Dr Russell Lovatt

Russell graduated as a Dentist from the University of Otago in 1991, and then worked in Private Practice in Australia for 5 years before completing his Specialist Masters degree in Orthodontics from the University of Western Australia in 1998. Since this time he has been proudly treating Cantabrians as Co-owner of Riccarton Orthodontic Practice from 1999-2012, before setting up his own tailor-made practice Christchurch Orthodontics in 2012, when the Earthquakes forced the closure of the original practice. Russell is a member of the New Zealand Dental Association and the New Zealand Association of Orthodontists, where he is a past treasurer and current Chair of the Practice Accreditation programme.