Profile
Mission
As oral health practitioners, we dedicate ourselves to the enhancement of our patients’ oral health, education, comfort and total wellbeing.
Patients
We provide an outstanding facility and service to our patients to manage all aspects of oral health and most importantly to provide long-term maintenance of a healthy dentition.
Methodology
We believe that prevention is better than cure. Hence, we take our Dental Hygiene Department very seriously; we have a team of specially trained dental hygienists who provide specialised and thorough oral hygiene care allowing our dentists to focus on your more complex dental needs.
Our People
We are a team dedicated to excellence. Only the best people will do in every area. We are excited about what we are doing; we communicate at every level with each other; we have high standards of quality and integrity; we are interested in being long-term contributors and we possess a great attitude. Our team frequently undertakes continued education and enjoys attending various professional development seminars.
Technology
We are a forward moving practice and pride ourselves on being up to date and aware of better ways to do things. We embrace new technology, design, thinking and equipment and utilise these wherever possible. We have a state of the art sterilisation protocol and equipment so you can be confident that you and your family are in safe hands.
Community
Our aim is to develop within our community a service that is second to none. We value excellence, honesty, professionalism and commitment.
Success
The ultimate measure of success is growth. We aim to maintain a productive, profitable and expanding dental practice.
History
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The St Quentin Dental Practice was established on St Quentin Avenue in Claremont by Dr Peter Newton in 1969. In 1972 he was joined by Dr Pat Shanahan. By 1978 the practice had grown significantly and was relocated to a house on St Quentin Avenue, which was customised to provide a larger facility for the practice.
Dr Tony Bovell, one of the present principals, purchased Pat Shanahan’s share of the practice in 1982. Dr Leigh Jones joined the practice in 1984 and in 1988, shortly after Dr Ian Chiswell joined the practice, the St Quentin Partnership was formed between Tony, Leigh and Ian. Leigh left the partnership to pursue a Masters in Orthodontics in 1999.
In 2000, the practice was relocated to 247 Stirling Highway, which is a large purpose-built dental practice facility. Dr Timothy Tan was employed as an associate and became a partner in 2002. Unfortunately an out-of-work incident forced the early retirement of Ian Chiswell in 2005, and Dr Asheen Behari was employed as an associate until 2008 when he became a partner. The present partnership comprises Dr Tony Bovell, Dr Timothy Tan and Dr Asheen Behari.
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Dr Timothy Tan BDSc (WA)
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Dr Timothy Tan graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1991. He spent the following two years as an associate in private practice in the Snowy Mountains of NSW, followed by a year of travel in 1994. During his travels, he started work as a journalist, writing about his two favourite topics, wine and sport. It was also during this time that he met his future wife, Bernadette.
In 1996, they moved back to Perth where Tim returned to private practice as a sole practitioner in Raine Square, in the Perth CBD. In 1999, he began full time study for his Masters degree and also started part time work at St Quentin Avenue Dental Clinic (as it was known then). After obtaining an advanced MBA in finance in 2000, Tim began full time work at St Quentin’s, becoming a partner in 2002.
Tim enjoys practising all aspects of dentistry but in particular he enjoys the challenge of cosmetic and implant dentistry. Tim and his wife Bernadette now have three sons who attend school locally.
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Dr Asheen Behari B.D.S. (Witwatersrand)
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Post Graduate Diploma Clinical Dentistry – Oral Implants (Sydney)
Clinical Senior Lecturer (UWA)Dr Asheen Behari graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1993. In September of that year he started a private dental practice in Durban. He spent five years in practice there and during that time was a clinical tutor at the University and did voluntary work in a craniofacial unit and at a local clinic for disadvantaged people.
In 1999 Asheen was offered a position to practice private dentistry in Kensington, London. He was able to further his interest in aesthetic dentistry whilst there and attended many learning programs in the UK and internationally. Asheen moved to Perth in 2004 and started practice at St Quentin Dental. He became involved in implant dentistry in 1994 and in 2007 completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry – Oral Implants at the University of Sydney.
Asheen dedicates one day per week towards teaching final year undergraduate dental students at the University of Western Australia where he is a Clinical Senior Lecturer. His main fields of interest are in aesthetic, implant and reconstructive dentistry.
“Our practice has a strong preventative program at its core. This helps our patients to maintain optimal oral health and wellbeing and is a foundation for allowing us to practice excellent dentistry.”
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Dr Tony Bovell BDSc (WA)
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Dr Tony Bovell graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1976. He then spent several years as an associate practising in England. Upon his return from the UK he became a partner at St Quentin Avenue Dental Clinic (as it was known then) in Claremont.
Wanting to expand the business in 2000, Tony and partners created the purpose built, state of the art surgery on Stirling Highway in Claremont, now known as St Quentin Dental.
Tony and his family have been living and working in the Claremont area for several generations, his grandmother founding Bovell Pies in Claremont. He actively participates and contributes to the local community including his beloved Claremont Tigers, for whom he played at league level.
Tony enjoys practising all aspects of general dentistry, but in particular aesthetic dentistry and crown and bridge work. The advent of dental implants has created a new and interesting sphere of dentistry with which Tony has been involved for over 10 years. Tony combines his many years of invaluable experience with his ongoing desire to perfect the art of dentistry.
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