| Dr. Jacques Imbeau - General
Dental Practitioner with a specific interest in
integrative natural health. |
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I am
the the director of the Centre. I am a
dentist and my scope of practice as a
dentist is as a general dental
practitioner. I graduated in 1980 with a
D.M.D. ( doctorate in dental medicine )
from the Faculty
of Dental Medicine, University of
Montreal, Canada, passed the New Zealand
Dental Registration Examination ( NZDREX
) in 1993 at the Faculty
of Dentistry, University of Otago in
Dunedin and gained my NZ dental
registration as a general dental
practitioner in early 1994 -
DD2763 ( DCNZ
). Pursuant to my
specific interest in integrative and
natural health care, I subsequently
became registered with Natural Health
Practitioners NZ as a natural
medicine practitioner (
homeopathy, biochemistry and nutrition -
NM2447) ( NHPNZ ) and gained my
fellowship in Nutritional and
Environmental Medicine ( FACNEM ) from the
Australasian College of Nutrititional
& Environmental Medicine and I am
currently serving on the executive board
of the NZ Natural Medicine Association. I
am a father of three with dual New
Zealand - Canadian citizenship and I have
over 30 years experience in all aspects
of dental and oral health and diseases,
including over 15 years in advanced
diagnosis and treatments of problems
related to dental and oral pathologies,
including oral \ dental infections, oral
galvanism \ corrosion, dental material
toxicity, facial pain, jaw joint and
maxillofacial bones disorders, abnormal
bite and nutritional imbalances resulting
from such pathological conditions.
Frequently these problems are linked to
general health problems that can
adversely affect the heart, liver, gut,
nervous system, the skin and may be
involved in many others problems such as
irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia,
chronic fatigue, osteoporosis ect....
Increasingly dental problems and common
dental procedures can impact overall
health and systemic health problems can
adversely impact oral health so that an
integrative approach to health is
indicated, both as a preventative and
curative modality.
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I
am a certified instructor in through-transmission
alveolar ultrasonography, a published author on
such maxillofacial bone disorders as ischaemic
bone disease and oral osteoporosis and a full
professional member of the following professional
bodies: Australasian College for Nutritional and
Environmental Medicine (ACNEM), the Australasian
Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), the New Zealand
Natural Medicine Association (NZNMA), the New Zealand Dental
Association (NZDA), the Auckland Dental
Association (ADA) and the International
Team for Implantology (ITI)
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Suzanne
Thouin, B.Sc., P. Dt.
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Suzanne
is the clinical co-ordinator of the
Centre. She graduated in 1982 with a
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from
McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
She has over 15 years experience in
dental clinical management and 5 years in
hospital dietetic management. She is a
professional dietician \ nutritionist and
an experienced chairside dental assistant
with extensive hands-on knowledge of
treatments for patients suffering from
health problems related to dental and
oral diseases. In addition to her
training as a dietician \ nutritionist,
her skills are complemented by ongoing
continuing education in a wide spectrum
of health modalities. Suzanne is both
my sweetheart and the heart of the
practice. I love her to bits ! She has
the feminine touch that is so important
in helping those who are doing their best
to recover their health and maintain it.
And yes, even if we do not have the same
surname, we have been married for 30
years !
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