BDS (Syd), General Dentist
Dr Stella Karakasi is a female General Dentist who speaks Greek (as well as English).
Dr Stella Karakasi is the principal dentist and with her husband Eric Willma founded Word of Mouth Dentistry® in 2003. Stella graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1987. Upon graduation she worked at the United Dental Hospital for a period, gaining invaluable experience in the Paediatric Department. Between 1990-1991 Stella was a Part-Time Tutor to Fourth Year Dental Students.
After an adventurous, well earned holiday overseas, Dr Stella commenced working in a private practice owned by a leading Professor of Dentistry. She gained rare and invaluable experience during her thirteen years at that practice since 1989.
On the 14th of April 2003 the doors at Word of Mouth Dentistry® were opened and a new standard in dental client care had begun. In 2005 Word of Mouth Dentistry® won the local small business award for Best in Health Care and has been repeatedly winning awards ever since.
Over the past three decades, Dr Stella has devoted her professional energy to establish her own unique style of patient care , has committed to comprehensive and varied professional development programs and has an authentic passion in making people smile and actually enjoy their dental visits.
Dr Stella has always considered it a priority to keep abreast of advancements in the various fields in dentistry. Since her graduation in 1987, she has diligently endeavoured to attend as many varied and relevant courses and congresses both in Australia and overseas (United States, Canada, and many places in Europe) in order to enhance her clinical abilities and broad mindedness. Professional development courses have been completed in various areas of dentistry including sleep disorders, aesthetic and restorative dentistry , implantology , myofunctional treatment and laser dentistry, to name a few .
Dr Stella places continuing education as a top priority for herself and her team.
Dr Stella was also selected to be an Oral B ambassador in 2011 and travelled around Australia as part of the Channel 7 Weekend Sunrise team with James Tobin on each weather cross promoting the benefits of power brushing and contributed various oral health articles online and in print media.
Dr Stella’s excellent communication skills make her patients not only confident in their understanding of their dental condition but also evoke a sense of empathy, trust, and authenticity of care.
As Dr Stella has provided dental services to her local community for over 30 years, consequently,she has impressively treated four generations of families and ‘adopted’ them into her Word of Mouth family. Being a part of their lives for so long as their dental care provider fills her with a sense of humility, and joy.
For Dr Stella, being a dentist is not only being able to provide an excellent service to her patients but to provide it with passion, authentic care and a sense of pride.
Dr Stella is an outgoing, fun loving dentist who really cares about her patients. She strives to make their dental experience as gentle and as fun as possible. Her aim is to develop a doctor-patient relationship based on trust, loyalty and satisfaction. It ultimately brings us back to Word of Mouth®.
Her professional memberships include the Australian Dental Association and the St. George Dental Association.
