Durham Region’s brilliant smile specialists
Warren Cohen practiced for many years as a sole practitioner orthodontist. In 2017 Rachale joined him introduced pediatric dentistry and innovative orthodontic techniques making Smileline a practice whose mission is to provide you with the best specialty dental care possible while treating you like the part of our family. Together let’s make brighter, straighter, happier smiles.
Dr. Warren Cohen
Dr. Warren Cohen has been crafting beautiful smiles in Durham Region since 1989. Dr. Warren earned his dental degree and two-year post-graduate in orthodontics, and completed his Canadian membership and fellowship equivalent examinations in 1992.
Dr. Warren is known for his warm and empathetic demeanor, seemly bottomless fountain of knowledge in orthodontics, and a tireless dedication to clients’ peace of mind. Dr. Warren strongly believes that healthy bodies produce the healthiest smiles, which is why he has a proud tradition of sponsoring organized sports for kids in both the Durham and Vaughan areas.
Dr. Warren is Board Certified in orthodontics and holds past memberships in the Canadian Association of Orthodontists, Ontario Association of Orthodontists, Ontario Dental Association and the Toronto Orthodontic Study Club.
Now in his fourth decade of serving the Durham community, Dr. Cohen has many clients who are the children of the children he originally treated.
Dr. Rachale Cohen
Dr. Rachale Cohen graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry in 2006. Dr. Rachale then completed a one-year general practice residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. While working as an associate dentist, Dr. Rachale also was involved in teaching at the Faculty of Dentistry and worked as a staff dentist at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto where she first awakened her passion for paediatric dentistry.
In 2009, Dr. Rachale moved to New York and attended the University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health to specialize in Pediatric Dentistry. She obtained a second specialty at New York University (NYU) in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. While at NYU, Dr. Rachale was the Honours Orthodontics course director for fourth-year undergraduate dental students.
After completing her training in the United States she returned home. For Dr. Rachale this has meant a welcome return to teaching at the Faculty of Dentistry in Graduate Pediatric Dentistry and to Mount Sinai Hospital where she mentors dental residents and treats patients with special needs. After working as an associate it became clear that she needed a special place to practice where patient care was paramount. In 2017 she joined her father and Smileline was born. Not only did she add pediatric dentistry to the practice, she also introduced some cutting edge orthodontic techniques. Of course, the greatest asset Dr. Rachale brings to Smileline is her unique, compassionate style and insight from her dual-specialty training as a BOTH a pediatric dentist and an orthodontist.
Dr. Jacob Rifkind
Raised in Toronto, Jacob Rifkind completed his dental training at The University of Western Ontario. Interested in all aspects of dentistry he pursued and completed a hospital dental residency at Columbia University – New York Presbyterian Hospital after which he began a residency in oral maxillofacial surgery at SUNY Downstate – Kings County Hospital. He took a hiatus from the oral maxillofacial surgery program to complete medical school at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and a year of general surgery before returning and completing his oral maxillofacial surgery training.
Initially starting his career in The United States, he returned full time to Canada in the spring of 2019. Dr. Rifkind enjoys teaching and is on faculty at The University of Toronto where he lectures and teaches undergraduates and residents in the clinics. Dr. Rifkind maintains his medical, dental, oral maxillofacial surgery licenses and anesthesia certification in New York State as well as his dental, oral maxillofacial surgery and anesthesia certification in Ontario. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in oral maxillofacial surgery and a member of multiple oral surgery and dental organizations both in Canada and The United States.
While trained in all aspects of oral maxillofacial surgery, Dr Rifkind focuses his practice on dentoalveolar procedures including extractions, implants, hard/soft tissue grafting for reconstruction of the dentoalveolar processes and surgical pathology. Dr. Rifkind is proud to join his wife, Dr. Rachale Cohen to provide his specialty services to all our Smileline Orthodontics and Kids Dentistry patients.
