Meet Our Aliso Viejo Dentists
At Aliso Creek Dental, our dentists pride themselves on providing quality care for your entire family. Regardless of the services you are looking for, we have a patient-first philosophy centered on supporting your long-term dental health. Each of our dentists leads with compassion and respect above all else so that you feel listened to and cared for in our office. Our team of doctors, including an endodontist, periodontist, oral surgeon, and general dentist, knows that your smile is important to you and vital to your overall wellness. We make our patients a priority and truly have their best interests at heart when helping transform their smiles.
Read on to learn more about the fantastic doctors at Aliso Creek Dental.
Dr. Tony Beizaee & Mona Saati
Dr. Tony Beizaee and Dr. Mona Saati are 1998 and 2001 graduates of the prestigious Tufts School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Tufts Dental School is ranked as one of the top 5 dental schools in the country. The dentists have been married since 2001 and reside in Newport Coast with their two children.
Dr. Tony Beizaee and Dr. Mona Saati have been working in private practice since graduation and have been committed to providing the highest quality care to all of their patients. The doctors’ passion for dentistry is coupled with their genuine concern for their patients, treating each patient as if they were part of their own family.
Our doctors enjoy getting to know their patients so that they can provide the personalized care each patient deserves by addressing their specific needs and goals, by answering all their questions and concerns and by taking all the time necessary to inform and explain their care.
Dr. Tony Beizaee and Dr. Mona Saati regularly attend continuing education and constantly update their clinical skills in cosmetic dentistry, implant dentistry and general dentistry, so they can offer their patients all the latest and modern dental techniques that dentistry has to offer, providing their patients optimal oral health. Dr. Tony Beizaee completed an implant residency in placement of Dental Implants. Dr. Mona Saati completed a residency in Cosmetic dentistry at Esthetic Professionals.
Dr. Tony Beizaee and Dr. Mona Saati both have a gentle touch and are also very good with patients who have a dental phobia.
Dr. Austin Burnett
Dr. Burnett was born and raised in Southern California. He was an Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate student at Troy High School in Fullerton where he graduated from the Troy Tech program with High Honors and as a member of the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation.
After 15 years in Orange County, Dr. Burnett left California with an academic scholarship to pursue his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University in Utah. There he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and minors in Chemistry and Japanese. Dr. Burnett graduated Magna cum laude from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine.
While in dental school he served as the Clinic Director of a volunteer clinic donating free dental care to military veterans (Sgt. Clint Ferrin Memorial Veterans Dental Clinic) and was the president of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery club. He also served as a Pre- Dental Student Coordinator for the American Student Dental Association and as an Assistant Course
Instructor at the dental school.
Dr. Burnett published multiple times while in dental school including an abstract on stem cell use in dentistry, a research project for which he was awarded a competitive research grant. Dr. Burnett completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at Cook County Hospital, a level one trauma center in Chicago (see ER the tv show). He was awarded the Resident of the Year award twice while in residency, served as an adjunct faculty member for the Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, and presented at the Chicago Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
biannual meeting on malignant transformation of odontogenic keratocysts.
Dr. Burnett currently works both in private practice and as a Clinical Educator at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry (UCLA). He has completed certifications in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and Basic Life Support (BLS). He has active hospital privileges at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana. Dr. Burnett is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), the California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (CALAOMS), the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA), the California Dental Society of Anesthesiology (CDSA), the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), the American Dental Association (ADA), the California Dental Association (CDA), and the Orange County Dental Society (OCDS,).
Dr. Burnett married his wife Elise in Redlands, CA. They currently have three children: Caden (8), Vance (6), and Macey Jane (2). Dr. Burnett is an Eagle Scout, black belt in Tae Kwon Do, avid guitarist, passionate soccer player, and die-hard Lakers fan!
Dr. Otis Chong
Dr. Chong is one of a few dual Ivy League Trained Endodontist in the state of California. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for his dental studies where he earned his DMD with Honors. Dr. Chong earned his Master's in Medical Science and certificate in Endodontics at the prestigious Harvard University.
Dr. Chong holds a faculty position at the University of California, Los Angeles where he provides clinical based instruction on root
canal therapy and lectures extensively to dental students. Dr. Chong strives to provide cutting edge dental care in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. He currently resides in Orange County with his wife who is also a dentist and their two dogs.
Dr. Amir Mostaghni
Dr. Amir Mostaghni is a board certified Periodontist and Dental Implant Surgeon. Dr. Mostaghni graduated from New York university has placed over 7000 implants and gum surgeries is a Diplomat of the American Board of Periodontology.
He specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease (a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the gums and bone supporting the teeth also known as gum disease), and in the placement of dental implants.
Dr. Jonathan L. Shaprio
Dr. Shapiro says, "I always strive to deliver a pleasant and informative dental experience, staying attuned to my patients individual needs and desires, while delivering the highest quality dentistry possible. I feel my work is a reflection of myself and, as such, will always provide my patients with a result we can both be proud of. I want to make people smile while improving their health."
After graduating from Monmouth University, Dr. Shapiro received his Doctorate of Medical Dentistry from the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. He has a deep passion for learning, and regularly attends continuing-education courses to keep abreast of cutting edge technologies. In his free time, Dr. Shapiro enjoys producing music, building and playing guitars and spirited drives on California’s many canyon roads.
EDUCATION
- B.S., Biology–Monmouth University
- D.M.D.–Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
AFFILIATIONS
- American Dental Association
- California Dental Association
- Orange County Dental Society