Principal Dentist | Smile Symphony Dental, Gladesville, Sydney

Dr Pooneh Shahab is the Principal Dentist at Smile Symphony Dental, a comprehensive dental practice in Gladesville, Sydney. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, she provides personalised dental care across general, restorative and aesthetic dentistry.

Her clinical experience includes comprehensive general dentistry, tooth-coloured restorations, root canal treatment and retreatment, teeth whitening, dental implants and restorative care. For more than a decade, her clinical focus has included aesthetic dentistry, smile design, composite and porcelain veneers, crowns, severe tooth wear and complex full-mouth rehabilitation.

Dr Shahab approaches dentistry by considering the whole picture. Rather than focusing on a single tooth in isolation, she considers how oral health, tooth structure, function, bite, facial features, lip dynamics, dental proportions and individual character work together.

Her approach combines minimally invasive, adhesive and biomimetic restorative principles with facially driven aesthetic treatment planning. Wherever clinically appropriate, her aim is to preserve healthy natural tooth structure while creating restorations and smiles that are functional, comfortable, natural and harmonious with each individual patient.

Every treatment plan is tailored to the individual. Where tooth preparation is required, it is planned according to the specific clinical needs of the case. Restorative materials are carefully selected to support function, natural aesthetics and long-term comfort.

In complex restorative and tooth-wear cases, Dr Shahab assesses factors including tooth wear, vertical dimension, jaw position and bite stability to develop a systematic treatment plan. Where clinically appropriate, centric relation may be used as a stable and reproducible reference to help establish occlusal harmony and guide restorative treatment.

Her ongoing advanced education includes aesthetic dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, biomimetic restorative dentistry, implant therapy and bone grafting. Her clinical portfolio includes the rehabilitation of severely worn and compromised dentitions, with an emphasis on preserving natural teeth wherever clinically appropriate, alongside documented multi-year follow-up of selected crown, veneer and complex restorative cases.

At Smile Symphony Dental, Dr Shahab’s philosophy is centred on thoughtful, individualised dentistry. Her goal is to help patients maintain healthy, functional and naturally beautiful smiles through careful diagnosis, comprehensive treatment planning and personalised care.

Beyond Dentistry

Outside dentistry, Dr Shahab enjoys hand-painting footwear and clothing and exploring fashion design. These creative pursuits reflect her appreciation for colour, proportion, balance and individual expression – qualities that also influence her approach to aesthetic dentistry and smile design.