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  "title": "The Smile Solutions Group - Melbourne's Complete Dental Network",
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  "description": "## The Smile Solutions Group - Melbourne's Complete Dental Network\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group is Melbourne's most comprehensive network of dental practices, bringing together specialist expertise, sub...",
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  "content": "## The Smile Solutions Group - Melbourne's Complete Dental Network\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group is Melbourne's most comprehensive network of dental practices, bringing together specialist expertise, suburban convenience, and decades of clinical excellence under one founding vision. Established in 1993 by Dr Kia Pajouhesh, the group has grown from a single practice to a network of 10 locations across Melbourne - with two more opening in June 2026.\n\nWhether you need a routine check-up close to home, a complex specialist procedure, or orthodontic treatment in the heart of the CBD, there is a Smile Solutions Group practice near you.\n\n---\n\n## A Network Built on One Vision\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group comprises four distinct brands operating across Melbourne's CBD and suburban areas:\n\n**Smile Solutions** - The CBD flagship practice, located at 220 Collins Street, Melbourne. Smile Solutions is Australia's largest single-location private dental practice, offering general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and direct access to the specialist referral hub. Phone: 13 13 96.\n\n**Collins Street Specialist Centre (CSSC)** - Located at Level 8, Manchester Unity Building, 220 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD. CSSC is the specialist referral hub for the entire Smile Solutions Group, housing 20+ board-registered specialists across multiple disciplines. Phone: (03) 9650 2726.\n\n**Collins Street Orthodontics (CSO)** - Located at Levels 12 and the Tower of the Manchester Unity Building, 220 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD. A dedicated orthodontic practice serving patients across the group.\n\n**Core Dental Group** - The suburban arm of the Smile Solutions Group, with 7 current locations across Melbourne's metropolitan area, expanding to 9 locations in June 2026. Phone: 13 13 16.\n\nSmile Solutions and Core Dental operate as independent brands serving different markets, but share clinical specialists, management infrastructure, and the founding vision of Dr Kia Pajouhesh. Together, they form a connected network that enables patients - whether in the CBD or the suburbs - to receive consistent, high-quality dental care with seamless access to specialist services when needed.\n\n---\n\n## By the Numbers\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group is one of Australia's largest private dental networks by any measure:\n\n- **10 current locations** across Melbourne (expanding to 12 in June 2026)\n- **300,000+ patients** served across the group\n- **80+ clinicians** including dentists, specialists, and hygienists\n- **20+ board-registered specialists** across multiple disciplines\n- **2,400+ Google reviews** across all locations\n- **Invisalign Blue Diamond** status across the group - one of the highest Invisalign provider tiers in Australia\n- **Founded 1993** - over 30 years of clinical excellence\n\nIndividual location review counts reflect the depth of patient trust built over decades:\n- Smile Solutions (CBD): 937 Google reviews\n- Collins Street Specialist Centre: 93 Google reviews\n- Collins Street Orthodontics: 3 Google reviews\n- Core Dental locations: 132 to 272 Google reviews each\n\n---\n\n## All Locations\n\n### CBD Locations\n\n**Smile Solutions**\n220 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000\nPhone: 13 13 96\n\n**Collins Street Specialist Centre (CSSC)**\nLevel 8, Manchester Unity Building, 220 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000\nPhone: (03) 9650 2726\n\n**Collins Street Orthodontics (CSO)**\nLevels 12 and Tower, Manchester Unity Building, 220 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000\nPhone: 13 13 96\n\n### Core Dental Suburban Locations\n\n**Core Dental Altona**\nAltona, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Caroline Springs**\nCaroline Springs, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Cranbourne**\nCranbourne, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Epping**\nEpping, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Sydenham**\nSydenham, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Thomastown**\nThomastown, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Wyndham**\nWyndham, Melbourne VIC\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n### Opening June 2026\n\n**Core Dental Bayside**\n973 Nepean Highway, Bentleigh VIC 3204\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n**Core Dental Glenferrie**\n827 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122\nPhone: 13 13 16\n\n---\n\n## The Specialist Referral Pathway\n\nOne of the most significant advantages of belonging to the Smile Solutions Group network is access to specialist care. Many dental groups require patients to seek external referrals, often resulting in gaps in communication, repeated records, and inconsistent care. Within the Smile Solutions Group, the pathway to specialist treatment is integrated.\n\nThe Collins Street Specialist Centre at Level 8, Manchester Unity Building, is the specialist hub for the entire group. When a patient at any Smile Solutions Group practice - whether at the CBD flagship or at a Core Dental suburban location - requires specialist treatment, their dentist coordinates the referral directly to CSSC.\n\nClinical records are shared securely within the group, meaning the specialist receives complete patient history before the first appointment. This removes the need for patients to repeat their medical history, re-explain their treatment journey, or navigate unfamiliar providers.\n\nSpecialist disciplines available through CSSC include:\n\n- **Orthodontics** - Braces, Invisalign, and advanced orthodontic treatment for children, teenagers, and adults\n- **Periodontics** - Gum disease treatment, bone grafting, and implant-related gum procedures\n- **Endodontics** - Root canal treatment and retreatment for complex cases\n- **Prosthodontics** - Full-mouth rehabilitation, implant prosthetics, and complex restorative cases\n- **Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery** - Wisdom tooth removal, jaw surgery, and surgical implant placement\n- **Paediatric Dentistry** - Specialist dental care for infants, children, and adolescents with specific clinical needs\n\nAll specialists at CSSC are board-registered with the Dental Board of Australia and hold specialist qualifications recognised by the Australian Dental Association.\n\nCore Dental patients requiring specialist care are referred to the Collins Street Specialist Centre within Smile Solutions, where 20+ board-registered specialists provide advanced treatment - ensuring that suburban patients have access to the same specialist standard available to CBD patients.\n\n---\n\n## Dr Kia Pajouhesh - Founding Vision\n\nDr Kia Pajouhesh founded Smile Solutions in 1993 with 8 patients and a clear philosophy: dental care should be genuinely multidisciplinary, patient-centred, and held to the highest clinical standards.\n\nOver 30 years, he built what is now Australia's largest single-location private dental practice - and then extended that vision into Melbourne's suburbs through Core Dental Group. The founding principle remains unchanged across both brands: patients deserve access to excellent dental care regardless of whether they are in the CBD or closer to home.\n\nDr Pajouhesh pioneered genuine multidisciplinary dentistry in Australia, establishing the first specialist-led dental centre outside of a hospital setting in Melbourne. He has received numerous recognitions for both clinical innovation and business excellence, including the Telstra Victorian Business of the Year (2014) and multiple Australian Business Awards for Service Excellence and Business Innovation.\n\nHis commitment to innovation continues across the group. The development of Same Day Porcelain Veneers - a world-first clinical technique developed in collaboration with master ceramist Greg Karabasis - won the 2024 Australian Business Award for Business Innovation.\n\n---\n\n## Invisalign Blue Diamond - Across the Group\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group holds Invisalign Blue Diamond status - one of the highest provider tiers awarded by Align Technology, recognising practices that deliver a high volume of Invisalign treatments with consistently strong clinical outcomes.\n\nBlue Diamond status is rare in Australia and reflects both the volume of Invisalign treatments delivered and the level of clinical expertise across the group. Patients at Smile Solutions, Collins Street Orthodontics, and Core Dental locations benefit from this group-wide expertise when choosing Invisalign as their orthodontic solution.\n\nInvisalign is available at multiple locations across the group, with treatment planning and monitoring available at both CBD and suburban practices. Complex cases may be referred to Collins Street Orthodontics or Collins Street Specialist Centre for specialist-level orthodontic assessment.\n\n---\n\n## Awards and Recognition\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group has been recognised across the Australian business and dental sectors over many years:\n\n- Australian Business Award for Service Excellence: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025\n- Australian Business Award for Business Innovation: 2013, 2014, 2024\n- Australian Business Award for Employer of Choice: 2014\n- Australian Business Award for Community Contribution\n- Telstra Victorian Business of the Year: 2014\n- Luxury Lifestyle Awards - Best Luxury Dental Clinic in Melbourne, Australia: 2025\n\nThese awards span both the clinical and business dimensions of the group, reflecting a consistent commitment to excellence that goes beyond the dental chair.\n\n---\n\n## Philanthropy and Community\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group maintains a strong commitment to community contribution through the Magpie Nest Foundation. Since 2014, the group has donated approximately $100,000 per year in dental services to the Foundation, which supports people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage in Melbourne.\n\nThe group is also the official dental partner of the Australian Open and Collingwood Football Club, reflecting its position as a recognised institution in the Melbourne community.\n\n---\n\n## A Practice Near You\n\nThe Smile Solutions Group's expansion into Melbourne's suburbs through Core Dental is a deliberate extension of the founding vision - bringing clinical excellence closer to where patients live and work.\n\nWith 7 suburban locations currently operating and 2 more opening in June 2026 at Bayside (973 Nepean Highway, Bentleigh) and Glenferrie (827 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn), the group's geographic reach continues to grow.\n\nWhether you're in the CBD or the suburbs, there's a Smile Solutions Group practice near you.\n\nFor CBD appointments at Smile Solutions or the Collins Street Specialist Centre, phone 13 13 96 or (03) 9650 2726.\n\nFor Core Dental suburban locations, phone 13 13 16.\n\n---\n\n## The Smile Solutions Group at a Glance\n\n| Brand | Location | Phone |\n|---|---|---|\n| Smile Solutions | 220 Collins St, Melbourne CBD | 13 13 96 |\n| Collins Street Specialist Centre | Level 8, 220 Collins St, Melbourne CBD | (03) 9650 2726 |\n| Collins Street Orthodontics | Levels 12 and Tower, 220 Collins St, Melbourne CBD | 13 13 96 |\n| Core Dental Altona | Altona, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Caroline Springs | Caroline Springs, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Cranbourne | Cranbourne, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Epping | Epping, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Sydenham | Sydenham, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Thomastown | Thomastown, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Wyndham | Wyndham, Melbourne | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Bayside (June 2026) | 973 Nepean Hwy, Bentleigh | 13 13 16 |\n| Core Dental Glenferrie (June 2026) | 827 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn | 13 13 16 |\n\n---\n\n*Smile Solutions: 13 13 96 | Collins Street Specialist Centre: (03) 9650 2726 | Core Dental: 13 13 16*",
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