Dana Poostchi

Detail-oriented and highly skilled general and cosmetic dentist, with a strong focus on full-mouth rehabilitation, smile design, and restorative excellence.enced in both boutique cosmetic settings and high-volume general practices, offering a well-rounded clinical foundation. Known for a comprehensive, patient-centered approach—balancing aesthetics, function, and long-term outcomes. Proficient in multi-unit prosthetics, restorative and surgical procedures, including extractions with bone grafting. Passionate about delivering confident smiles through precision, empathy, and elevated care.

• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
• American Dental Association

Full Mouth Rehabilitation Fridays Dr. Dean Vafiadis – New York, NY

Weekly sessions (Fridays), 1-year program | Sept 2023 - June 2024

• Participated in a comprehensive year-long observational program led by a prosthodontist, focused on full-mouth rehabilitation from diagnosis to final cementation.
• Observed live patient cases covering occlusion principles, treatment planning, provisional restorations, lab communication, and final prosthetic delivery.
• Gained in-depth understanding of functional esthetics, multidisciplinary case management, and sequencing of complex prosthodontic treatments in a clinical setting.

Aesthetic Advantage Head Start Observer | NYU College of Dentistry, Rosenthal Theater | 09/01/22, 05/31/23  A review of his unique principles in minimally invasive tooth

• preparation techniques step-by-step, cementation techniques
• step-by-step, facial aesthetic design, hands-on photography workshop, basic occlusion for function, marketing and practice management.
• prep and insert on a live patient in our clinic and participate in marketing panel discussion, bringing practice questions in front of group of talented dental professionals

Anterior Hands-on Workshop| Dr. David Chan| May 14, 2022

Fundamentals of Dental Photography | Dr. Miguel Ortiz

• Tzur S Gabi, Prosthodontics, Dentalogics, 04/01/15, 08/31/15
• Bill Dorfman, DDS, Century City Aesthetic Dentistry, 04/01/15, 08/31/15

• Class President NYU Dentistry , 09/01/18, 06/30/19
• Symposium Director, NYU Aesthetic Society, 09/01/19, 06/30/21

Research Volunteer, UCLA Dentistry - Multiscale design of a periodontal membrane which has the potential to mimic the complexity of the extracellular environment of periodontal tissue., 04/01/20, 08/31/20

• Full-Mouth Rehabilitation Level 1 observer - Dr. Dean Vafiadis
• Aesthetic Advantage Level 1 – Hands-on Cosmetic Dentistry Program

Data Annotation Volunteer, 04/2020 - 08/2020 | San Francisco based startup - San Francisco, USA

• Company Overview: A startup focused on using AI to help dentists interpret X-ray images.
• Data annotation of dental images using Labelme, a python-based open source image polygonal software tool used for manually annotating radiographs for tooth detection, segmentation and classification.