The go-to for dental education and consulting in Australia.

Not what you expect.

Exactly what you need.

There is a version of infection prevention training that hands your team a checklist and calls it done. 

Niche Dental is not that.

We teach dental teams how to think critically and make good decisions. Infection prevention is a belief system built on trust, and our approach respects that. Everything we do is underpinned by foundational principles that support best practice within the regulatory framework dental teams operate in.

Every course, every advisory engagement, and every conversation that comes out of Niche Dental starts here. With the right thinking, the right principles, and a genuine respect for what infection prevention actually means in practice.

What a few of the 500+ practices say

 

“This course gave us a fresh and practical perspective on how to approach practice policies, standards, and legal requirements. Thanks for a really valuable and engaging day!”

 

 

Shane Chambers
Dental Prosthetist
Cairns

 

“I’ve attended many presentations mostly on infection control and Niche Dental has by far been the most interesting and engaging one yet.”

 

 

Shannon
Practice Manager
Cairns

 

“Fantastic presentation! Kylie made a complex topic clear and engaging. I left feeling confident, informed, and ready to take action.”

 

 

The Relaxing Dentists Cairns
Practice Manager
Cairns

What we do.

Niche Dental works with dental teams and organisations across Australia on infection prevention and control, radiation safety, clinical governance, quality and safety, and accreditation support.

For practice teams.

Online courses covering infection prevention and control and mandatory accreditation training for dental practices. Self-paced, targeted, and designed to fit into the gaps of a clinical day.

Our online courses are targeted and specific, currently covering mandatory PCHS accreditation training and interpreting the Dental Council of NSW infection control checklist.

For DSOs and practice groups.

Onsite reviews, document suites, accreditation and licensing support, strategic advisory, and large-scale training that work across multiple sites and teams. For organisations where clinical governance and infection risk management need to hold up at scale.

For conferences and industry events.

Kylie is a professional presenter, providing leadership on infection prevention and safety and quality at conferences, dental associations, suppliers and industry events.

Why people come to us.

Something has usually prompted the call.
Kylie’s first question is always the same: What has prompted you to reach out?

For practice owners and decision-makers, the trigger tends to be a trust issue that needs resolving right now:

  • A regulatory concern that needs experienced hands
  • A stakeholder raising questions about clinical governance
  • Wanting to know exactly where the practice stands before the regulator comes knocking
  • A situation where reputation is on the line and clear, confident guidance is what is needed most
  • A key person is leaving and the standard has to survive the handover

For practitioners and practice teams, it is often something quieter:

For practitioners and practice teams, it is often something quieter:

  • A sense that the current approach isn’t quite right
  • A complaint has been made and there is uncertainty about whether current systems are right
  • Buying into an existing practice and wanting a reset on the status quo
  • A practice manager or senior assistant who needs to know what to prioritise first
  • A standard that has started slipping across a growing or rotating team
  • Wanting to do the due diligence now rather than having to react later
  • A readiness to think about dental excellence and infection prevention and control differently
These are the right reasons.
And they are what Niche Dental is built for.

Founded by Kylie Robb.

Twenty years of deliberate progression.

Junior assistant to senior assistant, clinical coordinator, clinical operations manager, practice manager. Then to the Australian Dental Association, leading the work to get the first cohort of dental practices through accreditation, where more than half of the requirements centred on infection prevention and control in dentistry.

It started on the floor.

Kylie started as a junior dental assistant in 2002. Not a natural, by her own account. Wrong instruments, wrong words, the occasional poorly timed reaction to something she was not expecting.

The shift came when she was assigned to work alongside a new graduate dentist navigating the same learning curve at the same time. Two people figuring out how to do the work with purpose and intention, building something together from the ground up. That experience is where the Niche Dental philosophy took shape, long before the business existed.

From the floor to the world stage.

Advisory roles for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. An academic appointment at the University of Sydney’s School of Dentistry. A non-executive directorship at the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenting on dental infection prevention for the World Health Organization.

There is nobody else like her in Australia.

Kylie is a dental infection prevention specialist in the truest sense of the phrase. Not because of the title, but because of what built it. More than ten years presenting professionally on infection control, a profile built on trust, and a reputation across the dental profession that has never needed to announce itself.

Founded by Kylie Robb.

Twenty years of deliberate progression.

Junior assistant to senior assistant, clinical coordinator, clinical operations manager, practice manager. Then to the Australian Dental Association, leading the work to get the first cohort of dental practices through accreditation, where more than half of the requirements centred on infection prevention and control in dentistry.

It started on the floor.

Kylie started as a junior dental assistant in 2002. Not a natural, by her own account. Wrong instruments, wrong words, the occasional poorly timed reaction to something she was not expecting.

The shift came when she was assigned to work alongside a new graduate dentist navigating the same learning curve at the same time. Two people figuring out how to do the work with purpose and intention, building something together from the ground up. That experience is where the Niche Dental philosophy took shape, long before the business existed.

From the floor to the world stage.

Advisory roles for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. An academic appointment at the University of Sydney’s School of Dentistry. A non-executive directorship at the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenting on dental infection prevention for the World Health Organization.

There is nobody else like her in Australia.

Kylie is a dental infection prevention specialist in the truest sense of the phrase. Not because of the title, but because of what built it. More than ten years presenting professionally on infection control, a profile built on trust, and a reputation across the dental profession that has never needed to announce itself.

Bring Kylie to your next event.

Kylie has presented across Australia and internationally, including for the World Health Organization.

Topics include:

  • Infection prevention and control in dentistry
  • Dental safety leadership and clinical governance
  • First principles thinking for dental teams
  • Mandatory training and accreditation readiness
  • Building clinical excellence across dental organisations
  • Sustainability in dental practice

If you are looking for a speaker who brings genuine expertise, a disarming presence, and practical guidance your audience can use the same day, get in touch.

Our credentials. 

500+

Dental practices visited

across Australia

15,000

Dental team

members reached

7

years presenting

ADA NSW CPD’s most

attended course

ADANSW

past Head of Practice

Services, (Infection Control

and accreditation)

ACSQHC

Consultant Advisor for

dental hand hygiene for

the Australian Commission

on Safety and Quality in

Health Care

ACIPC

past Non-Executive

Director at the

Australasian College

for Infection Prevention

and Control

USyd

Casual Academic for the

University of Sydney’s

School of Dentistry

WHO

Invited speaker for

World Health

Organization Western

Pacific Regional Office

What it feels like to work with us.

Real confidence in infection prevention comes from understanding the purpose behind it.
Who it protects, what it means for the practice, and how it connects to the expectations of patients, stakeholders, and regulators.
Niche Dental builds that understanding first, then underpins it with first principles and best practice so it holds up in any situation. 

People who have worked with Kylie tend to use the same words:

  • Anchored
  • Invigorated
  • Capable
  • Surprisingly enjoyable

Teams leave with a system for infection prevention and control in dentistry that holds up through:

  • Shift changes and staff turnover
  • New team members finding their feet
  • The harder questions that do not always have a simple answer

Dental safety leadership looks like this in practice: a team that knows exactly where they stand, works confidently within the regulatory framework, and has made the standard their own. 

Not what they signed up for. Better.

Independent, every time.

Niche Dental holds no commercial arrangements with product or equipment suppliers. Advice is about your practice, your team and your obligations, and nothing else.

Let’s get it sorted.

If you’re building consistency within a practice team, looking for training that supports dental assistants on the job, or working through a clinical governance challenge at an organisational level, we’re ready to help.