Dr Shraddha Patel BDS, DClinDent(Endo), FRACDS(Gen), MRACDS(Endo)
Shraddha graduated with a BDS degree from the University of Otago in 2007. She spent a year as a dental house surgeon at Greenlane, Auckland and Middlemore hospital and worked in both private and public practice in Auckland, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Adelaide. After working as a general dentist for over a decade, she then returned to Dunedin and completed her Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Endodontics) in 2023 with the aid of a Doctoral Scholarship. Her doctoral research explored whether patients with Type II diabetes experience alterations in blood vessel formation in teeth, ultimately affecting their healing potential. She is a recipient of the ANZAE Sir John M Booth Award in 2023. And holds a Fellowship in General dentistry (FRACDS) and a Membership in Endodontics (MRACDS) with the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons.