User:River Cheung Kit Kei/Dr Gareth Ho

Gareth Ho Cheung-Tak, born 1965, is a dual specialist in the field of orthodontics and orthopaedics, and pediatric dentistry.

Academic Qualifications
Dr Gareth Ho graduated from University of Hong Kong with Bachelor of Dentistry in 1989. He obtained Master of Dental Science in Paediatric Dentistry from the University of Melbourne in 1993. Later he earned his second specialist degree, Master of Dental Science in Orthodontics from the University of Sydney in 1999, making him one of the few practitoners with dual specialities in dentistry. He is a member of the Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (Pediatric Dentistry) and Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (Orthodontics).

Clinical Experience
Dr Gareth Ho has taught and worked in 6 different major hospitals: Caritas Hospital and Prince Philip Dental Hospital in Hong Kong, Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, as well as Sydney’s United Dental Hospital and Westmead Dental Hospital. Later Gareth has also been appointed as a Visiting Dental Officer (Specialist Orthodontist) at the United Dental Hospital in Sydney, a Clinical Specialist Associate in the University of Sydney as well as Examiner in the Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics of the Examination for Overseas Trained Dentists with the Australian Dental Council. He is a Specialist Orthodontist at Aboriginal Medical Services, Redfern. He is one of a few orthodontists who provide orthodontic services to Aborigines in Australia. He fully supports the ASO Give A Smile program. In 2006, he has facilitated the partnership between Aboriginal Medical Services and the GAS NSW branch. Dr Gareth Ho has his private orthodontic practices in both Sydney and Melbourne. Lately, he has opened his new surgery Australian Centre for Adult Orthodontics and Orthopaedics (ACAOO) in Sydney CBD.

Research
Gareth has special interest in craniofacial anomalies and early diagnosis and intervention. Lately, he has been exploring areas including self-ligating system, orthodontic implant anchorage and adult orthopaedics. Gareth has been treating more than 60 cases with orthodontic implants since 2004. He has inserted implants in more than half of those patients himself. He has been using micro-implants from Abs-Anchor in majority of his cases. He has also designed different appliances with Archform Laboratory in Melbourne to fully explore the potential of orthodontic implants.