Success Story: Dr. Nata Petlyuk

Dr. Nata Petlyuk

Member of AACD, AACA, MDIB, and IAFA

Founder of Smile Design Center

Certified Dental Cosmetologist, Certified Provider for Botox and Dermal Fillers, Gold Invisalign Provider

A Happy Dentist’s Child

Born into a family of dentists, Dr. Nata Petlyuk knew that she would follow in her parents’ footsteps from an early age. She grew up impressed by the wide, happy smiles of the people who gratefully left her parents’ offices.

Her family’s incredible support and irrepressible optimism helped Nataliya take a great step toward fulfilling her dreams: she graduated from one of the best dental universities in Ukraine, National Bogomolets Medical University, in 2004. Striving for new heights, Nataliya attended many international seminars on aesthetic dentistry and orthodontics, at one of which fate brought her together with an incredible mentor: Professor Dr. Nanda from the University of Connecticut.

That day, she translated Dr. Nanda’s orthodontics lectures for a Russian-speaking dentist. Soon after, Prof. Dr. Nanda invited her to interview for an international dentist position at the University of Connecticut. It was she who discerned Nataliya’s extraordinary talent in aesthetic dentistry and asked her to join the professional community of dentists in the United States.

Following the Dream

Encouraged and inspired by her mentor, Nataliya went to the United States. She faced the challenging path of confirming qualifications and building a reputation among American dental super-professionals. But difficulties did not stop Nataliya: she chose to build a career in the city of dreams, New York. She confirmed her qualifications by graduating from the Advanced Program for International Dentists in Comprehensive Dentistry at New York University College of Dentistry. Nataliya earned her DDS degree from NYU College of Dentistry and completed her general practice residency at Northwell Health Hospital.

New York City and the Invention of Unique Dental Technologies

It was a fantastic time: Nataliya opened a private practice with a view of Central Park and met her first patients. A childhood dream finally became a reality: when people left her office, they smiled and thanked Nataliya for her amazing professionalism. Soon it became clear: New York beauty standards require a dentist to be a true artist and master new cosmetological techniques to make patients’ smiles become true masterpieces.

That’s why Nataliya went to study again and was authorized to perform cosmetic services in addition to dental services. She invented her own unique smile correction technique, which combines invasive cosmetic treatments + painless smile correction using Invisalign technology, veneer installation, and teeth whitening. The results of Nataliya’s unique approach to the clients and the perfect smiles of New Yorkers have turned her office near Central Park into a true beauty mecca.

First Celebrity Clients and Her Own Clinic

Many remarkable people visited Nataliya’s office: from brilliant Instagram influencers who strived for a perfectly white smile to teenagers who wanted a great smile without having to wear painful braces for a long time.

Celebrities started to visit Nataliya’s office too. Once, a famous singer came to her for a smile improvement, loved her work results, and they became real family friends with Nataliya and her family. Being friends with the patients is not just a word to Nataliya. For the majority of her patients, she has become a true mentor in the world of beauty and aesthetics, proving that it is possible to start smiling broadly and happily at any age.

The next big decision in Nataliya’s career was the idea of opening her clinic. The unique techniques of idealizing a smile led her to the best possible name: Smile Design Center of Brooklyn. Nataliya is actively involved in all processes related to the clinic’s opening and started to develop her personal brand, Dr. Nata. Her proprietary methods have helped hundreds of people to get the smile of their dreams without any pain and in a very short time.

She gathered a team of professionals to develop a unique approach for rejuvenating patients’ smiles in the best and healthiest way possible. The team helps Dr. Nata to achieve great results that are both: predictable and comfortable for the clients.

Here’s what Dr. Nata herself says about the secret of her success in her profession:

 “Seeing my patients happy with their beautiful and confident smiles makes me happy. This cosmetic adjustment sometimes positively changes their lives, and their smiles of happiness motivate me. It drives me and makes me fall in love with my work every day.”

Inventing the Smile Beauty Formula for Kids

As a mother herself, Dr. Nata keenly realizes that every child deserves a beautiful smile and a happy future without dental problems. Just imagine: thanks to the work of Dr. Nata and her team, our children can spend their teenage years without problems with crooked teeth or gaining any psychological complexes regarding their uneven smiles. They won’t have to wear painful braces for several years and deal with the consequences of this treatment. Dr. Nata has made a real breakthrough in orthodontics by introducing Invisalign treatment technology for children up to adolescence.

Her unique treatment method considers fitting Invisalign to children and adolescents to foster perfect teeth even before the appearance of molar ones. This technology will allow the new generation to avoid the painful wearing of braces in college and enjoy a healthy and beautiful smile from childhood.

Smiling to the Future

A success story is the journey of a professional who never stops searching for themselves and looking for new ways to make the people around them happier. The story of the Dr. Nata brand is all about that. With noble loyalty to the inherited profession, hard work, love, and compassion for people, it is possible to become something more than a doctor and give hundreds of people of the next generation the opportunity to smile widely at any age.