A Smiling Heart Dentistry is a holistic dental practice in Bellevue, Washington. The experienced and compassionate team, led by Tigran Khachatryan, DDS, is committed to providing the best possible care for every patients physical health care needs while also making their hearts smile. Patients at the practice are not just another mouth to fix, rather every patient receives comprehensive and thorough dental care that takes the whole mind, body, and spirit into consideration.
A Smiling Heart Dentistry offers services that extend beyond traditional dentistry to include tongue tie releases, myofascial therapy, TMJ treatment, neuromuscular technology, and sleep apnea treatment. The beautiful and comfortable office is a one-stop-shop for all dental needs, with in-house labs for creating bridges, ceramic implants, and customizations. Dr. Khachatryan and the team stay up to date with the latest advancements in dental care and provide state-of-the-art technology such as same day crowns, digital and 3D X-rays and printers, lasers, and intraoral scanners. The expert team prides themselves on preventing patients from falling victim to the latest false dentistry inventions.
Tigran Khachatryan, DDS, is a highly educated and experienced general dentist at A Smiling Heart Dentistry in Bellevue, Washington. He delivers the best possible technical and aesthetic dentistry available using the latest technology, from beautiful teeth restorations to cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics.
Dr. Khachatryan earned his bachelors degree at the University of Washington in Seattle before obtaining his doctorate of dentistry at the University of Washingtons School of Dentistry. He then continued his education at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies in Nevada, where the countrys most talented dentists continue their education in high technology training. He studied with Dr. John Kois at the Kois Center in Seattle, Washington. To provide expert implant solutions to his patients, Dr. Khachatryan completed the Master Implant Program through the Global Institute for Dental Education in Los Angeles, California.
A strong believer in continuous learning and education, Dr. Khachatryan holds several certificates, including Advanced Implant Therapy, A-Z in Implant Dentistry, Esthetic Implant Therapy, Edentulous Implant Patient Certificate, Implant Master Program, and Ceramic Implant Provider. He is conscious sedation certified for IV sedation and DOCS sedation for adults and children. Dr. Khachatryan is also a certified provider for DNA/Vivos, Invisalign, and Lumineers.
Dr. Khachatryan is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, Sleep Group Solutions, the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, the Holistic Dental Association, and Progressive Orthodontics.
When hes not helping patients achieve their healthiest smiles, Dr. Khachatryan enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, family, and friends. He enjoys sports, the great outdoors, and continues to learn new skills in his career.
Further, Dr. Tigran is one of only a handful of Western Washington dentists to have been trained by LVI and Kois center at the same time. What this means to our clients is that Dr. Tigran can deliver the best possible technical and aesthetic dentistry available today including beautiful all-porcelain restorations that can replace and repair damaged or missing teeth to their original strength and beauty. His extensive post-graduate training in smile design and cosmetic dentistry has allowed Dr. Tigran to literally change people's lives by rejuvenating health and smiles.
He has also graduated from the world's leading orthodontic program, Progressive Orthodontics, which uses the IPSoft orthodontic diagnostic software, the latest technology in orthodontics. Know what to expect at each phase of treatment before we even place a bracket. With step-by-step guidance and user-friendly tools, we can create optimal treatment plans for each patient. Predictable results made easy.
Her mother, a family physician, was passionate about her profession and that was transmitted to little Lorena. She followed in her mother's foot steps and got her DDS degree in 1999 from a prestigious University in Romania. But that didn't satisfy her thirst for knowledge so she furthered her education with a Master of Science in Dentistry from University of Washington.
Dr. Smith is a Washington native. She grew up on Mercer Island as the youngest of five siblings. Through her family she was introduced to dentistry at a very young age. She began working in her father's practice at the age of twelve and by the time she was 18 she was working as her sister's dental assistant. She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelors in Biology in 2008. Shortly thereafter she moved across the country where she earned her Dental Medicine Doctorate in 2014 from the Medical University of South Carolina. Although she loved the time she spent in South Carolina she was ready to come home to Washington after graduation. Working as a temporary dentist in a variety of practices after graduation allowed her to gain experience with different types of offices and materials.
Prior to attending dental school she went on mission trips to Jamaica, Uganda, and Kenya. She also volunteered locally at the Union Gospel mission dental clinic. During dental school she was able to volunteer in the Give Kids a Smile Day, The Special Olympics dental booth, and at Our Lady of Mercy Dental Clinic. Since graduating she has been able to work with International Smile Power to provide the residents of tent city with much needed dental care. The experiences of providing dental care at home and abroad are extremely different, yet both have strengthened her passion for providing high-quality care under varied circumstances.
In 2014 she and her husband Mike were blessed with a beautiful baby girl named Emma and in 2016 they were blessed again with a handsome little boy named M.J. Though most of her free time is now spent with her children she also enjoys cooking, baking, hiking, swimming, and painting.