Our Dentists & Dental Assistant Team

Dr Alex is our principal dentist here at Murrumba Downs Family Dental. Graduating at the University of Queensland with honours, Alex is well known for being funny, kind, down-to-earth and excelling in all areas of general dentistry and oral surgery. Alex helps our patients out full-time from Monday to Saturday and is very popular for his gentle and straightforward approach. He aims to provide the highest quality of care whilst creating a relaxing environment for you. Alex believes dental care should not be something to be feared.

His special interests lie in emergency dental treatment, oral surgery, endodontics, cosmetic restorative work and research in new dental technologies and products. Dr Alex believes that a broad spectrum of knowledge in all things dental – both old and new – are important in delivering the best care for you and your family.

Outside of dentistry Dr Alex enjoys weight-lifting, cooking and playing the piano.

Ashleigh has been at Murrumba Downs Family Dental for 6 years and has over 12 years experience working as a Dental Assistant. Ashleigh enjoys welcoming patients into the practice and is passionate about getting to know them. She endeavors to ensure they feel comfortable and receive the highest quality of care during their visits to the clinic.

In her spare time Ashleigh enjoys spending time with her husband and two young boys, going to car events and playing outdoor activities together on the weekends.

With over 10 years working as a Dental Assistant, Kristina has a passion with providing the utmost patient care with a kind and understanding approach. Her most rewarding experiences are when she can work with anxious patients to create a space where they feel comfortable and welcome, and knowing patients are happy when seeing smiles on there faces after treatment.

When she’s not helping patients, Kristina enjoys spending time with her partner and golden retriever, dreaming about new camping locations, travel destinations and new recipes to cook up in the kitchen

Fred is one of our senior dentists at Murrumba Downs Family Dental. Fred is passionate about providing high quality dental care for all patients. Born and raised in Brisbane, Fred has many ties with the local community. He is popular with patients for his down to earth nature and painless dental work.

Fred was offered a dentistry position at the University of Queensland with a full 5 year UQ Excellence Scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Science with Honours from the University of Queensland (2011) with numerous academic awards. Fred has a real love for dental knowledge, and has completed a post-graduate Masters in Clinical Dentistry in Dental Implants from Griffith University (2015). Fred has also completed the Comprehensive Orthodontic Course at the International Academy of Advanced Dentistry (2018) and is an accredited Invisalign and SomnoMed provider. In 2019, Fred was accepted into the Australian Dental Association Queensland (ADAQ) Committee Member for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which he served for 1 year.

Fred is particularly interested in implant dentistry, cosmetic dentistry and wisdom teeth extractions. Outside of clinical work, Fred has a keen interest in research. He has finished a thesis literature review. He is also a published research author, with original research in the Australian Endodontic Journal. Please see the link here if you’d like to read the article.

Fred’s appetite for on-going learning is insatiable. While working full-time, he is currently enrolled in the Oral Soft Tissue Mini-Residency with Dr. Sheng at the International Academy of Advanced Dentistry (2022), and is also enrolled in the Comprehensive Implant Course with Dr. Alex Loh in Melbourne.

Fred likes to give back, and has spent time abroad doing dental charity work. Fred has spent 3 weeks in Cambodia providing dental care to the nation’s most needy children in 2014, 2017 and most recently 2019. This has come to a halt temporarily due to Covid-19!

Outside of dentistry, Fred enjoys squash, cycling, skiing, wakeboarding and spending time with his young daughter, wife, family and friends.