Meet the Group

Our group is comprised of an experienced and trained team committed to your health and overall satisfaction with your dental care. We strive to create ‘smiles that heal and smiles that appeal’ by offering leading edge cosmetic and physiologic-based services. Each member of our group is dedicated to ensuring that you and your family experience the ultimate dental care in a friendly environment empowering you to make informed choices.

We support the dynamics of being a passionate and understanding team, always taking into consideration how your oral health affects you both on the inside and the out.

Karen – RDH, Hygienist

Karen received her Dental Hygiene Diploma at Georgian College. Her favorite part about being a Registered Dental Hygienist is educating patients to achieve and maintain good oral and overall health. She and her family have lived in beautiful Barrie for 26 years. In her free time, she enjoys running, swimming and yoga.

Sara – RDH, Hygienist

Sara has been in the dental field for 17 years. Graduating first in dental assisting, then moving onto graduating with honors in dental hygiene in 2008. Sara is very patient centered with her care. Education is key, and always wants her patients to feel confident and comfortable when making decisions on their dental care. Sara is a wife and a mother to three wonderful girls.

Kristine – RDH, Hygienist

Kristine has been in the dental field for 16 years. Working as a Dental Assistant before pursuing her career in Dental Hygiene. She attended the Dental Hygiene program at Durham College in Oshawa where she graduated with Honours in 2010. You will find Kristine is compassionate, able to put her patients at ease and she ensures a positive dental experience. Her favorite things to do when not working on her teeth: are reading, being outdoors, renovating and decorating their home, and most of all spending time with her family.

Colleen – CDA II, Dental Assistant

Colleen has been a dental assistant for 14 years. Her favorite part of the job is chatting with and getting to know her patients. Originally from Manitoba, Colleen has called Barrie home since 2001. In her time beyond the office, she likes taking her corgi puppy for hikes, kayaking and camping. In the past few years, she discovered she enjoys refinishing furniture and other creative home projects. Colleen has 2 grown sons and 4 grandchildren, 3 in Trenton, Ontario and 1 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that she loves seeing as much as possible.

Jess – CDA II, Dental Assistant

Jess graduated the Level II Dental Assisting Program from Georgian College and was the recipient of the ODAA Academic Excellence Award. Starting her career in pediatrics, she is especially good with kids. Her main goal is to make every visit a positive one for people of all ages. When she’s not at the office, she’s usually helping her family on the farm or spending quality time with her pet pig.

Syleen – CDA II, Dental Assistant

Syleen recently graduated with honors from the Dental Assisting program at Georgian College. She started her career at Nia Dental Studio in June of 2022. Syleen is passionate about dentistry and wants to provide a positive experience for all patients. Her and her family live in Barrie. Outside of work you will find her spending time with her daughter, fiancé, two dogs, or curled up with a good book!

Tara – CDA II, Front Desk / Communication Admin

Tara grew up in Orillia, attended the Georgian College Orillia campus, and graduated from the Dental Assisting Level II program in 1997. She joined this office in January 1998 under contract for maternity leave as one of Dr. Robinson’s chairside assistants. Once the contract ended, Tara worked at an office in Orillia as a Hygiene Assistant and Front Desk Administrator for nearly two years until Dr. Robinson contacted her with an opening to work alongside him again in 2000. She jumped at the chance and continued there until returning from her own maternity leave where she shifted roles to become Hygiene Coordinator and now Communication Lead/Front Desk Administrator. She has called Barrie home since 2000 with her husband Mike, daughter Kennedy, and son Jake. Home life is filled with sports, mainly minor hockey and lacrosse events along with billeting players of the Barrie Colts OHL team, and walking with her dog Baxter.

Carol – CDA II, Administrative Manager

Although Carol originally emigrated from Scotland as a ‘wee lass’, she has called Barrie home for 26 years. She resides with her husband Tom and is lucky enough that her grown children Cassaundra and Eric along with their partners have chosen Barrie as their home too. The lights of her life are her 2 adorable grandchildren who she sees every chance she gets. If she is not running around with her granddaughters, she enjoys interior decorating and is glad to help out anyone that asks.

As for her profession, she completed her Level I and Level II chairside assisting and has been in the dental field for, almost 40 years (she says with a grimace). Although she misses the clinical aspect of chairside, she loves the other side of it and is passionate about helping her ‘wonderful patients’ navigate the dental world. Carol loves the connections she has made, having worked here for over 24 years, and feels truly blessed to look upon them as a family in a sense, having watched them grow from toddlers to they themselves bringing in their own toddlers.

Arash – Director

Arash is a doctoral candidate in business administration and has been pursuing his area of interest in Dentistry’s clinical and operational success after completing of “Dental Practice Management” at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry. He is passionate to lead the team while focusing on the results of patients’ satisfaction and morale.

Encouraged and Inspired by Dr. Nika Sabri, Arash stepped into the world of dental management utilizing his passion in constructing a synergistic model of management and understanding team culture. These competencies were formed and developed after completion of his MBA at the Steinbeis University of Berlin in Germany in 2013.

When not at work, he makes sure he makes some time for himself to play tennis. He also enjoys other competition-oriented sports such as soccer where he used to play as a goalkeeper and is now a striker. Arash also loves recreational activities such as skiing, camping, and swimming