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Dr Will Shield . Learning on purpose.

GP dentist in Cairns, nine years in. I teach a little, build tools for dentists, and post the cases I'd do differently.

Chairside
Associate, Bupa Dental Cairns
Studying
Fellowship in Restorative Dentistry, RIPE Global
Teaching
Guest lecturer, JCU final-year dental students

Dentistry, teaching, and the tools in between.

Writing

Short notes and step-by-step protocols: restorative work, and what I learn building tools.

NotesProtocols

Building

Software I make for dentists. ClinicalNote is free and live.

See the tools

Teaching

Talks for students and new graduates, and short chairside walkthroughs on video.

TalksVideos

ClinicalNote

For any dentist still writing up after the last patient leaves. It's one file that opens in your browser, and nothing you type leaves your machine. Walk out with the notes done.

  • Clinical note builder with one-click copy into any PMS
  • Referral letter templates for OMFS, Ortho, Endo, Perio and Paeds
  • 12 editable prescription templates
  • Trauma guidelines viewer
Get ClinicalNote, free Built with Claude · no coding background

No login · Works offline · Stays on your machine

Nine years in, and still figuring it out.

  1. 2017

    Qualified from James Cook University.

  2. First years

    Private practice, then six years in public dental. A solid foundation, with a narrow scope.

  3. Now

    Associate at Bupa Dental Cairns, five days a week. Check-ups, fillings, crowns, root canals and dentures. Precision-fit crowns and dentures are the cases I enjoy most.

  4. Now

    Fellowship in Restorative Dentistry with RIPE Global. Two years of lectures, workshops and assessed cases, finishing with a full-mouth rehabilitation.

  5. Teaching

    Guest lecturer to final-year dental students at JCU. The talk I would have wanted in fifth year.