1300SMILES was founded by Dr. Daryl Holmes, OBE, and has been listed on the Australian Stock Exchange since early 2005. With ... over 30 full-service dental facilities, in ten major population centres in Queensland, Sydney and Adelaide, it is easy to find affordable quality dental care near to your home or work. Our practices offer up-to-date treatments for the whole family, using only the highest quality materials. Above all, ‘We Care’ and it is our priority to ensure our patients always receive quality dental treatments at every appointment, in clean, comfortable and well-appointed surroundings. Every practice has been designed to offer an environment that is conducive to a patient’s wellbeing and we endeavour to ensure all our patients are both relaxed and happy during their treatment. Each of our QIP accredited practices has up-to-date technology maintained to extremely high standards and operated by our professionally trained staff. Conveniently located our practices offer extended trading hours and facilities designed to ensure that every patients visit is a pleasurable one. One of the many advantages of choosing 1300SMILES is that you will enjoy unrivalled access to numerous skilled and dedicated dental professionals throughout the 1300SMILES family of practices. Every team member has been chosen not only for their qualifications and experience, but also for their caring attitude, friendly nature and assistance to help others in their practice. 1300SMILES is very proactive in assisting our dental staff to further their education, including on-the-job training and sponsored accredited training. Our practice managers are encouraged to achieve their Certificate IV in Practice Management and we have an extremely well-supported trainee program, which helps young people start their professional career in dentistry through the Certificate III in Dental Assisting (Dental Nursing) qualification. Our corporate and administrative offices are located in Townsville where our practices and practice staff are supported with services such as marketing, accounting, training, HR and call centre assistance. read more