Our Team
OUR TEAM
Our highly trained dentists work tirelessly to ensure you receive world-class dental treatments and uncompromising care every time you visit our practice.
Dr Mini Ravindran
Dr Mini has been practising family dentistry for over 20 years. She gained extensive clinical experience from both public and private settings.
A passionate Dentist, she had the opportunity to look after the oral health of several thousand Victorians. She has provided great quality care to people of varied backgrounds and age groups, giving her invaluable clinical and patient interactions experience.
Dr Mini strongly believes in life long learning; hence she undertakes regular training and participates in Industry conferences to look for opportunities to bring you new treatment methods that are safe and result oriented.
At Art De Dente Melbourne CBD, she has been instrumental in bringing the latest technologies that aid better treatment options and have introduced a new set of services that provide most Dental related procedures under one roof.
Oral health plays a vital role in overall well being; she always makes sure that enough time is provided to patients to discuss current issues and historical ones before deciding any treatment options.
Please do come in to have a conversation with Dr Mini, as she will answer your concerns and provide you with optimum treatment options.
Dr Anthony Franzmann
BDSc ( 1989- University of Melbourne)
MDSc (1998-Periodontology & Oral Biology-University of Melbourne)
Dr Anthony is a strong proponent of Preventive Dentistry.Over 30 years of clinical Experience across Australia, USA and UK.
Dr Anthony has significant interest in gum and bone health assessments and procedures.
Dr Anthony has improved the gum and bone health of several thousand clients over the last few decades. He firmly believes and practices evidence based periodontal work and keeps up with latest developments in the field of Oral Biology.
DENTISTRY SKILLS
- Scale and root planing
- Connected Tissue grafts (CTG)
- Free Gingival Graft
- Bone grafting
- Guided Tissue Regeneration
- Crown Lengthening
- Oral/Salivary Diagnostics
- Complex Oral conditions assessments
- Oral Surgery
- Invisalign
Dr Damian Park
18 years of solid dental implants and full mouth restorations experience .
Placed few thousand dental implants and several hundred full mouth restorative work successfully completed in Argentina, New Zealand and Australia
Great expertise in Oral surgery, smile design, fixed and removable prosthodontics.
Significant digital smile design expertise gained from working in Argentina, one of cosmetic dental work mecca’s of the world.
Dr Mo El Hazek
Dr Mo is a highly competent general dental practitioner with a special interest in root canal treatment. He has had extensive training in endodontics in Egypt where he practised as a professional endodontist. With over 21 years of clinical experience overseas, Dr Mo has also been providing quality dental care in Australia over 7 years. Dr Mo usually sees patients by internal referrals for complicated root canal treatments.
Most of the root canal treatments are completed in 1 visit (stages 1 and 2) using endodontic rotary and thermal obturation techniques usually in one-hour appointment for molars. Treatment will be finalised with a permanent restoration and the patient referred back to your care for all ongoing treatment.
He does all the difficult tricky complex cases, retreatments, management of perforations, removal of separated instruments and periapical surgeries as well using all specific recent endodontic equipment. Dr Mo doesn’t charge professional fees so the treatment is very cost effective for the patient.
Expert in using the endodontic microscope.
He graduated in 2000 and completed his masters in Endodontics in 2009.
Dr Mo is a member of the Australian Society of Endodontology and a member of the American Association of Endodontics. Dr Mo looks forward to building strong relationships with you and your patients through referrals.
Dr Shady Abdelsalam
Dr Shady is a registered Oral Surgery Professional with a wealth of cross-cultural experience. After completing his Bachelor of Dental Medicine & Surgery degree at Ain Shams University in Egypt in 2007, he obtained Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2012.
He then went on to pursue a career in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) and obtained his Master’s degree in OMFS from Cairo University in 2016 and Arab Board Fellowship in OMFS in 2018.
His interest in oral health and research led him to Australia to pursue a Master of Public Health degree at La Trobe University, which he completed in 2020. Shady passed the Australian Dental Council Exam in early 2021, and was in general practice in Melbourne, until he obtained his Australian Oral Surgery Professional registration in January 2023.
Shady has a passion for helping his patients achieve their best possible smile, with his calming, mild-mannered approach. He enjoys all aspects of oral surgery practice, with a particular focus on surgical extraction of third molars (wisdom teeth), dental implants, bone grafting procedures and temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD).
Outside of work, Shady enjoys spending time with his family, playing soccer, squash, reading and swimming at the beach.
Dr Deon Zylberman
BDSc (University of Sydney)
Your treatment will be carried out by the expert hands of Dr Deon Zylberman, a Dentist with focus on restorative dentistry including dental implants. He also has significant interest in root canal treatments. He is well versed with all aspects of general dentistry.
Dr Zylberman is also one of the few dentists in the world qualified as a robotics engineer and he uses these skills to develop and incorporate all the latest dental technologies.
Working with a team of other dentists at Art De Dente, Dr Deon is able to provide you holistic solutions for your dental needs.
Outside of Dentistry Dr Deon enjoys reading fiction, listening to music and spending time with family. He is also able to speak Hebrew and French fluently.
Sujitha Sivathas
Oral Health Therapist / Periodontal Hygienist
Sujitha graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2008 and has since been working in both private and public settings.
She provides extensive dental treatment for children as well as periodontal treatment and routine preventative care for adults.
Working closely with Dr Anthony Franzmann in our periodontal program, she is proficient in providing non surgical periodontal therapy and supportive periodontal maintenance for teeth and implants.
Alongside our dentists, Sujitha is also trained in using the soft tissue diode laser which she uses for laser bacterial reduction, laser assisted periodontal therapy, photobiomodulation (PBM) and many other clinical applications.
Sujitha is known for her gentle care and is committed to providing the best oral health care and positive dental experience for all our patients.
Her passion for dentistry has led to her completing her Orofacial Myology training, and she also shares her own knowledge and skills with future dentists via clinical teaching.
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