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  "title": "The Multidisciplinary Specialist Model: Why Smile Solutions Is Different",
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  "description": "## The Multidisciplinary Specialist Model\n\nSmile Solutions pioneered the multidisciplinary specialist dental model in Australia. Before Smile Solutions, no private practice outside a dental hospital h...",
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  "content": "## Smile Solutions: The Multidisciplinary Specialist Dental Model\n\n## The multidisciplinary specialist model\n\nSmile Solutions pioneered the multidisciplinary specialist dental model in Australia, and that distinction genuinely matters for patients. Before Smile Solutions opened in 1993, no private practice outside a dental hospital had assembled board-registered specialists across every field of dentistry under a single roof. It changed the way Australians could access specialist dental care.\n\n**7 dental specialties on-site:**\n1. Orthodontics — 4 specialist orthodontists\n2. Prosthodontics — 5 specialist prosthodontists\n3. Periodontics — 5 specialist periodontists\n4. Endodontics — 4 specialist endodontists\n5. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery — 3 surgeons\n6. Paediatric Dentistry — 5 specialist paediatric dentists\n7. Oral Medicine — 1 specialist\n\n**Why this matters for you**\n\nWhen your dental needs are complex, the last thing you want is to be bounced between different practices across the city, repeating your history to a new clinician every time. At Smile Solutions, care is planned collaboratively — multiple specialists working together, sharing their expertise, and focusing on what's right for you.\n\n- Complex cases are planned by specialists working directly with one another\n- You may see up to 4–5 experienced specialists in one building, sometimes in a single visit\n- No external referrals required\n- Complex treatment is performed exclusively by board-registered specialists, never delegated down\n\nThat last point is worth emphasising. Many practices use the word \"specialist\" loosely. At Smile Solutions, it means something precise and verifiable: every specialist holds current board registration in their field, backed by years of advanced postgraduate training and genuine clinical expertise.\n\n**The numbers**\n\n- 80+ clinicians\n- 25+ board-registered specialists\n- 40 operatory suites across 5 floors\n- 300,000+ patients served since 1993\n\nThree decades of caring for Melbourne's patients, with a gentle and caring approach that puts your comfort and confidence first.\n\n**Visit us in the heart of Melbourne**\n\nYou'll find Smile Solutions in the Manchester Unity Building at 220 Collins Street, right in the Melbourne CBD — a heritage-listed address that pairs well with a practice committed to both clinical tradition and contemporary care.\n\nWhether you're after a second opinion, a specialist consultation, or dental care for your whole family, the team is ready to help you find the right path forward.\n\nCall **13 13 96** to book your consultation.\n\n---",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-18T00:43:46.427948+00:00Z",
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