Dr Geoffrey Dance (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Geoffrey Mark Dance
- Occupation
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
Dr Geoffrey Dance completed his undergraduate dental degree at Melbourne University in 1987. Following that he practiced Dentistry for 6 years in a range of settings including private practice, school dental and rural dental practice in places such as Shepparton, Kyabram, Tatura, Tennant Creek and Townsville. This time in rural and remote areas gave Geoff wide and unique experiences in Dentistry which inspired his move into Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Geoffrey completed an undergraduate Medical degree from the University of Adelaide. He started his Oral and Maxillofacial surgery training in 1995 in Adelaide and this included a period of training at the Royal Darwin Hospital. Geoff completed his Surgical fellowship (FRACDS OMS) in 1999, and he completed his clinical Doctorate (DoctClinDent OMS) in 2001. Since then Dr Dance has been working in both public and private practice primarily in North Queensland, in Townsville. Geoff started the practice Townsville Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (TOMS) in 2008 and he ran the very successful practice for 10 years. Dr Dance provided services from both the Hyde Park and Pimlico campuses of the Townsville Mater Hospital. The practice of Townsville Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was taken over in early 2017 by Dr Benjamin Rahmel. Geoffrey worked for Queensland Health at The Townsville Hospital since 2001 where he was the Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for a period of time prior to the current director Dr Lakshmi Ramalingam taking the position. Geoff has an ongoing interest in research and currently is working closely with Orthodontists, particularly Dr Desmond Ong, looking at outcomes of Autotransplantation of teeth. He recently lectured in Townsville at the Tony Rotondo Memorial Conference on this topic. Geoff spends his free time playing with his 5 year old daughter, bushwalking, doing photography and he is a keen birdwatcher. He is passionate about revegetating and restoring his rural property in Johanna, on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Mater Hospital Pimlico
