Coast Dental Palm Bay
Meet Your West Melbourne Dentists

Dr. Lauren Lockhart enjoys watching her patients’ self-confidence grow as their smiles improve. She offers a variety of services to correct orthodontic problems such as crowding, crossbite, open bite, protruding teeth, teeth that erupted in the wrong place, gaps between teeth and jaw misalignment. Dr. Lockhart treats adults, teenagers and children as young as 7, which is when the American Association of Orthodontists recommends children receive their first orthodontic consultation to spot any problems with jaw growth and emerging teeth.

Dr. Lockhart earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry in Nashville, TN, and completed a residency in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL.

Dr. Riham Diasti treats adults, teenagers, and children as young as 10 years old.  She provides cosmetic, preventive, and restorative care to preserve and repair smiles. In addition to providing dental exams, fillings, extractions, crowns, bridges, dentures, oral cancer screening, teeth whitening, veneers, and Coast Clear Aligners, Dr. Diasti can also perform dental implant restorations.

Dr. Diasti earned her dental degree at Temple University School of Dentistry in 2000, where she received Presidential Honors and completed the Doctor of Dental Medicine Honors Program. In 2001 she joined Coast Dental as a General Dentist and in 2019 became a Managing Partner at Coast Dental Hyde Park.
In her free time, Dr. Diasti enjoys traveling, art, and volunteering at schools.

Walter R. Bryant, Jr. DDS, helps his patients find renewed confidence through orthodontic treatment that creates beautiful and functional smiles that last a lifetime. Dr. Bryant provides exceptional treatment to adults, teenagers, and children as young as 6.

Dr. Bryant participates in continuing education in order to maintain proficiency in the most sophisticated techniques and tools in the industry. Dr. Bryant has studies extensively in the area of TMJ dysfunction, functional jaw orthopedics, growth and development enhancement and modification. Dr. Bryant maintains his knowledge of the industry advancements through a number of organizations including The International Association of Orthodontics, National Dental Association and the American Association of Orthodontics.

Dr. Bryant balances his demanding duties as a care provider with active involvement in swimming, reading, spinning classes, cycling and relaxing at the beach.