Dr Andrew Liaw

Specialist Periodontist

Dr Andrew Liaw completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery at James Cook University in Cairns in 2016 and has worked all over Australia in both public and private practice. He was awarded Honours for his research in antibiotics in non-surgical periodontal therapy and later enrolled into a three-year specialist degree in Periodontology at the University of Queensland. During his training, Dr Liaw was a recipient of the Australian Periodontology Research Foundation and Australian Dental Research Foundation Grants and awarded the GJ Seymour ASP medallion for his publications on salivary epigenetic factors in periodontal diseases. He is actively involved in teaching and lecturing at the James Cook University Dental School. Dr Liaw is a strong advocate for providing the highest levels of patient service and practises all aspects of non-surgical and surgical periodontal therapy, with special interests in mucogingival surgery, implant therapy, guided bone regeneration and sinus augmentation.  Outside of work, he is an avid outdoor traveller and is excited to explore and surf the North Island coast and the snow capped mountains of the south island.