Dr. Niki Maghami, a maxillofacial prosthodontist, explains her specialty and the complex cases she handles. She teaches at UCLA and runs a private practice in Beverly Hills focused on dental health and wellness.
My name is Nikki Magomi. I'm a maxillofacial prosthodontist. As a maxillofacial prosthodontist, you do four extra years of training. After finishing dental school, you see patients from simple cases to patients with a lot of complex needs, with history of trauma, history of cancer, different illnesses. So you really deal with patients with a lot of head and neck issues. What I have learned from being a mom is to have lots of patients and I use that with my patients all the time. I have two kids, one is 8 and the other one is 10 years old. What my patients value mostly about me is the fact that I listen to them. Every patient is unique. They have special needs that's unique to them. And I feel like you really have to make sure that those needs are met. And communication, discussion around those needs really allows for good treatment outcome. I used to teach full time at UCLA and because of my personal life and like to see treating more patients, I wanted to do more, incorporate more clinical practice into my career and hence I still like to teach. I still go to the university and I work with residents, but I'm primarily focusing on private practice. What I love about working in Beverly Hills dental health and wellness is to work with different people with different expertise and this way we can offer our patient the best treatment possible.
