Meet Our Team

Nina has been providing outstanding dental treatment to the community of Ashgrove for over thirty years, most of those have been at our beautiful worker’s cottage. Nina graduated with Honours from the University of Queensland and after a short stint with Queensland Health, established her Private Practice at Ashgrove. Nina was the first female dentist in the area at that time. Her practice continued to evolve with the changing and growing demographics of the area. She has a great passion for promoting good preventative practices for everyone and loves to treat children and family groups. Outside of dentistry, Nina enjoys good quality coffee, watching the rugby (especially The Wallabies) and spending quality family time with her husband Michael, son Jimmy and their pony-sized German Shepherds, Harry and Bella.

Amanda graduated from Charles Sturt University in Orange, NSW. Amanda has worked extensively in rural communities in NSW and has had experience in both public and private sectors of Dentistry. She has moved up north to Brisbane for the beautiful sunny weather and friendly smiles. Amanda is passionate about patient care and has special interests in restorative dentistry as well as paediatric dentistry and loves to make a child’s dental visit memorable and fun. Her main priority is to listen to the individual needs of her patients and she firmly believes in making the experience as relaxed and comfortable as possible. Outside of dentistry, Amanda was previously a radiographer at the Prince Charles Hospital on days when she is not wearing the dentist mask. Amanda grew up on a family farm in NSW and moved to Brisbane with her partner Lachlan (also from country NSW) to start their city life. Amanda and her husband Lachlan along with their adorable and charming son’s Saxon  and Fergus enjoy quiet family time in Brisbane and getting back to the farm as often as possible to visit family.

Dr Rachel Hoskin was a very exciting addition to our NB Dental team in 2015. Nina has known Rachel through family friends since she was a little girl growing up in Brisbane’s western suburbs. Fast forwarding many years and we have a very grown up Rachel, a wife and mother to two adorable girls Mia and Phoebe. Rachel completed her dental degree in Queensland and brings a wealth of knowledge and 10 years private practice experience, which makes her very suitably qualified to provide the competent, caring treatment all patients deserve and are familiar with at NB Dental. Outside of dentistry, Rachel focuses on her little family as well as her fitness. Recently (2019) Rach won the F45 challenge and lost over 25kg’s. She is loving the compliments from her beautiful patients!

Zoe studied dentistry at the University of Queensland, graduating in the year 2000 with Honours. On completion of her degree, Zoe pursued her interest in paediatric dentistry working initially with Queensland Health on the Fraser Coast, then being promoted to a senior dentist role with the Sunshine Coast School Dental Service. Zoe has worked with Nina and the NB Dental team since 2004. Through this family focused practice, Zoe has been able to continue treating children which she greatly enjoys and also expand her interest in all aspects of adult dental care. Zoe had a break from the NB Dental team for 3 years when her husband Brendan was accepted to study orthodontics at the University of Melbourne. During these three years, Zoe worked full time in a Melbourne CBD practice (QV Dental). She worked closely with the Principal Dentist particularly in the field of prosthodontics (crowns and bridges). Zoe is very committed to continuing education recently completing a Sydney based course on advanced endodontics and a ‘hands on’ prosthodontics course in Melbourne. Outside of dentistry, Zoe is married to Brisbane Orthodontist, Brendan Fitzpatrick. They have three beautiful children Rose, Angus and Maeve, who keep them very busy. Brendan and Zoe have a fabulous edible garden at home and enjoy spending time together with the children gardening on weekends.

Debbie is NB Dental’s Oral Health Therapist. After graduating from the University of Queensland in 2001, Debbie spent the first two years of her professional career in rural Queensland. Here she met her husband Tom who she returned to Brisbane with in 2004 to settle in Alderley. Debbie is passionate about the dental care of children, focusing on providing a great dental experience for her little patients. Her dual degree in Hygiene enables her to also treat Adults and maintain people affected by periodontal disease, the most preventable oral disease affecting our adult population. Debbie has recently completed a four year commitment to the Dental Hygienist Association in Queensland, taking on the responsibility of Vice President. These roles allowed Debbie to work with a multitude of Allied Health disciplines throughout Australia. Outside of dentistry, Debbie, along with her husband Tom enjoy a busy life with their two beautiful daughters, Charlotte and Penelope. Deb is passionate about health and fitness and loves to spoil the family by taking them to the snow once a year for the ski season.

Natalie graduated from University of Sheffield in the UK in 2010. She moved to Australia in 2013 where she worked as a locum dentist whilst travelling around Australia before settling in Brisbane.  She has experience working in both private and public sectors of dentistry as well as a teaching role at the University of Queensland in Oral Surgery. She has also spent time in Vanuatu volunteering as a dentist in rural communities.  Natalie is committed to providing her patients with quality dental care and ensuring that they are comfortable and happy during their visit to her. She has a special interest in restorative and paediatric dentistry. She takes the time to make sure that her patients concerns are listened to and believes in a holistic approach to dentistry.  Outside of dentistry, Natalie loves the outdoors. She is an avid hiker and can often be found up the mountains in the Scenic Rim where she lives with her husband Grady and little boy Teddy. Natalie completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in the USA in 2019, spending 155 days hiking and camping on the trail. She now lives west of Brisbane with her family where they enjoy a quiet life tending to the garden, veggie patch and their chickens.

Ngoc was born in Vietnam, her family decided to leave Vietnam when she was 2 years old. She lived in a Malaysian refugee camp for four years before moving to Brisbane. Ngoc grew up in Highgate Hill and attended St Ita’s Catholic Primary School and Brisbane State High School before graduating from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Oral Health. Ngoc enjoys building relationships with her patients and through her caring nature strives to create a comfortable and positive experience for them. She continues to advance her knowledge by regularly attending continuous education courses.  In an ideal world Ngoc would love to spend her free time watching a movie or reading a book however you will most likely see her out and about chasing after her 2 kids.