Dr Haneen Alayan

After working in Dunedin and Gore for the past 5 years, Haneen has finally returned home to Christchurch on a permanent basis. For the past few years, she has travelled between Christchurch and Gore every single week (please take a moment to appreciate the level of organisation required to book flights in advance for an entire year in the middle of a global pandemic). Haneen doesn’t really tolerate traffic very well (hence the escaping away to a small town every week) but she has decided to make the ultimate sacrifice and learn to put up with it for the sake of being around her husband and family more often. When Haneen is not fixing teeth, which is admittedly rather rare, she can usually be found playing football, or in places she probably should not be. She is nature’s biggest fan and enjoys many adrenaline based activities that some people may classify risky. That being said, the one thing she would never take risks with is your oral health. Haneen once fell off a cliff (which happens sometimes when you climb without any ropes) and despite the damage she did to her body, she still turned up to the clinic two days later to see her patients because nothing is more important to her than their oral health. That is a level of dedication that very few can claim to have. It’s true that she split open all her stitches and all the wounds got infected and therefore, in hindsight, wasn’t the best decision but please take note of the important point about the level of dedication and ignore the rest. Haneen loves most aspects of general dentistry but enjoys complex procedures that require precision and attention to detail the most. She prefers to save teeth where possible which has led to a love of root canal treatment. She really enjoys the artistry that comes with restorative dentistry and has a lot of experience with cosmetic dentistry, crown and bridge work and full mouth reconstructions. Transforming a smile is one of the things she finds the most rewarding. Haneen has one main goal for her career and that is to get rid of the ‘murder house’ reputation that dentistry has had for decades. She loves working with the dentally anxious and helping them get past their fear of the dentist. Haneen has a real passion for her work and feels extremely blessed to be able to do something she loves on a daily basis. She is really looking forward to establishing herself in Christchurch once again.