friends on the North Shore and cycling.
Lemey Thesen
Lemey has been with Lumino since 2018, she understands the patient's view of visiting the dentist and she and her team ensures that each patient that leaves the practice feels that they have been cared for, listened to and are valued.
When she's not busy at the practice she enjoys her photography, good food and spending time with her family.