Specialties
- Paediatric Dentistry
Practices
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Unit 1, 19-23 Bridge Street
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Phone: 1300 466 773
Profile
Dr Dhanpal completed undergraduate studies at the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in 2003 before completing post-graduate study at the University of Hong Kong in 2007. He obtained an Advanced Diploma in Paediatric Dentisty at the University of Hong Kong in 2008; membership of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2009 and the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons in 2010; and fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2014.
Dr Dhanpal was a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sydney from 2010 - 2013. He worked at Sydney Dental Hospital as Senior Registrar from 2010 - 2012, followed by Senior Clinical Fellow from 2012 - 2013. He was a Visiting Dental Officer (Specialist) in the Hunter New England region in 2014 and 2015, and has been working as a Specialist Paediatric Dentist since 2013. He is currently the Secretary for the Australia New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (NSW Branch).
Research
Dr Dhanpal has been published in the following:
- King NM, Wong HM, Ahmed AH, Prashanth Kumar and Manikandan. More Milk, Stronger Teeth? (Part II). Dental Asia Nov/Dec 2006; 23-27
- King NM, Wong HM, Ahmed AH, Prashanth Kumar and Manikandan. More Milk, Stronger Teeth? (Part III). Dental Asia Mar/April 2007; 12-16
- Dhanpal PK, Yiu CKY, King NM. Effect of temperature on water sorption and solubility of dental adhesive resin. Journal of Dentistry 37 (2009); 122-132
- Dhanpal PK, Yiu CKY, King NM. A review of dentine adhesives in Paediatric Dentistry. Hong Kong Dental Journal 2007; 3(2): 80-89 Dhanpal PK, King NM. Bilateral, bi-maxillary bi-rooted primary canines: report of a case. Journal of Clinical Paediatric Dentistry, Volume 34, Number 2 / Winter 2009; 113-116.
