Opal Dental Toongabbie

Dr Chelvi is Opal Dental’s principle dentist. Chelvi migrated to Australia in 1997, two years after graduating from a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. She then passed her qualifying exams set by the Australian Dental Council, for which she had extensive preparation courses at the University of Melbourne. Following this she joined Dr Osborne and Associates, private practice in Mornington, Melbourne in 1999. However Chelvi’s thirst for knowledge and passion for endodontics then led her to pursue full time clinical, post-graduate studies at the University of Melbourne, and she successfully completed her post-graduate diploma in Endodontics and Fixed Prosthodontics in 2001. She then joined the Central Bayside Community Health Services in Melbourne, where she quickly rose up the ranks to become Clinical Manager in 2004. Chelvi then moved to Sydney in 2009 and started up her purposely built surgery, Opal Dental. As a mother of two young children, Chelvi is known for her calm and empathetic chairside manner especially with anxious patients and those with a bad dental phobia! She has continued her passion for learning by constantly updating her skills by attending various courses organised by the Australian Dental Association. She has also worked tirelessly to maintain the most up to date technologies in the practice, including the introduction of laughing gas sedation and the new pain-free anaesthetic, “The Wand.” Chelvi is also currently undertaking an internationally acclaimed course in orthodontics, so she can widen the scope of her work and continue to provide the best service of care for all her patients.

Dr Kamala Varatharajan is a well experienced Dental Surgeon who has been with Opal Dental since February 2010. She has over 40 years of experience in her profession and has worked in numerous countries including India, Sri Lanka, West Africa and Australia. Dr Varatharajan has worked in various University Hospitals and has previously held the position of Head of the Dental Emergency Department at Westmead Hospital. She also has a vast amount of familiarity and understanding of private dental practice. In addition to her clinical roles, Dr Varatharajan is currently a Clinical Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney where she teaches final year dentistry students. She also volunteers her time to a number of charities in Australia as well as foreign countries including Sri Lanka, India, Fiji. Dr Varatharajab genuinely cares about her patients and is motivated to treat and prevent dental problems. She is capable of performing surgical extractions including wisdom tooth removal. Dr Varatharajan loves to work at Opal Dental as it has the most up to date technologies and infection control protocols, which makes it convenient to carry out surgical procedures while maintaining minimal risk to the patient.