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Four New Practices Join Lumino The Dentists’ Family
17th December, 2009Lumino The Dentists has acquired four more high quality practices bringing the number of outlets for the burgeoning national dental health care provider to 48.
Oamaru Mum Wins Lumino Fiji Holiday
23rd November, 2009Oamaru mum, Joanne Prouting has won five nights in Fiji with return airfares for two, staying at the Sofitel Resort and Spa.
Read More …Lumino The Dentists Smile Studio Celebrates Three Years With National Dental Network
27th October, 2009The Smile Studio in Orewa is enjoying a facelift, to celebrate its three year anniversary as part of the national Lumino The Dentists group. A new logo, colours, outside signage and a refreshed reception area are all part of the refurbishment.
Read More …Changing Of The Guard After 37 Years
4th September, 2009A new pair of hands is taking over at Lumino The Dentists Smile by Design in Whangarei. After 37 years Dr Harvey Stephen is handing over to local lad, Dr Matthew Ross.
Lumino Urges Kiwis To Think About Their Oral Health
25th July, 2009New Zealanders are storing up trouble by pushing concerns about their oral health to the back of their minds according to the country’s only national provider, Lumino The Dentists.
Read More …Lumino Makes It Easier To Budget For Oral Health
3rd July, 2009Lumino The Dentists has teamed up with Q Card to help people budget for their oral health care with a 12 month interest free plan for treatments of more than $1,000.
Read More …NZ Public Still Want a Perfect Hollywood Smile
8th June, 2009New Zealanders still want the confidence afforded by that perfect Hollywood smile, according to leading Auckland dentist, Dr Andrea Shepperson, but the slowing economy means they are looking for smarter ways to recapture a youthful look.
Sort Your Teeth Out Before Having A Face Lift
15th April, 2009New Zealanders considering anti-aging treatments should look to cosmetic dentistry before resorting to collagen fillers or surgery, according to a leading Auckland cosmetic dentist.
Lumino The Dentists Announces Two Appointments To Clinical Advisory Board
8th April, 2009Lumino The Dentists has appointed Dr. Rob Shearman (BDS) and Dr. Andrea Shepperson (BDS) to its Clinical Advisory Board.
Lumino The Dentists Campaigns For Children’s Dental Health With Relaunch Of Mobile Service For Schools
25th February, 2009Lumino The Dentists has launched a fleet of updated mobile dental units, as part of its campaign to improve the dental health of New Zealand adolescents. The first schools to enjoy the revamped units were Tamaki College and Whangaparaoa College.
Dunedin Family Dentist Warns Against Skimping On Dental Health When Times Are Tough
17th February, 2009With the economy heading downwards and money getting tighter, more New Zealand families may be looking to cut back on dental care. A 2008 nationwide dental survey by Lumino The Dentists revealed
Read More …Summer To Smile About For Lumino Orewa Customer
16th January, 2009Lumino The Dentists Smile Studio customer Sylvia Keet will have a smile filled summer after the Orewa practice presented her with a top of the range Sony Smile Shutter digital camera. Sylvia won the prize after taking part in the Lumino The Dentists Smile
Read More …Lincoln Dental Is First Practice In Canterbury To Join Lumino The Dentists
12th January, 2009Lumino the Dentists, New Zealand’s only dental group offering quality dental care nationwide has opened its first Christchurch based practice with the acquisition of Lincoln Dental.
Lumino The Dentists Smile Survey Shows That All We Want For Christmas Is Nice White Teeth
17th December, 2008More than half of us are unhappy with our smile, according to survey figures released by Lumino The Dentists, New Zealand’s only national dental healthcare group with over 100 dentists and 250 support staff.
Lumino The Dentists Teams Up With Leading Bay Of Plenty Dental Practice
3rd December, 2008One of Tauranga’s premier dental practices, City Dental on the Park, has joined national dental healthcare organisation, Lumino The Dentists.
Kevan Wong, lead dentist at City Dental on the Park says: ‘Lumino is able to offer an excellent business and
More choice of superior treatments from Lumino The Dentists Five Cross Roads in Hamilton
12th November, 2008Lumino The Dentists Five Cross Roads in Hamilton has had a complete makeover. The new look is part of the successful practice’s integration into the Lumino network, which offers the widest choice of preventative, restorative and cosmetic dental treatment
Read More …More choice of superior treatments from Lumino The Dentists in New Plymouth
12th November, 2008New Plymouth’s Lumino The Dentists has had a complete makeover. The new look is part of the successful practice’s integration into the Lumino network, which offers the widest choice of preventative, restorative and cosmetic dental treatments in New Zeala
Read More …More choice of superior treatments from Lumino The Dentists Dental Rooms in Masterton
12th November, 2008Masterton’s Lumino The Dentists Dental Rooms has had a complete makeover. The new look is part of the successful practice’s integration into the Lumino network, which offers the widest choice of preventative, restorative and cosmetic dental treatments in
Read More …More choice of superior treatments from Lumino The Dentists Cosmetic Dental Care in Palmerston North
12th November, 2008Palmerston North’s Lumino The Dentists Cosmetic Dental Care has had a complete makeover. The new look is part of the successful practice’s integration into the Lumino network, which offers the widest choice of preventative, restorative and cosmetic denta
Read More …New Partnership Aims To Prevent `Shocking Level’ of Child Dental Disease in New Zealand
28th October, 2008Half of all New Zealand children starting primary school have preventable dental disease, according to leading specialist paediatric dentist, Dr Nina Vasan.
New Zealand's Largest Dental Practice Joins Lumino Network
22nd October, 2008Proudmouth Caring Dentistry has become part of Lumino The Dentists, the national dental healthcare organisation, bring the total number of practices within the Lumino The Dentists group to 39.
Things Are Looking Up At The Dentists
20th October, 2008At many of New Zealand’s dental surgeries there is nothing to look at when sitting in the dentist’s chair except up the dentist’s nostrils, according to Dr Adam Doudney of Lumino The Dentists Smile Studio in Orewa.
Dentists Need To Work Smarter Not Harder To Keep Up With Patient Demands
12th September, 2008New Zealand’s dentists need to work smarter not harder, the profession’s conference meeting in Rotorua was told yesterday.
Audiology and Dental Acquisitions Continue Growth of Abano Businesses in New Zealand
29th August, 2008Abano Healthcare Group has today announced further acquisitions in its dental and audiology businesses extending the networks of both Bay Audiology and Lumino The Dentists in New Zealand.
Read More …Ten Years Younger Star Opens New Zealand’s First Luxury Dental Spa
25th August, 2008Allen Baker, the man known for transforming smiles on TV show, ‘Ten Years Younger’, has opened New Zealand’s very first luxury dental spa.
Read More …Lumino Unveils Fresh New Look In Wellington
18th August, 2008There’s a bright new smile for many Wellington patients visiting their dentists. Lumino The Dentists, New Zealand’s only national dental healthcare group, is giving its Wellington practices a facelift.
Read More …Abano Delivers Record Results For FY08
30th July, 2008Abano Healthcare Group today announced a record net profit after tax (NPAT) of $7.8 million. The result was a 56% increase on the previous year’s NPAT of $5.0 million and in line with guidance provided by the company of $7.9m in January.
Read More …Abano takes bite of Australian dental market
27th June, 2008ABANO Healthcare Group today announced that it has entered the Australian dental market through a partnership with Dental Partners, an Australian-based dental company owned by experienced dental sector executives, dentists and management.
New Zealand's largest Dental group opens first new look practise
10th April, 2008Lumino The Dentists, New Zealand’s only dental group offering dental care nationwide, has opened the first of its new look practices in Mt Eden, Auckland. The launch was celebrated at a cocktail event on Tuesday, 4th March.
Read More …Growing demand for quality dental care leads Lumino The Dentists to open new look Auckland practice
10th April, 2008The growth of Lumino The Dentists, which is expanding at a rate of more than six practices a year, has been driven by an increasing demand, within New Zealand, for quality, dental services. The new look is part of Lumino’s commitment to a national identit
Read More …Abano Dental Acquisitions
30th November, 2007Abano Healthcare Group is continuing its expansion strategy for its Lumino dental business, with the fourth dental practice acquisition in recent weeks...
Read More …Abano Dental Acquisitions
5th November, 2007Listed healthcare provider, Abano Healthcare Group Limited, today announced the continued growth of its dental business with the acquisition of a further three dental practices.
A fourth acquisition is expected to be announced later this month, and ba