Founder
Dra. Maria L. Santos
Prosthodontics · Crowns, dentures & smile design
Maria founded Opaline in 2013 after a decade of watching patients apologise for their own teeth. She leads the crown, denture and smile design cases.
In Maria’s words
Why I practise this way.
I avoided dentists for most of my twenties. Not because of one bad experience, but because nobody ever told me what was about to happen to me.
When I finally trained as one, I promised myself I would build the clinic I could never find. That promise turned into rules: explain first, quote in writing, and never start until the patient says start.
Prosthodontics suits that promise. Crowns and dentures are not emergencies. There is time to plan, time to fit, and time to adjust until it feels like your own tooth again. I use all of it.
Treatments
What I take on.
Every one of these starts the same way: an assessment, a plain-language explanation, and a written quote before anything begins.
- Dental crownsJacket crowns that restore a damaged tooth, shaped and shaded with our dental laboratory.
- Partial denturesReplacements for some missing teeth, refitted until chewing feels normal again.
- Complete denturesFull upper or lower sets built for real eating and speaking, with follow-up refinements.
- Smile designWhitening, veneers and shaping planned as one staged sequence, previewed before we begin.
“We can’t promise you’ll love the dentist. We can promise you’ll stop dreading it.”
More of the team
Four specialists, one conversation.
Next step
Ask for Dra. Santos by name.
Tell the front desk who you would like to see and we will match the schedule to it.