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Matt Welebir, DDS

Owner of Summerlin Dental for the past 5 years and the culprit responsible for its never-ending evolution, Dr. Matt Welebir has effectively transformed the practice into a technological aesthetic dental nirvana. Following a couple years of living in France and Switzerland and then teaching 37 eighth-graders on a South Pacific atoll, his undergraduate studies yielded a Major in Fine Art which led to graduate school where he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at Southern California’s Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD). Dr. Welebir’s postgraduate work is extensive; much of it has been completed at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, one of the nation’s most prestigious aesthetic dental institutions.

 

Dr. Welebir, or “Dr. Matt” as many know him, limits his work to the advanced fields of dental aesthetics, smile design and comprehensive dentistry. Devising and following comprehensive treatment plans, he performs “whole mouth” dentistry to restore total oral health. “Since a beautiful smile, or lack thereof, is statistically one of the things people notice about you, first impressions can either be stellar…or not so great.” With this statement, Dr. Welebir knows that something as straightforward as improving your smile has enabled hundreds of his patients to see themselves anew. His love of the fine arts coupled with his broad knowledge of dental science translates into some pretty stunning dentistry.

Here are Dr. Welebir’s stats:

  • Doctor of Dental Surgery, LLUSD
  • California and Nevada State Board Dental Licensures
  • Assistant Professor of Restorative Dentistry, LLUSD
  • Supervisory Dentist, Cypress College, Dental Hygiene Program
  • Member, American Dental Association, Nevada Dental Association, Southern Nevada Dental Society
  • Award winner, American Association of Endodontists and American Academy of Dental Practice Administration
  • Certified in Invisalign
  • CEREC Dentist
  • Graduate, Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies
  • <Private practice, Cosmetic Dentistry, Orange County, California
  • Featured dentist, KVBC-TV, NBC, Las Vegas, Nevada (ongoing monthly appearances)
  • Dental expert, Fox News, Fox TV, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Perpetual worldwide continuing education in comprehensive aesthetic dentistry

Gordon Murray, DDS

Summerlin Dental’s former proprietor, Dr. Murray continues to practice alongside Dr. Welebir and is, literally, a Las Vegas institution. A graduate of Western High School and UNLV, with a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Genetics, Dr. Murray graduated with his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 28 years of practice, Dr. Murray’s down-to-earth style and friendly approach has won him legions of fans and patients, many of whom have been with him as long as his career’s duration! A self-proclaimed technology junkie, he embraces the advances in dentistry today which, in turn, yields premium quality dental care with amazing results.

With a strong background in published research, with crazy titles such as “Cardiovascular Malformations in Oryzias Latipes Embryos Treated with 2, 4, 5-Trichlorophenoxyacotic Acid (2, 4, 5-T)”, Dr. Murray is not only a scientist but a social butterfly. Married to wife Shirley with 3 grown children, Amber, Justin and Sean, Dr. Murray still finds time to continue his dental education on an on-going basis, refining his dentistry into an art form while enjoying his passionate pursuits in golf, gourmet cooking and fine wine collecting, which is over 600 bottles strong. All in Las Vegas, the city that has been his lifetime home.

Here are Dr. Murray’s stats:

  • Doctor of Dental Surgery, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • NevadaState Board Dental Licensure
  • Masters of Science in Genetics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
  • Bachelor’s of Science in Biology, UNLV
  • Veteran, United States Navy
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, UNLV
  • Research Associate, Marquette University
  • Private Practice, General & Cosmetic Dentistry, Las Vegas, NV, 1981-Present
  • Member, American Dental Association, Nevada Dental Association, Southern Nevada Dental Society
  • Certified in Invisalign
  • Published research, 4 separate studies
  • Annual continuing education in dental studies

An odd fact: Dr. Welebir and Dr. Murray celebrate their birthdays on the same day, July 12, which is always a good time together.

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