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A specialist practice built around the patient

Opened in 2018 by Dr Trent Lincoln at the Nucleus Medical Suites, Buderim, with a vision to provide careful, patient-focused care to the people of the Sunshine Coast and enduring, collaborative relationships with the practitioners who refer to us. Dr Andrew Higgins joined and bought into the practice in 2020, and the two surgeons now co-own it.

Modern, welcoming and centrally located

The practice sits within the Buderim Private Hospital precinct, surrounded by lush rainforest and five minutes from the beaches of Mooloolaba. It was designed from the ground up for oral and maxillofacial surgery, with a dedicated procedure room, on-site 3D CBCT imaging, and a calm, light-filled patient lounge.

Consultations are held in our Buderim rooms. Selected patients can be treated surgically in our rooms under local anaesthetic or IV sedation. Surgery under general anaesthetic, with a specialist anaesthetist, is performed at Buderim Private, Nambour Selangor Private, Sunshine Coast Day Surgery, Maroochy Private and St Stephen's Private in Hervey Bay.

Every treatment is delivered gently and with the latest evidence-based techniques. We take the time needed for you to understand your condition and the options available, and we look forward to caring for you.

Waiting lounge at Sunshine Coast Oral, Facial & Implant Specialists

Our surgeons

Dual qualified, fellowship trained

Dr Trent Lincoln

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Founder. BMed (Hons), BDSc, FRACDS (OMS)

A contemporarily trained oral and maxillofacial surgeon committed to care delivered in a compassionate, patient-focused way. Full arch implant rehabilitation is his particular passion, and patients are referred to him from across Queensland for zygomatic and remote anchorage implants.

Full arch (All-on-X)Zygomatic implantsWisdom teethJaw surgeryFacial trauma

2018Founded the practice in Buderim, co-owned with Dr Higgins since 2020

Hong Kong, TexasAdvanced zygomatic and pterygoid training

PublishedInternational author and researcher

Training

Medicine with Honours, Monash University
Dentistry, University of Queensland (lateral entry)
Queensland OMS training program: RBWH, PA, Mater, Queensland Children's, Ipswich, Logan, Townsville
Further training with surgeons in France, Brazil and Spain

Research

Piezoelectric wisdom tooth removal
Local anaesthetic techniques in oral surgery
Paediatric orbital fractures
Return-to-play protocols after facial injury

Beyond the clinic

Originally from west of Rockhampton, Dr Lincoln and his wife Alison, a Sunshine Coast local, made the Coast their family's home.

Read Dr Lincoln's full story

After graduating in Medicine with Honours from Monash University, Dr Lincoln returned to Queensland for his residency at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, where treating complex facial trauma led him to oral and maxillofacial surgery. He worked as a registrar in ENT and general surgery in Rockhampton before earning a place in the University of Queensland's lateral-entry Dentistry program, continuing to work in the maxillofacial units of Brisbane's major hospitals while he studied.

He went on to complete the Queensland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training program across the Royal Brisbane & Women's, Princess Alexandra, Mater, Queensland Children's, Ipswich and Logan hospitals, with a valuable year in Townsville treating more complex and delayed presentations.

With a strong passion for dental implants and full arch rehabilitation, he undertook advanced training in zygomatic implants in Hong Kong in 2017 and zygomatic, nasal and pterygoid implants in Texas in 2023, then further training with surgeons in France, Brazil and Spain. He continues to refine his implant, bone and soft tissue grafting skills through global courses and conferences.

Dr Andrew Higgins

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Co-owner. MBBS, BDS, FRACDS (OMS)

A fully qualified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with medical and dental degrees and a fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. He practises the full scope of the specialty, with a particular interest in complex implant surgery, grafting, full arch restoration, wisdom teeth and facial trauma.

Complex implantsBone graftingFull arch restorationWisdom teethFacial trauma

2020Joined and bought into the practice, now co-owner

Robert M Cook MedalHighest fellowship mark in Australia and NZ, 2019

First lateral entryJames Cook University dental program

Training

Medicine, Melbourne, graduated 2008
Dentistry, James Cook University, academic prize 2015
Advanced surgical training: RBWH, Princess Alexandra, Queensland Children's, Mater and Royal Darwin
FRACDS (OMS) fellowship, 2019

Scope of practice

Dentoalveolar, implant and grafting surgery
Head and neck and reconstructive surgery
Orthognathic surgery and TMJ surgery
Facial trauma

Beyond the clinic

Andrew surfs, trains and follows rugby league, rugby union and cricket. His wife is also a surgeon on the Sunshine Coast and they have two young boys.

Read Dr Higgins' full story

Dr Higgins grew up on the Gold Coast and moved to Melbourne to study medicine, graduating in 2008 and working as an intern and surgical resident in Melbourne's tertiary hospitals. Back in Queensland, a surgical senior house officer role in the maxillofacial unit at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital set his direction, and he became the first lateral entry student in the James Cook University dental program.

His four years of advanced surgical training gave him wide exposure to the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery. He passed his fellowship examination in 2019 and received the Robert M Cook Medal for the highest mark in Australia and New Zealand. He attends courses and conferences regularly to stay at the front of surgical technique and is involved in teaching on several courses.

Behind the surgeons