Meet the Clinicians
At Ballarat Family Dental, your care is delivered by a team of experienced practitioners with a broad range of clinical skills and interests.
While your treatment is always led by your primary practitioner, you benefit from being part of a wider team environment where knowledge and experience are shared when it is helpful for your care. For more complex treatment, additional clinical perspectives may be drawn upon within the practice to support planning and outcomes.
Each practitioner has their own areas of clinical focus, including general and preventative dentistry, restorative care, cosmetic dentistry and more complex rehabilitative treatment. Our approach to cosmetic dentistry is always guided by long-term oral health, ensuring that aesthetic improvements are supported by strong function, stability and lasting results.
This allows us to support a wide range of patient needs within the one practice, while maintaining continuity of care.
What this means for you is a sense of familiarity and confidence in your care—knowing you are being treated by practitioners who understand your history and are supported by a team environment when needed.
Below, you can learn more about each of our practitioners, their clinical interests and the types of care they enjoy providing.
Dr Becky Chen
Principal Dentist (DEN0001028690) BDSC. (Melbourne), OrthoEd Mini Masters Orthodontic 2019
Dr Mustafa Bassam
Dentist (DEN0002291864) DDS, ADC Certified, MRACDS GDP
Dr Bashar Basmaji
Dentist (DEN0001926823) BDS (James Cook University), BCom, MCom (Finance)
Dr Karina Harilal
Dentist (DEN0002693586) BHSc(Dent), MDent (La Trobe)
Dr Kay Lim
Dentist (DEN0004056119) BDS, ADC Certified
Dr Stephanie Ibrahim
Dentist (DEN0002311455) DDS (Melbourne)
Lydia Ang
Oral Health Therapist (DEN0002871437) BOralH (The University of Queensland)
Michael Lin Nguyen
Oral Health Therapist (DEN0004059272) Bachelor of Oral Health (University of Otago)
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Our Practice
Step inside Ballarat Family Dental and you'll notice the difference straight away. We've invested in a clean, modern facility that goes beyond industry standard. From our sterilisation processes to the equipment we use every day. Every surgery room, every instrument, every corner of our practice reflects the same high standard of care: spotless, organised, and built around the latest dental technology.
From digital scanning, 3D printing and CEREC same-day crowns to our dedicated general anaesthetic suite, take a look inside the practice.