Nicole qualified from South Africa in 200 and came straight to the UK into private practice for 2 years. She then commenced an equine residency at Edinburgh where her interest in dentistry started after working with Proffesor Paddy Dixon. She then stayed on to do a PhD in equine dentistry.

Nicole is a European and American diplomate of equine veterinary dentistry has been doing purely veterinary equine dentistry since 2011. She is a Director of The Equine Dental Clinic based in Dorset performing referral work at their clinic and but also travels to other equine hospitals in the U.K. to perform equine dentistry.