Our Team

OUR TEAM


Dentures Plus, Christchurch was established in the late 1990’s and delivers best in class dental services to our personal clients and also dental practitioners throughout New Zealand.

Dentures Plus is owned by Ryan & Marion Carlton. We now have a total of four qualified dental technicians and support staff working on-site.

They each bring a specialty skill-set to the table which enables us to deliver a best in class patient experience.

Our highly skilled Clinical Dental Technicians aim to produce dentures with the look, feel and function of natural teeth.
Ryan grew up in Fairlie and Dunedin, he started his training in Upper Hutt in 1998 and in 2001 moved to Christchurch. He developed his skillset working in one of New Zealands largest dental laboratories. He loves working with his hands to create results that bring smiles to his patients.

Outside of work Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife and two young daughters. Also he enjoys getting into the hills hunting when time allows. Ryan has a passion for motorbikes and you will often find him at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park racing his Buell against friends.


Marion immigrated from Germany in 2009, she qualified as a dental technician before she moved to New Zealand, she fell in love with NZ while on a working holiday and returned as soon as she could.

Marion loves the outdoors and foraging on the beaches for stones, shells and drift wood she can use in her artwork. One of her artistic talents is carving Oamaru Stone and incorporating her beach finds into them, you can find some of her artworks on display at the clinic.

Marion and Ryan have two daughters called Linda and Holly.

Ryan Carlton

Clinician

Ryan has always had a passion for crafting with his hands. This led him down the path of dental technology and a very rewarding career. He has always been amazed at the transformation a patient goes through once their new teeth are fitted and they see their new smile and see their confidence return. Ryan is currently the national President of the New Zealand Institute of Dental Technologists which helps to oversee the governance of the dental technology industry. Outside of work he loves mucking around with his family and also has a slight obsession with motorbike racing. Dentures Plus take great pride in offering sponsorship to some other racers as well and seeing the joy that brings into their lives.

Molly Clark

Clinician

Molly loves spending time with her family and friends. She enjoys skiing and making her own clothes.


At work she specialises in treating patients for sports mouthguards and bites splints which help protect teeth and treat jaw disfunction.

Paulette Dench

Practice Manager

Paulette is our Practice Manager; she will be the friendly voice you hear when you ring us. She keeps us all in-line and makes sure we are on track.


Outside of work she has a passion for mountain biking with her husband, keeping fit and socialising with friends.

Marion Carlton

Dental Technician

Growing up in Bavaria, Germany, Marion always had a passion to come to New Zealand after a schoolteacher showed the class photo’s from a trip they had here. She arrived for a working holiday and then after a brief trip back to Germany made her way back to New Zealand to start her new life here. Marion and Ryan have two daughters. Marion loves getting out in nature and taking the kids on overnight hikes and seeing as much of New Zealand as possible.

Paula Brickman

Dental Technician

Paula has always loved her job and finds great satisfaction in making new smiles. Although she is around retirement age she has no plans at stepping back from her role, she loves it that much. In her free time, she has a great time with her kids and grandies and also finds time to do some knitting for local organisations.

 


Phoebe Wong

Dental Technician

Phoebe loves to travel to explore the environment. She really enjoys exploring New Zealand’s walkways and food culture. When treating patients, Phoebe loves the transformation patients go through with her help and working out the best treatment plan.

Reinis Arins

Dental Technician

Reinis joined us a few years ago while he was on a one year working holiday. Reinis hails from Lativa, his major passion is to spend time in the outdoors hiking and camping New Zealands amazing wilderness, be warned, if you go on a hike with him be prepared for a fast pace! He has recently achieved residency in New Zealand which has made him very happy.

Eddie Will

Dental Technician

Eddie and his young family immigrated from South Africa in 2018. They love living in New Zealand and raising their young daughters in a much safer environment was always a big dream, and now they are here doing that makes them very happy.

Sharon Ting

Dental Technician

Sharon originally joined us on a short-term contract but found she really enjoyed working at Dentures Plus and found passion for her work again. Helping our clients through their oral makeover drives Sharon to do her best work, and seeing there smiles with there new dentures is very rewarding. She likes to explore all the different culinary delights on offer and spending time with friends and family.

Dentures Plus Motorcycle Racing

When we're not working, we have a passion for motorcycle racing and race in a number of track and street races each year including Sound Of Thunder at Ruapuna, Christchurch and The Dubliner Mountain Thunder street race in Methven. 

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