Principal Dentist - Dr Peter Raymond

Dr Peter J Raymond B.D.S (Principal Dentist)

Peter gained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1986 at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom. He was selected to undertake ‘Hospital Training”, an opportunity only available to the best of class and after a year as a Dental House Officer at the Newcastle Dental Hospital, he then moved on to further training in Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery as a Senior House Officer in the large University teaching Hospitals at Sheffield and Leeds. Moving into General practice in 1989. Peter’s extended level of training affords him a higher level of skill in both surgical and cosmetic dentistry. Peter is committed to state of the art dentistry and he pursues this through regular on-going continuing education. Peter regularly pursues new skills and knowledge in the areas of customer service, pain free dentistry, new materials and dental technology. An extension of Peter’s commitment to his own ongoing development is his commitment to the professional development of his associate dentists and the training of his staff.

 

Known as Pete,

Pete has lived in New Zealand  for twenty two years, and although born in North Yorkshire, England, he is now a Kiwi by citizenship and choice.

After dentistry, his main passion in life is travel and the great outdoors, never a tourist always a traveller, he has witnessed some of the good and the bad of every continent on the planet . Testimonials to his many adventures are seen in the photographs around the surgery walls.

Recent conquests include Aconcagua (6900m) Mt. Cook, Mt Aspiring, and in 2004 Mt Pumori  (7145m) in Nepal.

One of his travel highlights was without a doubt a trip to Patagonia and Antarctica. In 2015 Pete was part of an expedition to climb Mt Vinson(4892m),the highest mountain in Antarctica. It was a truly incredible experience.

Photography is his second passion closely followed by a keen interest in the culinary secrets of the places he visits, spicy food being Pete’s specialty. Fitness is central to his ability to squeeze more into a day than the average person. Just occasionally Pete needs a physical rest and pursues varied cultural and “thinking” pursuits.

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