Rachel Ripper
Rachel has a special interests in preventive dental care and a passion for providing calming dental care for kids and nervous and anxious adults. Rachel is a qualified Dental Therapist with Advanced Clinical Practice and Director Of Rosedale Family Dental. She was born and bred in Gippsland, Victoria on a dairy farm where her family still reside, then traveled and worked extensively around the world. She graduated from Curtin University in Western Australia and completed her Honours in Advanced Clinical Practice at Melbourne University December of 2017. Rachel is also an accredited Orofacial Myologist through the Australian Academy of Orofacial Myology .
Rachel returned back to Victoria a little over five years ago to be closer to family, and set up practice with her mother, Elaine of Rosedale Family Medical Centre.
Rachel is a keen Tennis player and loves outdoor adventures.
Rachel advocates the evidence is unquestionable that early preventative dentistry leads to healthier, happier life. Rachel’s vision is to change the vision of dentistry! So no child or adult has a fear of going to a dental practice, and dentistry is part of normal life.