Your Family Dentist in Innisfail

Innisfail knows how to rebuild. After the 1918 cyclone flattened the town, it rebuilt in concrete — leaving a celebrated collection of Art Deco architecture rare among Australian towns — and after Cyclone Larry in 2006 it did it again. Our clinic at 39 Rankin Street sits amongst that heritage streetscape, a couple of blocks from where the North and South Johnstone Rivers meet, serving the sugar and banana families who keep the Cassowary Coast running.

Worth knowing: Innisfail’s tap water is not fluoridated — the Cassowary Coast council opted out when Queensland left the choice to local government. In practical terms that means check-ups, professional fluoride treatments and children’s preventive care carry more weight here than they do in fluoridated cities, and we build our recall schedules around that reality.

This is also one of the most multicultural towns in the north — generations of Italian, South Sea Islander, Chinese, Greek and, more recently, Indian and Filipino families have made Innisfail home — and one of Australia’s wettest, with around 3.5 metres of rain a year. So we open at 8am sharp, Monday to Friday, and keep care local: with Cairns 88 km up the Bruce Highway, routine dentistry shouldn’t cost anyone a half-day round trip. Health-fund claims are processed on the spot, and payment plans are available for larger treatment.