Mahi Dental

Warkworth dentist Mahitha (Mahi) Veerepalli has opened a new clinic at The Grange, eight years after co-founding a thriving practice in the town.

After moving from India in 2008 with her oral hygienist and therapist husband Sarath Pothula, Mahi completed her studies and practiced in the Bay of Plenty and then Hawkes Bay.

The couple enjoyed Napier, but felt isolated from friends and family in the Auckland area, and moved to Warkworth in 2016.

The practice they co-created and developed, Riverside Dental, quickly became successful. Since they were only able to use 50 per cent of the partnership-based practice, over time space began to run out.

And so, Mahi Dental was born – a modern practice run by Mahi and her team of eight members belonging to the community they strive to serve, including two full-time dentists (Dr Mahi and Dr Amna) and two part-time dental hygienists and therapists (Fiona and Sarath).

Mahi Dental boasts advanced equipment, including cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), which uses cone-shaped x-ray to reconstruct 3D images of a patient’s teeth, and same-day crown technology (CEREC). Mahi prioritises putting patients at ease with gentle, unrushed treatments in a comfortable, calm environment.

The launch has been exciting, if a little hectic, she laughs.

When not working, Mahi is an enthusiastic acrylic painter. The couple also enjoy socialising and travel.

“We love the community,” she says of living in Warkworth. “We don’t like a busy, Auckland-ish lifestyle. Living here is ideal because it is close to the city, but not in the city.”