Dental surgeon Tracey Walmsley joins Great Southern Specialist Centre
Dental Surgeon joins GSSC
The Great Southern Specialist Centre has welcomed Dental Surgeon Dr Tracey Walmsley to the team.
Dr Walmsley already performs an operating list at the Albany Day Hospital and will be consulting at the GSSC for two hours a month.
Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Dr Walmsley had a lifelong ambition to become a dentist recalling that she knew what she wanted to be in life from eight years of age.
Dr Walmsley studied dentistry at Birmingham University, in 1997 she gained her UK Fellowship in dental surgery (FDS RCPS) and spent 4.5 years practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery.
In 1996/1997 she organised and implemented a dental clinic in a regional hospital in Uganda, later training healthcare workers in Nepal. Whilst residing in China for nine years, Dr Walmsley taught undergraduate and post-graduate dentists before settling in Australia.
Dr Walmsley's special interests include Dental alveolar surgery, Dental restorations
and helping anxious patients overcome dental fears. She said being a nervous patient herself meant she sympathised with her own patients.
"I ask patients what they are most afraid of and if we can avoid it, we do. I also give the patients the opportunity to put up their hand for anything, to cough, scratch or rest for example, which means they have some control and I never ask a question when I’ve got my fingers in the patients mouth," she said. "I explain the treatment in simple terms and, for children especially, the first few visits need to be fun and simple."
Dr Walmsley has lived in Albany for 9 years, and says it is a great place to raise children. She works at the dental clinic on the Albany Health Campus and regularly performs dental surgery at the Albany Regional Hospital under general anaesthesia.
Dr Walmsley currently consults on a Monday mid-month/two weeks before theatre date but may increase this offering in the future.
For all appointment inquires, please contact Dr Walmsley’s reception on 0468 394 855 or email tracey.walmsley@westnet.com.au.
