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Our Caring Dental Team
Dr Monica Manori
BDS, NZDREX(Otago)
Dr Monica Manori, is the principal dentist at MoonStone Dental Care since 2018. She possesses over 15 years of experience practising as a dentist in New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka.
Dr Monica graduated in 2008 from the state university of Sri Lanka (Peradeniya) and started her career as a dentist in a busy private hospital, allowing her to gain a wealth of experience in all aspects of general dentistry, including surgical and wisdom teeth extraction.
Since her move to New Zealand in 2010, She has undergone further studies and completed her registration exams in University of Otago and became a registered dentist in both New Zealand and Australia.
She has gathered a wealth of experience in the dental care industry, by working in several dental practices in Auckland and South Australia. She is a member of the New Zealand Dental Association, Auckland Dental Association and a certified Invisalign provider.
Dr. Monica enjoys practicing all aspects of general dentistry with a special interest in dental Implants, root canal treatments, crowns and bridges, Invisalign and cosmetic dentistry.
She makes sure her patients are comfortable and relaxed at all times while delivering treatments.
Dentistry is both her passion and career.
She keeps her skills and knowledge up to date by participating in many continuing professional education courses. When she is not practising dentistry, she loves to spend time with her family and friends.
Dhara Weerasinghe
BE. Electrical & Electronics Engineering- University of Auckland
Dhara Weerasinghe, the practice manager and the treatment plan co-ordinator at MoonStone Dental Care is an Electronics Design Engineer graduated from the University of Auckland.
He possesses over 10 years of experience in the field of power electronics design working for leading companies in Australia and New Zealand. During these 10 years, he gathered wealth of customer care experience by working with clients from New Zealand, Australia and China on behalf of top leading electronics companies in New Zealand.
He now manages the dental practice while working as a free-lance design engineer.
He looks forward to meeting you to discuss and assist with your oral health care plans.
Jay Kim
Jay is a member of MoonStone Dental Care family since it started.
Since graduating from AUT as a bachelor of Health Science, she has joined us in 2018 and loves her career here. Jay is fluent in both English and Korean.
In her spare time, she likes to take her dog for a walk, playing badminton and trying new cafes with friends.
Liana Gunawan
Liana is one of our dental assistant. She welcomes our patients and make them feel comfortable with her caring and compassionate nature.
She is quite experienced as a personal assistant in variety of fields and has an accounting and business management academic background.
Outside of work, Liana loves baking, floristry and travelling.
Ashley Chen
Ashley is an experienced dental assistant and loves to be a part of the team of creating beautiful smiles.
After graduating as a bachelor in Journalism and Communication from YangEn University in China, she has followed a business administrative course and a pharmacology course in New Zealand.
She can speak English,Mandarin and Cantonese.
Apart from being a busy mom of two young sons, she enjoys gardening and hiking with friends.
