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Dr Roula has over 17 years of experience helping children grow healthy smiles, in Lebanon and the UAE. Her calm and friendly demeanour makes children comfortable in her presence and helps build trusting relationships. She believes that the enjoyable visits the children have when they visit her create a positive attitude and motivates the children to improve their oral hygiene at home.

Having grown up in Lebanon, Dr Roula graduated with a Masters’s degree in Pediatric Dentistry from the Beirut Arab University in Beirut. Her pediatric dental training included management and treatment of special needs patients, conscious sedation, pediatric dental rehabilitation, hospital dentistry with children under general anaesthesia, and interceptive orthodontics.

Dr Roula is devoted to helping children overcome their dental anxiety and fear by providing a warm, friendly atmosphere for their dental care and using various techniques ranging from distraction to inhalation and sedation. Her practice philosophy includes taking the extra time to get to know each one of her patients and making each experience a fun and positive one.

She believes that pediatric dentistry is all about taking baby steps in introducing the child to dental treatment in a fearless environment remembering that “prevention is better than cure”. One of the aims of pediatric dentistry is maintaining oral health by doing simple procedures rather than complicated treatment plans to ensure the health of the natural teeth.

In her free time, Dr Roula enjoys cooking for herself and her close ones. She tries to make time for a regular swim and enjoys a good book occasionally. Her favourite way to unwind is to watch medical or historical dramas like Grey’s Anatomy, The Crown, etc.

Dr Roula is fluent in English, French and Arabic.

Join us as we welcome, Dr. Ali Saleh, Specialist Endodontist, our newest addition to the Snö Dental team of experts! 

Dr. Ali is a Specialist Endodontist from Stockholm, and he completed his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) with a Master of Sciences (MSc) from the highly regarded Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in 2013, and went on to achieve the Specialist Degree in Endodontics in 2020, after years of working and honing his dental skills.

With nearly a decade of experience working in various capacities as a dentist, dental consultant and as a clinical lecturer in Sweden, Dr. Ali has now joined the Snö team in Abu Dhabi where he can perform all endodontic procedures, restorations, extractions, TMJ, minor surgical procedures like incision and drainage of abscess, and surgical exposure of un-erupted teeth in addition to emergency consultations.

Dr. Ali will be at our Al Raha branch and will be available for patients from Sundays to Thursdays. To book, please call 800 DENTIST (800 3368478 ) for appointments.

Dr Rana, our Pediatric Dentist Specialist, uses kindness, gentleness, and sometimes magic, to dispel any fears lurking in her patients, as she understands that visiting the dentist can be scary and uncomfortable for children, and sometimes, their parents, too.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Dentistry from the University of Jordan in 2007 and after working for two years, decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Pediatric Dentistry from King’s College London as she enjoys working with children.  She completed her MSc and a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Clinical Dentistry from King’s College London, with honours. Then achieved a TriCollegiate Membership in Pediatric Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow.

Her aim is to build rapport with children, to earn their trust, acquire their cooperation,and to instill in the child’s mind a positive attitude about visiting the dentist. Her clinic is a source of magic and fairy power.

Dr Rana grew up in Abu Dhabi and calls the capital her home. She enjoys the cinema and is an avid traveler. She has visited most of Europe with Disneyland Paris being a highlight.

She is fluent in English and Arabic.

Dr Rana has a Pediatric Dentistry membership in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Dr Eirini Mela is a Consultant Periodontist with more than 10 years of experience in Periodontology and Implant Surgery. A Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology since 2009, she joins the Snö Dental team in Abu Dhabi with a focus on “Periodontal Medicine” which highlights the effect oral health has on systemic disorders.

She is passionate about raising awareness that healthy teeth and mouth lead to healthy bodies and good wellbeing. Her goal is to help the community of Abu Dhabi reach optimum oral health practices and educate the public about the connection of periodontal disease with systemic diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease and conditions like preterm and low birth weight infants.

Dr Eirini has owned and worked at a private periodontal and implant surgery practice in her home city of Athens, since 2010. Apart from corrective periodontal surgery, her expertise includes computerized implant surgery, bone and tissue grafts around teeth and implants, guided bone regeneration and extractions with bone preservation. During this period, she occupied the position of Clinical Assistant, teaching post-grad and undergrad dental students, at the Department of Periodontology, University of Athens Dental School.

Her commitment to the community saw her volunteer at the 2004 Olympic Games held at Athens and that experience affected her deeply.

She went on to achieve an M.Sc. from the University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the world’s first dental college, and later became a Research Associate at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH-NIDCR), in Bethesda MD, USA.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and cooking traditional Greek recipes.

Dr Eirini is fluent in English, Greek and French.

Dr Roelien has dentistry in her genes. Her father is a very prominent orthodontist in South Africa and her grandfather also practised as a general dentist and lectured at Pretoria’s dental school. As a child, she was exposed to braces, crooked teeth and the happy smiles of patients who finished their treatments. “A smile says a thousand words and opens doors you never knew were shut. It starts friendships, careers and romantic relationships, the first thing in meeting any person is your hello and your smile.”

Dr Roelien completed her education and training in South Africa, Scotland, Sweden and Dubai. Dr Roelien holds a Master’s degree in Orthodontics from Malmö University, Sweden and European University College, Dubai. She owns her own clinic in South Africa and has years of professional experience in the UAE. Dr Roelien perfectly complements the Snö team, allowing us to solve even the most difficult orthodontic cases.

When she is not at the clinic, she is publishing and lecturing on orthodontics, in the UAE and abroad. This helps not just the Snö team, but wider dental community in Abu Dhabi and the UAE to reach the highest standards of orthodontic work. Her guilty pleasure is her love for baking, particularly cakes and pastries.

Dr Roelien is fluent in English and Afrikaans.