The Polished Story
“Passionate about helping you establish good foundations for your oral health and maintain functional teeth through personalised care.”
Polished Oral Health Studio was created to fulfil our passion for providing exceptional dental care for our patients. We offer personalised dental hygiene care and teeth whitening to patients across Melbourne’s South Eastern suburbs. We have now expanded our services to provide a full range of dental services. Our team aims to provide the community with cosmetic dental treatments, including clear aligners, veneers, crowns and bridges, implants and wisdom teeth removal to meet the growing demand.
Owned and operated by Melissa Debruyne alongside Dr. Anbar Ganatra, the duo work seamlessly side by side to deliver a full range of services to meet your individual needs.
It’s not just about the result, it’s about the journey
Currently, more than 36% of Australians suffer from dental fear or anxiety and a further 12% from extreme dental phobias. For this reason, our services are focused entirely on providing treatments with a soothing approach. Our purpose-built studio provides clients with care in a comfortable environment. We’ve removed the traditional white-coat feel and sterile settings, and replaced them with a modern clinical space designed to support a calm treatment experience.
Polished is operated by dental professionals, so you know you’re in safe hands.
Director at Polished Oral Health Studio
Melissa Debruyne is the founder of Polished Oral Health Studio and is a Registered Dental Therapist (Adult Scope) and Dental Hygienist with over 22 years of professional experience in dentistry (DEN0001023713). She provides care for both adult and children’s gum health, as well as preventive and restorative treatments. Melissa graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2002 with a qualification in Dental Therapy and from TAFE SA in 2006 in Dental Hygiene.
For the past 20+ years career in dentistry, Melissa has worked alongside many talented and reputable dentists and specialists in Australia and Europe. Melissa is passionate about Periodontics, Orthodontics, Cosmetic dentistry and children’s dentistry. Her specialty is periodontal management and composite bonding.
Melissa is warm, friendly, charismatic, passionate and caring. She takes pride in her work and treats all her patients like her own family. It’s her nature to go above and beyond to make her patients feel comfortable during their appointment. Her positivity put them at ease and make them highly motivated to look after their oral health.
For this reason, she has a loyal client base who follow her wherever her journey takes her over the years. Her point of difference is that she really listens to not just what you’re saying, your concerns and desires, but also your body language.
Having worked with many anxious and phobic patients over the years, she wanted to create a calm and relaxing dental experience where the priority is focused on the patient’s journey and experience.
Hence, Polished Oral Health Studio was born. At Polished Oral Health Studio, we focus on prevention and minimal intervention. We believe that ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ (and cheaper too, most of the time). Thus, this forms the philosophy to all our treatments and recommendations.
Dr. Anbar Ganatra (DEN0002706371) knew she wanted to become a dentist from the age of nine. With over 15 years of experience practicing in both Kenya and Australia, she brings a wealth of clinical expertise and a gentle, patient-centred approach to care.
She is highly skilled in extractions—including wisdom tooth removal—root canal therapy, and implant surgery. Her true passion lies in smile design, thoughtfully combining aligners, veneers, and crowns to create smiles that are natural, personal, and transformative. To advance her mastery in aesthetic dentistry, she is currently pursuing a Diploma in Aesthetic Dentistry.
Known for her compassion and ability to listen deeply, Dr. Anbar understands the stress, trauma, and anxiety many patients experience around dental visits. She incorporates slow, gentle dentistry alongside mindfulness techniques and coaching principles to create a calm and empowering experience for every patient.
Outside the clinic, she enjoys swimming, cycling, and reading a good book by Elwood Beach.
“What our colleagues say about Melissa”
We believe that Prevention is better than Cure.