Meet the team at Victorian Dental Group

Every practitioner below is registered with the Dental Board of Australia. You can verify any of them yourself on the public AHPRA register at ahpra.gov.au — search by name to see registration type, qualifications and any conditions on practice. We would encourage you to do that with any clinic, not just this one.

All practitioners here are general practitioners in dentistry or oral health therapy. None of us holds specialist registration. Where a case needs a registered specialist — an endodontist, periodontist, orthodontist or oral and maxillofacial surgeon — we refer.

At a glance

The two registration categories you will meet here

These are distinct registrations with distinct scopes, and the difference is worth understanding because it determines who can do what.

An oral health therapist is not an assistant and not a dentist. It is a registered profession in its own right, with its own accredited degree and its own place on the public register. Advanced Scope extends what a practitioner may do following further accredited training. Work outside a practitioner's scope is done by one of our dentists, and that handover happens inside the practice without a separate referral.

Edward (Eddie) Butler-Bromage

Clinic Director & Senior Oral Health Therapist [Advanced Scope] — BOH, GCertAdvClinIPrac (UniMelb)

Born and raised in Malvern East, Edward established Victorian Dental Group out of an interest in supporting the health of his local community. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2008 with a Bachelor of Oral Health, subsequently obtaining his Advanced Scope of Clinical Practice, and has worked across the private, public and dental education sectors.

As a Board-registered dental practitioner, Edward's experience is in preventive dentistry — dental examinations, dental hygiene, paediatric dentistry and gum care and periodontics — and restorative dentistry, including teeth whitening, fillings and tooth restoration and fissure sealants.

Edward believes in an approach to dentistry that is evidence-based, client-centred and accessible — which forms the core ethos of the clinic.

Alongside his clinical work, Edward is a University of Melbourne Dental School Clinical Mentor to post-graduate dental students, and a Lecturer and Clinical Demonstrator for the Charles Sturt University Dental School.

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Dr Michal Segman

Dentist — BBiomed, DDS

Melbourne born and bred, Dr Michal Segman completed her Bachelor of Biomedicine in 2011 at the University of Melbourne, majoring in physiology, then her Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2016.

Michal went on to work in private practice, establishing her own treatment philosophy — treating patients exactly how she would expect to be treated, with patience, genuine care and quality work. She takes the time to get to know her patients, educating them about oral health and helping them prevent future disease, and finds particular satisfaction in working with anxious patients.

Her interests are dental examinations, dental hygiene and fillings and tooth restoration, with a particular interest in minor oral surgery and paediatric dentistry. Michal attends hospital placements working alongside registered oral and maxillofacial surgeons.

An active member of the Australian Dental Association and Alpha Omega Australia, Michal continues to update her clinical knowledge and skills.

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Dr Joshua Felman

Dentist — BDSc (Hons)

Following graduation with honours from the University of Melbourne, Dr Joshua Felman worked across various practices in Melbourne. With over a decade of experience, he joined VDG to continue providing personalised care.

Joshua's continued attendance at dental courses and seminars, and his memberships with the Australian Dental Association, Alpha Omega and the International Team for Implantology, reflect his commitment to the profession. He is interested in all areas of dentistry, and particularly enjoys the challenge of cosmetic work. He takes a gentle and unhurried approach.

Outside the clinic, Joshua's time goes to his family and to sport — teaching his kids to surf, bushwalking, AFL, EPL soccer and tennis, and more recently family and portrait photography.

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Dr Samuel Adebajo

Dentist — BDSc (Hons)

Dr Samuel graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Science (Hons) from the University of Queensland in 2017 and has worked as a dentist in Melbourne since. He works at a deliberately unhurried pace and has a particular interest in treating people who have avoided dental care for a long time.

He takes a comprehensive approach, with a keen interest in restorative dentistry, treatment of gum disease, and crown and bridge treatment. His eye for detail is what he brings to the quality of his work.

When he is not in the clinic, Samuel is at the gym, making music, reading, or writing stories.

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Corin You

Oral Health Therapist

Corin holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Oral Health and has practised as an Oral Health Therapist since 2022. He provides dental hygiene treatment for patients of all ages, as well as examinations and restorative care for children and adolescents, working closely with our dentists and senior oral health therapists. His focus is on gum health, and he provides both in-chair and take-home whitening.

Corin came to oral health from nursing, where he spent eight years in community healthcare — an experience that shaped his commitment to patient-centred care and to building lasting relationships with the people he treats.

Outside work, Corin is at the gym, hiking, cooking, or exploring somewhere new.

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What the letters after a name mean

Qualifications are abbreviated almost everywhere and explained almost nowhere.

None of these is specialist registration. Specialist registration is a separate category on the AHPRA register, granted after several years of accredited postgraduate training, and it is the only thing that entitles a practitioner to use a specialist title.

The rest of the team

The people you meet at reception and the dental assistants working chairside are central to how an appointment actually goes — they arrange your care, handle your claiming, prepare the room and support the practitioner throughout.

Dental assistants are not registered health practitioners in Australia; they work under the direction of a registered practitioner, who remains responsible for your treatment. All staff, registered or not, work under the practice's infection control, privacy and consent procedures. See our accreditation.

Who you are likely to see, and for what

If the treatment you need sits outside the scope of the practitioner you have seen, it is passed to one of our dentists here. You do not need to arrange anything.

When we refer, and to whom

We refer rather than stretch. The common destinations:

• Endodontist — complex or retreatment root canal work
• Periodontist — advanced gum disease, gum grafting, surgical periodontal treatment
• Orthodontist — comprehensive orthodontic treatment, and complex growth-related cases
• Oral and maxillofacial surgeon — difficult extractions, impacted wisdom teeth, jaw surgery, biopsies
• Prosthodontist — extensive rebuilding of a worn or heavily restored mouth
• Paediatric dentist — young children needing treatment beyond what can be done comfortably here
• Your GP or a specialist physician — where something we notice is not a dental problem at all

You are entitled to ask why a referral is being made, what the alternative is, and roughly what it will cost before you go.

Continuing education

Registration is not a one-off. Every registered practitioner in Australia must complete continuing professional development each year and declare it at renewal, and registration can carry conditions or be suspended where standards are not met.

Beyond the minimum, the practitioners here hold memberships with the Australian Dental Association, Alpha Omega and the International Team for Implantology, attend courses and seminars, and two of them teach — which is its own form of staying current.

How to check any of this yourself

1. Go to ahpra.gov.au and choose the register search
2. Enter the practitioner's name
3. The result shows their registration type, the year first registered, qualifications, any conditions or undertakings, and whether they hold specialist registration

It is free, it takes under a minute, and it is the authoritative source. "Specialist" is a protected title in Australia — if specialist registration is not shown on the register, the practitioner does not hold it, whatever any website says. Ours do not, and we say so on this page for that reason.

Requesting a particular practitioner

You are welcome to request a specific practitioner when booking, and to change if you would prefer to see someone else — no explanation needed, and no awkwardness at reception.

A few practical notes:

• Continuity helps, particularly for anyone anxious or partway through a treatment plan, so we will try to keep you with the same practitioner where you want that
• For a check-up and clean, an oral health therapist may be the person you see, and that is the appropriate registration for that work
• If your treatment moves outside their scope, it is handed to one of our dentists here — nothing needs arranging by you
• If you are anxious, say so when you book rather than on the day, so we can allow more time. See dental anxiety
• If you would like a second opinion, from here or elsewhere, that is a reasonable thing to ask for and we will not be offended

If something is not right

Tell us first. Most concerns — a filling that feels high, a fee you did not expect, feeling rushed — are resolved quickly by saying so, and we would far rather hear it than not.

If you would prefer to raise it outside the practice, that is your right. In Victoria, complaints about a health service can be made to the Health Complaints Commissioner (hcc.vic.gov.au). Concerns about a practitioner's registration or conduct go to AHPRA (ahpra.gov.au). Neither requires our permission or involvement.

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Victorian Dental Group — 291 Wattletree Road, Malvern East VIC 3145 · (03) 9088 5808 · Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm · book online

This page is general information and does not replace advice from a registered dental practitioner about your own circumstances. Please see our Disclaimer.