CITY DENTAL - Key Persons
Dr Andrea Shepperson is one of New Zealand's best known dentists, for her role in clinical advancement and dental education. New Zealand's only Digital Smile Design Master, a group of dentists and ceramists recognised globally for their skill in Digital Smile Design and highly aesthetic delivery of cosmetic and reconstructive dentistry.
Dr Andrea Shepperson is regarded as a global leader in dentistry. She founded Shepperson Education, a dedicated teaching centre for dentists worldwide, based on Waiheke Island where she lives. Driven by a desire to be at the forefront of dentistry, she has embraced technology, offering patients high tech solutions and great visibility and engagement with technology, materials and efficient workflows to deliver more accurate, predictable and efficient dentistry for patients.
A Kois Center Graduate and Alumnus, from the internationally acclaimed Kois Center in Seattle, she brings a comprehensive Risk Management approach to care to a loyal patient base of 30+ years.
Andrea is here to help
Dr Andrea Shepperson has a special interest in reconstructing worn mouths or damaged smiles in patients. Tooth wear comes in many guises, and often the first sign of tooth wear is a change in appearance, teeth chipping or breaking and bites changing. She helps patients from all walks of life find solutions to rebuilding their mouths, using dentistry's newest technology such as digital design and manufacture, jaw tracking technology with Modjaw to reconstruct a functional avatar of her patients to rebuild a bite, 3D printing, AI and novel materials.
Her skill is finding solutions to problems that have been chronic oral health issues and she works closely with other medical specialties to manage oral health issues that may be impacted by systemic health factors such as gastric reflux disease.
She is also highly regarded for her knowledge about prevention of dental disease. Many of her patients have benefited from a long term plan which has left them with peace of mind that they are disease free, optimally restored and well maintained for life.
Her role extends to teaching dentists around the world about all aspects of dental materials, reconstructive and cosmetic dentistry. To find out more about her dental education, please visit www.andreashepperson.com
Andrea's dental expertise is world class
As New Zeal;and's only Digital Smile Design Key Opinion Leader, and working closely with master cosmetic ceramists, she crafts beautiful and natural smiles with skill and an eye for detail. Cosmetic dental procedures include, smile design, trial smile, porcelain veneers and crowns, full mouth makeovers, bridges, cosmetic implants, cosmetic dentures and complex reconstruction of bites and worn teeth.
Dr Andrea Shepperson is an experienced dentist with an interest in tooth wear. Find out more about Dr Andrea Shepperson.
Dr Fiona van Heerden graduated from the University of Otago School of Dentistry in 1994. She began her Dental Career at Canterbury Health as a Dental House surgeon before settling into private practice, working in St Heliers for over 20 years.
Fiona's greatest area of interest is cosmetic dentistry - crowns, veneers and Invisalign treatment. She is currently furthering her education in the restoration of severely worn teeth and full mouth reconstructions. She is qualified to provide IV sedation for treatment.
Fiona is here to help
Fiona really enjoys people and developing relationships with her patients. She regards prevention to be the most important part of dentistry and strives to provide the best possible care to her patients.
Following on from the emergency cover role, Fiona worked for two years as a dental house surgeon at Canterbury Health. Learning to care for medically compromised patients, hospital inpatients, dental emergencies and to perform minor oral surgery such as the extraction of impacted wisdom teeth. Dr Fiona also earned her IV sedation qualification there. In 1997, she moved into private practice in Auckland and spent most of her working career in what is now Lumino St Heliers. In 2017 she began to study orthodontics looking to expand her skill set and completed the POS orthodontics basic series before moving on to complete the advanced series, the aligners series and the children's orthodontics series. She is now furthering her education with Dr Andrea Shepperson's courses in the restoration of the worn teeth.
Fiona played hockey with a passion that was sadly not matched by skill for many years. Now retired, she spends her weekends on the side of the pool supporting and managing water polo teams.
Dr Fiona van Heerden graduated from the University of Otago School of Dentistry in 1994 and has worked in private practice for over 20 years.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner
- Senior Associate
Dr Mark Taylor is responsible for General Dentistry, including emergency, Endodontic and Implant Dentistry.
TK is passionate about promoting good oral health to patients and has been practicing for several years in both the private and public sectors.
Priya is our part-time Oral Health Therapist with a special interest in dental hygiene maintenance, managing gum disease and teeth whitening.