Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
BSc, BDS (Otago), MBChB (Otago), MDS (Otago), FRCS (Edin.), FFDRCS (Irel.)
Nigel is a New Zealand-trained Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, who is qualified both dentally and medically. He graduated from the University of Otago with a Dental Degree, a Medical Degree and a Masters in Oral Surgery.
He also spent several years extending his training and surgical experience in the UK in surgical training programmes where he obtained two fellowships to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Ireland. This experience has given him the specialised skills to carry out many intricate procedures within the head, jaw and neck region, especially in relation to wisdom teeth, dentoalveolar surgery, oral cancer and other oral pathology.
Upon his return to New Zealand in 2000, Nigel worked as a full-time consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Auckland and Middlemore Hospitals. He soon started to develop his private practice and developed a role as a visiting consultant at Whangarei Hospital before establishing in 2008, his own purpose-built day surgery facility in Green Lane East.
In 2010 Nigel voluntarily undertook to have his practice Accredited to NZ Day-Stay Surgery and Procedure Standards. This was to ensure that the building and installed quality systems relating to patient care are maintained to the highest levels of quality and safety standards.
Today, Nigel now works solely in private practice at his purpose-built rooms in Green Lane East providing Oral Surgery procedures under intravenous sedation. His appointments Ormiston Hospital are for those patients requiring general anaesthesia.
Areas of Specialisation:
- Wisdom teeth
- Impacted or un-erupted teeth
- Oral cancers
- Dental implants
