About Dr Henry Sinclair
One-in-four of us fear a trip to the dentist, so what makes Dr Henry Sinclair at Coolum Beach Dental any different? The answer is his smile. Yep, it’s pretty cliche for a dentist but when you’re sitting in that chair and the fears blissfully float away, you know you’re in good hands and that makes all the difference. Dr Sinclair likes to think of himself as Dental Health Psychologist, because he believes a trip to the dentist should not be intimidating, but fun and as pain-free as possible. “When people leave our practice and they say that it wasn’t as bad as they were imagining it, or they are so excited and proud of their new smiles, then in my mind I have done my job correctly,” he says. A practising dentist for 25 years, Dr Sinclair has worked in the far corners of Queensland, in Melbourne and even a country town in Victoria, before he made the move to the sandy shores at Coolum Beach. He purchased his first dental practice in Cairns and worked in the remote northern Queensland town of Weipa for almost nine years. “This enabled me to do a vast array of dental services for the local mining and indigenous community, as they had limited medical opportunities for comprehensive medical help. The community spirit was something I cherished, and subsequently has been a theme of all my future dental practices.” That theme has transitioned to Coolum Beach Dental, where Dr Sinclair says he inherited staff that live and breathe his dentistry motto, in spirit and camaraderie. Dr Sinclair has had a special interest in orthodontics for 25 years, with 25 years of oral surgery (wisdom teeth) experience on top of that. He also completed two years of training at the Brener Institute for bone grafting and implant placement.
About the practice
Coolum Beach Dental was opened in 1993 as Fletcher Dental, with the previous owners renaming the practice in 2000. After purchasing the practice in 2010, Dr Sinclair set about creating one of the freshest, state-of-the-art surgeries on the Coast, and something the community could be proud of. “Our patients pay us for a service and I want them to see that they are getting the best they can, and they have the latest technologies available for their dental treatment.” Together with Dr Sinclair’s extensive list of qualifications, he also employs two additional dentists, and offers a dedicated hygiene department. “We only use white filling materials, either composite resins or ceramic fillings. Our endodontic services benefit with the use of magnification, and the latest motorised cleaning technologies. “By offering a full range of services locally and with the back up of specialist referral close at hand, we can confidently treat people in a comprehensive and thorough manner.” As a community-based clinic, Coolum Beach Dental offers services for a broad range of patients, from families to retirees, and people with mobility issues.