Your "TOOTHDOCTORS"

DR GARRET ROBLES completed his Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDM) degree from the University of the Philippines, with a certificate of distinction for placing 1st in the Philippine Dental Board Examinations in 2001.  He pursued a postgraduate training in Paediatric Dentistry at the Philippine Children’s Medical Centre in 2002,  and had the opportunity to teach at both institutions as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Peadiatric Dentistry and Community Dentistry and hospital staff dentist.

He also enjoyed a good decade of starting up and managing his own private practice, with visiting children's dentistry roles to a number of dental centres in Manila. Ingrained from his university's core values of honor, excellence and service, Garret opened his first private practice at his community's local fish market allowing vendors and their families to get top-notch but affordable and accesible dental care. Garret misses the years he enjoyed going home after a good barter of fish and produce from his loving patients. 

In 2012 Garret moved to Australia to join his wife Mary Ann, a fisheries policy and international maritime law specialist and research academic at the University of Wollongong.  On completion of his Australian Dental Council Certificate, Garret and Mary made the decision to move to Townsville for work, driving with their furchild Bear on a dollar-a-day hire motorhome.

Garret initially joined 1300SMILES (now part of Abano Healthcare Group) on Fulham Road in Pimlico before briefly taking on a lead clinical placement teaching role at James Cook University (JCU) as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Dentistry in 2015. 

To further inspire his dental students that a mobile dental practice model is sustainable, Garret established Project Outback Dental (POD) Pty Ltd® – North Qld’s first mobile dental practice in 2016, and later MYTOOTHDOCTOR® for his outback clients wishing to see him in Townsville. 

Project Outback Dental® targets populations identified by Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024 - providing much needed dental services to (1) people who are socially disadvantaged or on low incomes, (2) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, (3) people living in regional and remote Australia, and (4) people with additional and/or specialised health care needs.  

For over 10 years, Project Outback Dental® was the outsourced and trusted dental services provider of the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS), and continues to innovate its delivery of oral health services to rural and regional North Queensland communities, schools, and supported accommodations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students - and more recently to aged care facilities in the region. 

For his committed and continuing mobile service delivery in rural and remote Queensland, Dr Robles received the North Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) Dentist of the Year Award in 2018.

Dr Robles maintains credentialing with the Townsville Mater Private Hospital allowing him to treat children of all ages, and members of the family with special needs under a general anaesthetic. Garret is always very thankful for referrals coming from his colleague general dentists, DTs and OHTs, and allied health and medical professionals in the Townsville region and surrounds, Mt Isa, Bowen, the Whitsundays, and the Atherton Tablelands. 

Dr Garret is a very strong advocate of telehealth and teledentistry - facilitating consultations and timely referrals to Brisbane-based public and private Specialist Paediatric Dentists and Specialists in Special Needs Dentistry for the management of more medically complex paediatric cases.  He likewise considers himself very blessed to work with local Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial and Specialist ENT Surgeons - on carefully planned and select joint theatre cases.   

For continuing professional development and mentorship, Garret maintains membership with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry Queensland Branch (ANZSPD Qld), a member of the International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT), the Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry (ASSCID) and the Australian Dental Association (ADAQ).  

KAREN WARD is Townsville's most experienced dental therapist known to a number of parents who were her paediatric patients themselves!  Having worked with a number of practices in Townsville, the MYTOOTHDOCTOR team are all excited to let families know that Ms Karen is now on our team and we have now completed the fit out of her sensory-friendly kids waitng and dental treatment rooms!

Karen shares these thoughts on kids dentistry, "My first experience as a child visiting the dentist was amazing. Since this experience my goal has been to provide the same experience to my patients. I love supporting patients and their families and especially interacting with children on a daily basis."   With over 30 years experience in the industry as a dental therapist, Karen brings a wealth of experience and expertise working with children of all ages, and kids with special needs or suffering from anxiety.

Karen adds, "I strive to provide the same amazing and enjoyable experience to all children. I love getting to know them and see them as bright and inquisitive souls." "I cherish the trust and faith that they place in me to meet all of their dental needs. Through tiny steps together and lots of patience we can achieve great rewards. I am recognised in Townsville as a caring and knowledgeable health professional in the dental industry and my positive approach and love for working with children enables me to create a happy dental environment. I am married with a family of three boys and blessed to work each day with a great team. I love a chat and a laugh, come visit us soon."

Karen is always open and willing to learn, incorporating new and evidenced based clinical managment techniques that come with years of experience, and by undertaking professional learning on a regular basis. 

She also loves meeting new patients and their families  to ensure a seamless dental experience for them now and for them to carry on into their lifetime. 

In her spare time Karen loves spending time with her family, friends, travelling local and overseas.

Ms Karen maintains affiliate membership with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD Qld), and a member of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD). She is always happy to share with the clinical team the latest information and clinical pearls learnt from her all her continuing professional development trips, most currently the ANZSPD 2026 Congress in Sydney. 

DR CRAIG JOLICOEUR primarily sees patients from his rooms at 1300SMILES Dentists in Rasmussen (Abano Healthcare Group), but also lends his expertise on fortnightly Fridays at MYTOOTHDOCTOR to see adult and senior patients suffering from dental anxiety and medical conditions. Dr Craig has a special interest in minor oral surgery (wisdom teeth), advanced restorative dentistry (crowns and bridges), full mouth rehabilitations, and removable prosthodontics (partial and full dentures). Dr Craig graduated from the University of Otago School of Dentistry in 2005 and began his career with Qld Health.

Outside of dentistry, Dr Craig is a loving father who has never missed a drop-off at daycare and primary school for his only child, Esha, who has now started high school. Craig is also an excellent party host and barbecue chef, often inviting the team over for home-cooked meals during Christmas holidays and birthday celebrations, as organized by our beloved treatment coordinator, Ruby.

DR CRYSTAL JOHN completed her Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the University of Manchester School of Dentistry in 2016. On her first graduate year she worked at a private and NHS dental practice, under a structured work program with formal assessments by the the Oxfordshire Deanery, where she demonstrated a high level of competency in all aspects of General Dentistry including minor oral surgery.  In 2018 Dr Crystal moved to Townsville establishing a very loyal base of clients at 1300SMILES on Fulham Road in Pimlico.  Her CV include page lists of 5 star reviews on Google and Facebook from both parents of the kids she has seen and her adult patients.  She is well loved by her former dental team on Fulham Road and have all wished her well in her joining MYTOOTHDOCTOR.

Dr Crystal has a keen interest in endodontics and children's dentistry, with now an extensive exposure to Indigenous Oral Health by having had a regular patient list at the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS), and holding mobile dental van clinics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school kids at St Patricks College, St Teresa's College in Abergowrie and the NRL Cowboys House.  Dr Crystal has developed a special bond with her paediatric patients at these boarding schools and would travel all the way from Malaysia to see them. Dr Crystal is able to practice in 3 jurisdictions: Malaysia, Australia and the UK!

Dr Crystal loves the colour blue, and is fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Indonesia, conversational Mandarin, and a little of Hokkien and Cantonese - which comes as a surprise to some of her patients able to speak Chinese.