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Dr Makan was born in Fiji and served as an associate dentist in a private clinic and a part-time lecturer at the local dental school for 4 years. Since 2009, he has practiced in northern suburbs and predominantly in Eastern Suburbs of Wheelers Hill and Forest Hill. Now serving as a dentist in Mount Waverley.

His gentle touch and caring nature makes him popular with the kids and the very nervous patients.

When not practicing dentistry he likes to spend time with his 2 year old son and play soccer whenever he can.

Dr Monica Massiha graduated from La Trobe University and has been working in both private clinics and public/government clinics. Monica works at both Forest Hill and Tecoma clinics and is available for late night appointments. She also supervises and teaches dental students at La Trobe University. Monica has a keen interest in root canal treatments and enjoys working with children.

Monica’s focus is on empowering her patients so that they can maintain excellent oral health and she is very motivated to achieve the best results for her patients.

Dr Monica Massiha performs all areas of general dentistry, including but not limited to:

Dr. Ted Moon graduated from Melbourne University, Bachelor of Dental Science with Honors in 2009. Since then, Ted has been working at private dental clinics in Melbourne metro areas.

Before his studies in Dentistry, Ted traveled to England and worked as a community volunteer helping people with disabilities. It was during this great opportunity to experience cultural diversity in Europe that he developed interests in helping people in need. Ted also stayed in Shanghai to improve his Mandarin Chinese before coming to Melbourne to study. Ted speaks Fluent Korean...

His special interest areas are cosmetic dentistry and endodontics (root canal therapy). He is also very keen on general family care including treatments for kids.

Brendan Moore graduated from Melbourne University in 1986. He immediately joined this practice and assumed full ownership in 1999.

Dr Jagruti Patel is our passionate dentist who has been working at the practice for the last two years and, as the practice has gotten busier, Jagruti has increased her hours from two to four days a week to provide timely and quality care to patients.

Jagruti is kind, gentle and caring and is committed to providing patients with optimum dental treatment. Jagruti, also known as ‘JP’, to her patients is a valuable asset to the practice, her experience in dentistry and warm approach makes the visit to the dentist a more comfortable experience. When JP isn’t at work caring for all of her patients she enjoys cooking delicious vegetarian meals and spending time with her husband and 3 year old daughter.

Dr Arathy Rao is a principal dentist practicing at Tecoma Dental and Forest Hill Dental. She is an experienced dentist working in in Melbourne, Victoria.

For over 9 years Dr Arathy Rao has been performing complex dental and orthodontic procedures like:

Dr Chitra Rao is a principal dentist practicing at Tecoma Dental and Forest Hill Dental. She is an experienced dentist working in in Melbourne, Victoria.

For over 9 years Dr Chitra Rao has been performing complex dental and orthodontic procedures like:

Dr. Saleh is a caring and patient oriented dentist, passionate about his work and has more than 14 years experience working as a general dentist. He has a special interest in cosmetic dentistry, surgical procedures, prosthodontics and implants with an excellent comprehension of the latest evidence based dental research on the clinical efficacy of dental materials and treatment techniques.

Dr. Saleh is an active and long-standing member of the Australian Dental Association, the Australian Society Implant Dentistry, the Australian Society of Endodntology, International Team for Implantology, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and the Clinical Leadership Council of the Dental Health Services of Victoria. Dr. Saleh has also been involved in teaching and tutoring. He participated in training and teaching dental students and overseas

Dr Sarah Scott graduated from Sydney University and has been practicing for (almost) 10 years in both the public & private sectors. She enjoys all aspects of general dentistry, and treating people in a holistic sense with high quality, gentle dentistry.

Daniel graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2011. Daniel graduated with honours and has had extensive experience in most aspects of general dentistry, including the use of our state-of-the-art CEREC in-house CAD-cam crown milling machine.

Daniel lives locally in North Balwyn and also speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese and basic Vietnamese....

David Tran graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the Adelaide University. Dr Tran has been practicing dentistry for fifthteen years, and has a particular interest in implant dentistry. Dr Tran is bilingual speaking Vietnamese and English. Outside of dentistry Dr Tran has a passion for media communication and currently studying his Bachelor of Media Communication. He also enjoys spending time with his niece and going to the gym.

Dr. Faith Xi was born in China, but regards Australia as her home after migrating here many years ago. She completed her Dentistry degree at The University of Sydney. With her past working experience both in the hospital and community, she enjoys treating patients from diverse backgrounds, especially the young and young-at-heart. She now resides in Mount Waverley and is loving being a

Dr. Faith is passionate about the world of dentistry with a special interest in preventive, restorative, cosmetic and paediatric dentistry. She is a member of the Australia Dental Association and seeks to keep her skills up-to-date through various professional education and development courses to ensure that she can deliver the highest quality of care to her patients. Apart from English, Dr Xi can speak fluent Mandarin and conversational Cantonese

Major Qualification:

Dentist, AHPRA, issued 08/2016: DEN0001893231

Dental Prosthetist, AHPRA, issued 03/2014: DEN0001893231

(One of the only two dental practitioners in Australia holding two titles (dentist/dental prosthetist) at the same time)