Natasha Ferrington
A Queensland Graduate of Dental Therapy and dental Hygiene, Natarsha has been with Avenue dental since 2001.

She is a mother of two daughters – one teen and one nearly there, and lives in a quaint country town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. She is inspired by the bush and loves hiking in our beautiful National Parks. Her hiking claim to fame is recently “doing the Overland Track,” a wilderness walk in Tasmania in the Cradle mountain region – the climb up Mt Ossa being the highlight. Her other passions include practicing yoga and enjoying her garden.

“My satisfaction from working life comes from the interaction with people – the work I do is very rewarding in being a part of people’s healing process and their experience of returning their mouth to a state of health.”

“I love the friendly atmosphere we have created at Avenue dental, with our supportive, willing staff members and the emphasis on achieving and maintaining high standards of health care; and having fun whilst doing so.”

Deb Kerridge
Deb graduated as a Dental Therapist in 1979 and was responsible for introducing the School Dental Service in Mt Isa.  After a couple of years enduring the heat, she went overseas.  Whilst on this liite adventure (10 years) she dabbled in a variety of professions travelling Canada, USA and Europe before ending up in Iceland filleting fish.

After a couple of years becoming quite proficient at this and speaking Icelandic, she ended up with an Icelandic husband and returned to Australia.

Upon her return, she resumed working as a Dental Therapist to discover that the world of dentistry had changed dramatically with the emphasis on prevention and holistic dentistry.  This prompted her to return to university to gain a Bachelor of Health Promotion.  After a few years working with public health units to increase the profile of dentistry in health programs, she returned again to university to gain qualifications as a dental hygienist.

She has been working at Avenue Dental since 2005 and loves it.  Asked why she does what she does, the answer is “I was very frightened of dentists as a child and I know how this fear builds up over the years.  I want to be able to prevent anxiety through prevention.

Deb is happily married to her Icelandic husband and has one little girl and two dogs.