Meet the Team

Dr Alexander Goichman has been practicing clinical dentistry since 2001; he is an experienced clinician with attention to details and passion towards dental restoration and rehabilitation involving implants, crowns and complex facial and smile makeovers.

Early in his career, Alex gained clinical experience in private and corporate dental practices working alongside Oral surgeons, Prosthodontists, Endodontists and Periodontists.
During these early years, Alex realized that by gaining in-depth experience in different aspects of dentistry and being exposed to diverse and different approaches to dental diagnosis and treatment modules will allow him to offer his patients the highest level of care.
As a result of these years Alex had established his treatment philosophy: Dentistry, same as medicine, needs to start by comprehensive and accurate diagnosis which relays on skill, knowledge and backed by technology. This is to be followed by detailed planning and only then a high level of treatment.

Throughout his clinical career, Alex has noticed that most people prefer quality yet “in-house” dental care, therefore, Alex insists that his entire dental team will constantly be training and improving to be able to offer most aspects of dental care “in-house” to the highest standard.

Always wanting to learn and improve Alex is passionate about dental technology and materials. Having a background in chemistry you will often find Alex experimenting with new materials and technologies: attempting to improve working protocols and experiment with different applications.

With the advances in digital technology, Alex was able to combine his knowledge of chemistry and passion for the accuracy of 3D design to develop dento-digital treatment protocols which collect digital 3D dental data to pre-plan then carry out accurate and reliable dental solutions for a variety of dental and aesthetic conditions.

Alex has been the principal dentist and owner of Balaclava Dental Care since 2008, implementing his clinical philosophy enabled BDC to grow and become a multi clinician, multi-disciplinary and advanced dental centre. In recent years, due to high patient demand, we found it necessary to expand our operations and now are fortunate to include Malvern Family Dental as a sister clinic, offering the same level of service and care to our existing and new clients.

When not working, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife, three children and 2 dogs. He is a trained Barista who often roasts his own coffee, plays Basketball and loves Mountain Biking with his kids and dogs on the hills and mountains around Melbourne.

Alex is fluent in English, Russian and Hebrew.