Practice Principal

About Our Practice Principal

Dr Jenina Cotton is a registered dentist through the National Boards, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She is a member of the Australian Dental Association, Victoria Branch.
Dr. Cotton obtained her degree, Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of the Philippines, Manila in 1993. She completed a Post Graduate Externship Program in Paediatric Dentistry from the Philippines Children Medical Centre in 1994, after which she set up her own private practice. In 1998, she got married to Angus Cotton, an Australian, this prompted her move and migrate to Melbourne. She then started working on her dental qualification's recognition in Australia. She completed her Bridging Course at the Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital in 2001 and completed her Australian Dental Council Licensure Exams in 2002.
She then pursued her passion, and obtained continuing education programs in Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry, and completed the Comprehensive Aesthetics Program of the Hornbrook Group Advanced Education in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry in Philadelphia, USA. She also completed the Australian Society of Implant Dentistry Courses.

Dr. Jenina Cotton has attended and is continuing to attend numerous continuing education programs to keep up with the dynamic changes in the practice of dentistry, with emphasis in training programs in her special interest in Cosmetic / Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry. Outside the dental practice, Dr Cotton enjoys family time, catching up with friends over good food and wine, practicing yoga, pilates, swimming, cycling, and going for long walks around her local Bayside neighbourhood.

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