Dr Jeffrey Field

Cairns Dentist welcomes Dr Jeffrey Field in Portland, for all their latest dental treatments and techniques, given gently by their caring team of dentists.

HBSC, DDS, Diplomat of the National Dental Board of Anesthesia Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesia Dr Jeff started his academic career at the University of Western Ontario Canada, where he earned an Honours Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Pharmacology in 1984. He went on to graduate from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Dentistry in 1988. His surgical and initial anesthesia training was through the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Dentistry Hospital Internship Program at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg Manitoba in 1990. In 1991, he trained in Implant Surgery at New York University in the United States. From 1998-2000 he did his anesthesia training through NOMEC and sanctioned by The American Dental Society of Anesthesia. In 2000, he successfully passed the Fellowship examination in dental anesthesia and was awarded the ADSA Fellowship in Dental Anesthesia. In 2002 the National Dental Board of Anesthesia was inagurated and Dr. Field was awarded the Diplomat Status of the NDBA. (National Dental Board of Anesthesia) He has been involved in teaching throughout his career in the areas of anesthesia , surgery and dental implants in Canada, the Middle East , and Australia. He is a yearly lecturer for ASDA (The Australian Dental Society for Anaesthesiology) and has lectured in the Australian Dental Anesthesia program at the University of Sydney from 2004-2010. Other teaching appointments are Senior Lecturer in both Oral Surgery and Anesthesia through Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar, Implant surgery and prosthetics for Nobel Biocare in both Qatar and Dubai. He was a guest lecturer for the Medical Emergency Medicine residents through NOMEC in Canada. He has been a federal council member for ASDA (The Australian Dental Society for Anaesthesiology), where he oversaw the website and ran the online continuing education program for the society. Dr Field has been involved in the provision of , in office anesthesia and sedation since 1990 and so brings 24 years of practice experience. At present, along with running his private practice , he is a visiting medical officer at the Portland District Hospital where he is the only Dentist in Portland to have full admission privileges and regular operating room time. When not doing anaesthesia, dentistry or dental surgery he likes woodworking and playing golf and is a member of the Portland Volunteer Coast Guard Flotilla , having reached the rank of competent crew. He looks forward to meeting you. If you are nervous about dentistry or have a phobia then he would love to talk to you about how in office sedation can allow you to have the treatment you need without fear or anxiety.