Specialised Dental Services
Bentleigh East / Bayside
Providing Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Solutions, Airway-Focused Dentistry, Pre-Orthodontics & Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy and TMJ / Jaw Joint Management (No general dentistry provided)
Adult Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Solutions
Pre-orthodontics & Orofacial Myofunctional therapy
TMJ/Jaw Joint Management
Specialised Dentistry in Bentleigh East
Welcome to The Dental Gallery
Providing Airway-Focused / Myofunctional Dentistry, pre-orthodontics and early expansion orthodontics, in Bentleigh East, Melbourne to help you improve your health and well-being through expert dental care.
Airway-Focused Dentist Dr Nomita Gonsalvez offers tailored solutions for adults struggling with snoring and sleep apnea, effective TMJ and jaw joint management to relieve discomfort, and pre-orthodontics combined with orofacial myofunctional therapy to support optimal facial and dental development in children.
With a patient-focused approach and advanced airway-focused techniques, we are committed to helping you achieve better sleep, insomnia relief, reduced pain, and long-term oral health.
WINNER EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE
Judges Statement
“The leadership team showed great awareness and dedication to the customer and saw the business through the eyes of the customer. Max the therapy dog is a unique service to help customers through the stressful ordeal of visiting a dentist. Customer centred service is evident through every aspect of their business as well as every aspect of the customer journey. From a large open waiting area through to the patient rooms, Max being on hand for nervous patients through to the specialist services they offer children. The customer came first at all touch points, the driver of customer excellence.”
Dr Nomita Gonsalvez
Nomita graduated from the University of Melbourne Dental School in 1998, earning academic accolades such as the Earnest Joski Prize and the Final Year Academic Award.
Her clinical interests are as an adult and paediatric Airway Focused Dentist, including providing orofacial myofunctional pre-orthodontics, early children’s growth modification orthodontics, children’s expansion orthodontics and sleep apnoea management with dental/oral appliances. She incorporates orofacial myofunctional therapy into these areas of her practice. In recognition of her contributions to the field, she was inaugurated as a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2023 for her services to dentistry.
Qualifications and Further education:
- Bachelor of Dental Science BDSc: 1998 – University of Melbourne
- Myofunctional Therapy Training 2015
- Graduate Diploma Dental Sleep Medicine 2016 – University of Western Australia
- Post Graduate Diploma in Orthodontics 2023 – London
About:
- Co-Founder and principal dentist of the dental gallery
- Dedicated to delivering holistic dental treatment and helping patients to connect the dots in their health journey
- Passionate about sharing knowledge and managing postural, sleep and developmental airway/breathing issues
- Believes in embracing a team approach to patient care and working closely with medical & allied health professionals
- Inspired by her children, she has pursued an interest in early childhood development and associated issues of snoring, memory loss, bed wetting, mood swings and teeth grinding
- Loves spending time in nature, reading, learning, bush-walking and meditating.
