The inaugural Australian Dentistry Awards, held in December 2025 at the Melbourne Town Hall, was a celebration of excellence in dentistry and a recognition that Australian dentistry is of an exceptionally high standard.
The high quality of the clinicians and their dental teams who presented on the night was outstanding and every candidate should be enormously proud of their achievements.
As was acknowledged, the judges faced extremely difficult decisions as all candidates presented extremely high standards in the art, discipline and delivery of dentistry.
Thank you again to the dental teams and sponsors who took part in dentistry’s biggest night.
Following are a selection of photos and a video of the evening.
And here are all the winners of the inaugural Australian Dentistry Awards:
Practice of the Year (Joint)
Adawn Dental Studio /// Daniel Tan & Associates (DDTA)
Practice Principal of the Year (Joint)
Dr Isabel Holmes (Illumident) /// Dr Rashi Gupta (Norlane Dental Aesthetics & Implants)
Team of the Year (Joint)
Warrnambool Dental /// Norlane Dental Aesthetics & Implants
Regional Practice of the Year (Joint)
Warrnambool Dental /// Illumident
Young Dentist of the Year
Dr Terry (Yi) Pu – Platypus Dental
Most Improved Practice
Illumident
New Practice of the Year
Happy Dentistry
Dr Jenny Liu
Dental Nurse of the Year
Rochelle Fisher
Dental Assisting & Beyond
Specialist of the Year (Joint)
Presented by Straumann
Dr Sophia Richardson /// Dr Aovana Timmerman
Implantologist of the Year
Dr Paul Greham
Treatment of Nervous Patients
Dr Henriette Macri-Etienne
Patient Care (Joint)
Daniel Tan & Associates (DDTA) /// The Ruthy Clinic
Practice Manager of the Year
Mrs Marianne Sourial
Adawn Dental Studio
Receptionist of the Year
Mrs Nadia Del Grosso
Adawn Dental Studio
Treatment Coordinator of the Year
Ms Roula Osman
Adawn Dental Studio
Sustainable Practice
Presented by Cattani
Beaconsfield Dental
Education & Mentorship
Dr Harry Marget
Charity/Community Practice of the Year
Presented by NSK
Warrnambool Dental
Orthodontic Educator of the Year
Dr Geoff Hall
OrthoEd
Best Orthodontic Course
OrthoEd
Best Clear Aligner Case Study
Dr Martin Poon
MP Orthodontics
Best Laboratory
Andent
Best AOX Full Arch
Inno Dental Lab
Dental Tech Innovation of the Year
Dental Monitoring
Digital Practice of the Year
Presented by Henry Schein One
iSmile Studio
Website of the Year
Adawn Dental Studio
Practice Design & Brand (Joint)
Daniel Tan & Associates (DDTA) /// Adawn Dental Studio
Congratulations to all our winners and placegetters, congratulations on the high standards you all achieved.
Look out for articles on each category winner to be published throughout the year.
The Australian Dentistry Awards are now established in the dental calendar and we look forward to our Sydney awards this December.
