Dr. Tamer Shalaby didn’t set out to be a dentist — he set out to make things beautiful. That artistic instinct is still what drives every case: he sees a smile the way a sculptor sees a block of stone, reproducing what nature intended and, often, improving on it. It’s why patients come to him specifically for veneers and clear aligner cases where the result has to look effortless, not manufactured.

Dr. Shalaby earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of the Pacific’s Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, after undergraduate work at UCI. He went on to train at the Kois Institute under Dr. John Kois, focusing on the bite mechanics and full-mouth planning that make cosmetic work hold up for the long run — a veneer that looks perfect and fits your bite wrong doesn’t stay perfect for long.

Outside the practice, Dr. Shalaby is a soccer fan, a sports watcher, and, most of all, a family man — married to his wife Tina for over a decade, with two kids who keep him on his toes.