Meet the Team
Dr Harleen Kumar
BDSc DCD FPFA
SPECIALIST PAEDIATRIC DENTIST
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSchool of Dentistry
Faculty of Medicine and Health
The University of Sydney
A Sydney local, and mum to an adorable yet cheeky little one, A/Prof Kumar is a Paediatric Dentist who obtained her qualifications from The University of Melbourne and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. As faculty, she taught at Harvard School of Dental Medicine for four years and worked as a consultant at Boston Children’s Hospital, USA.
Harleen returned to Sydney to spend more time with her family, later serving as the Head of Department of Paediatric Dentistry at Sydney Dental Hospital for over a decade.
Why Families Trust A/Prof Kumar
Harleen brings over 20 years of experience to her practice, ensuring your child receives the highest standard of care.
Areas of Special Expertise
Harleen has dedicated her career to advanced techniques with a particular focus on:
- Anxiety Prevention: Patiently using positive, gentle techniques to make dental visits fun, relaxed, and stress-free.
- Developmental Defects of Enamel: Specialised treatment for dental defects.
- Special Needs Care: Providing highly sensitive, tailored, and compassionate care for children with neurodevelopmental or special needs.
- Minimal Intervention: Reversing and remineralising dental caries to try to avoid complex procedures.
- Oral surgery: Harleen works closely with several oral surgeons to treat patients in joint lists who need complex oral surgery along with paediatric dental treatment.
- Academic Excellence: Harleen continues to shape the future of dentistry through her academic and teaching roles at The University of Sydney. She lectures both nationally and internationally; and lends her expertise to multiple advisory committees across the state to improve children’s healthcare.
A Passion for Lasting Smiles
Harleen is deeply passionate about reversing chronic dental disease. Notably, she developed “Steps to Smiles,” a highly successful Disease Management Program that currently helps children across 7 Local Health Districts in NSW.
Outside the Clinic
When she isn’t caring for her young patients, Harleen loves exploring the world, learning to play Indonesian percussion instruments, and reading books nightly with her daughter.
Professional Affiliations & Research
- Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
- Australian & New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD)
- Australian Dental Association (ADA)
- Widely published author in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Dr Nita Pai
BDS (Adel), MDS (Adel)
SPECIALIST PAEDIATRIC DENTIST
Dr Pai is a specialist Paediatric Dentist with 20 years experience in the field of Paediatric Dentistry.
Dr Pai completed both her Bachelors Degree in Dentistry and Masters in Paediatric Dentistry from the University of Adelaide.
After completing her training, in 1998 she moved to Perth, Western Australia, where she held positions of both Head of Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Perth Dental Hospital and Head of Department- Disability Dental Services West Perth from 1999 to 2001. Dr Pai also lectured and tutored undergraduate students at the University of Western Australia and was appointed consultant Paediatric Dentist at the Princess Margaret Hospital for children in 2000. During her time in Perth she also worked in specialist private practice.
In 2003, Dr Pai moved to Sydney to set up the first specialist paediatric dental practice in the Eastern suburbs and in the Illawarra region.
Dr Pai loves working with kids! Her vision of high standard dentistry within a child-oriented environment is encapsulated at Kids Dental Sydney.
Being solely focused on Children’s Dentistry allows Dr Pai to keep up and provide high quality dental treatment to all children in a friendly and caring manner. Her experience encompasses all aspects of Paediatric Dentistry with a special interest in management of chalky teeth, complex restorative treatment, special needs dentistry and dental trauma.
Dr Pai has a referral base from all areas of NSW and has a reputation for compassionate conservative care, surgical expertise and outstanding service.
Dr Pai is married to Dr Nav Gupta and lives in the Eastern Sydney suburbs with their 2 young children. She loves to spend time with her family, enjoys travelling, cooking and bush walking.
Melissa Jade
PATIENT CO-ORDINATOR
Molly Timms
DENTAL ASSISTANT