Dr Cooper was born in Zimbabwe and completed his National Service as a Pilot in the Army. He moved to Johannesburg, South Africa and undertook a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Anatomy and Physiology. Dr Cooper immigrated to Australia and completed his undergraduate degrees in Medicine and Dentistry, and having achieved the necessary requirements, he sat and passed the Fellowship examination in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Having trained at various hospitals in Sydney, Dr Cooper moved to Canberra, undertaking the full range of procedures within the scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and actively teaching both junior and senior registrars within the specialist field.

Dr Cooper works both in the Private and Public Hospitals, and continues to manage and operate at the Canberra Surgicentre, which has remained a highly successful fully accredited day hospital. Surgicentre is attached to his practice, and specifically caters for minor oral surgical procedures, including but not restricted to wisdom teeth, dental extractions and implants. All major procedures are carried out at external hospitals, through which he remains fully accredited. Dr Cooper has a wealth of experience and his compassion for patients is reflected in the positive comments and outcomes he receives from his patients. Away from his surgical commitments, Dr Cooper enjoys the opportunity of spending quality time with his wife and young children. He still holds a passion for flying, and he is a third Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He enjoys a game of golf and regularly attends the gym in the early hours of the morning.

Dr Cooper is a fully accredited Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and holds all the necessary registrations through AHPRA and the college to practice in this Specialist field.

My name is Paul Hammans and I am coming from Germany. Following graduation from the Medical School of the University of Bonn in 1983, I completed my PhD in Medicine one year later. After attending the Dental School I graduated in 1989 and completed my PhD in Dentistry in 2000.

I started my surgical training at the University Hospital Bonn in Neurosurgery in 1984 and switched to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1989. I completed the training and received my certificate for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1993. I worked in private practice near Düsseldorf from 1994, with a focus on Dental Implantology.

In 2005 I moved to Australia with my family and started working as a specialist in Canberra Surgicentre. Since 2006 I was also working in Sydney and in Wollongong since 2010.

I am a Clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney being a surgical mentor of the Post Graduation Diploma Program for dental implants.

Dr McEachen is a registered specialist in oral maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine and oral pathology. Completing his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science in 1989 and a Bachelor of Dental Science in 1999 from The University of Queensland. He has completed specialist training in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

His services include wisdom teeth removal, minor oral procedure in our treatment rooms, also benign conditions such as cysts, benign tumours and some diseases that affect the jaws, salivary glands and the oral cavity, also conditions such as lichen planus and burning mouth syndrome. He is one of very few medically trained specialists in oral medicine.