New Heaton St premises something to smile about

Published date24 May 2023
The practice has moved from its home of more than 30 years in Church St to a new purpose-built facility in Heaton St, above Roberts Pharmacy and Timaru Medical Centre

With double the floor space, Timaru Dental Care now has room for five dentists, a hygienist and a denture technician, and the rooms are easily accessed by a lift or stairs. There is also the convenience of ample on-site designated carparks.

Access to Timaru Dental Care is via the hallway running alongside the pharmacy and providing access to the GP practices on the ground floor, up the stairs or via the lift to the first floor.

The move to the new site was a huge logistical exercise, dentist and owner Mark Goodhew says, but despite the challenges — including having to remove a window to crane in some equipment — they managed to do it with just a half-day shut down.

Working with a great plan from NB Architects, the upstairs premises were carefully designed to serve the practice’s staff and clients well into the future.

Mark thanks Henderson Building staff who worked hard to make the plan a reality.

Boasting six surgeries, a large central sterilising unit, an imaging room, a lab with a Cerec milling machine (enabling same-day crowns) and a dedicated hygienist’s room, shower, laundry and large staff room, the new facility is proving a great place to work and visit for dental care.

It’s so well-provisioned and up-to-the-minute, Mark jokes he could probably move in and live on-site.

Air filters and heat pumps through all the rooms ensure excellent ventilation, and comfort for staff and patients on the chilliest winter morning or the hottest summer’s day.

With spacious surgeries, patients in wheelchairs no longer have to move from their chair — there is enough room to...

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