Anne-Maree Cole graduated from the University of Qld with honours, in 1982 and in 2014 completed a Masters Degree in Sleep Medicine at the University of Sydney. She has had a long-term interest in Aesthetic Dentistry and in the year 2000 began taking comprehensive post-graduate programs at LVI in the United States, where she has taken more programs than any other dentist in the world and is now a featured instructor. This education has led to a deep and evolving interest in not only aesthetics, but TMD, sleep and orthodontics. She is a strong believer in getting to the root cause of problems because only by acknowledging and addressing these can we hope break the cycle of destruction.

Dr Pedja Bijelic is a man of the world, growing up in former Yugoslavia and moving to New Zealand as a teenager in 1996. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2001 from Otago University and practiced general dentistry, Oral Surgery and paediatric dentistry including assisting in maxilofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery at Wellington Hospital for 3 years. Pedja also worked in the private sector in Wellington for 5 years before moving to Gladstone in 2010 with his wife and children. Pedja loved what regional Australia had to offer. During his practice in Gladstone he developed  a special interest in orthodontics, full mouth rehabilitation, and treatment of TMD and sleep disorders. When Dr Pedja was offered an opportunity to work alongside Dr Anne-Maree Cole and her team at James Street Dentists, he jumped at the chance, and moved his family to Brisbane to be actively involved in improving the health of our dental community.

Robbern has been a Dental Hygienist since 1990. She spent 10 years working in the Airforce inlcuding Wagga Wagga, Adelaide, Newcastle and Richmond placements. Robbern is an integral part of the Aesthetic Excellence team, aligning with our strong philosophy of prevention. She is current President of The Dental Hygienists’ Association of Australia (Queensland Branch).

Robbern is also a trained Orofacial Myologist and is an essential part of our approach to orthodontics. Orofacial Myology Treatment helps retrain the muscles and function to ensure long-term orthodontic success. It is also an important part of prevention of orthodontic problems for children.

Debbie is an Oral Health Therapist and Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist. After graduating from the University of Queensland in 2001, Debbie spent the first two years of her professional career in rural Queensland. Here she met her husband Tom who she returned to Brisbane with in 2004 to settle and enjoy life together with her children Charlotte and Penelope. Since graduating, Debbie has expanded her professional scope to treat adults in restorative dentistry and studied Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy. Debbie is passionate about the dental care of her patients, both adult and children alike, focusing on providing a calm and comfortable dental experience with a multidisciplinary approach to achieve the best health outcome for patients.

Dr Sylvia Lee graduated from the University of Otago with Credit in 2012 and worked in private practice in New Zealand where she quickly realised her enjoyment and passion in children’s dentistry. Children are not smaller adults, and require child specific care with a holistic approach to accommodate for their individual needs. With her special ability to build rapport with kids she is experienced in providing a calm and relaxing dental environment for her patients, that includes dental anxiety management techniques, so that they may achieve their dental health goals. She is aligned with the JSD philosophy that prevention is always better than cure and understanding the root cause of the problem is vital to successful outcomes. She has a special interest in early interceptive and jaw development treatments which she has trained within her scope of care by dedicating extensive time to numerous continuing education both locally and internationally. The experience of having her own child, Theo, inspired her to study further at her alma mater and she gained her post graduate diploma in paediatric dentistry with Distinction. She is excited to work alongside all the star team at JSD to help our patients on their dental journey.