Sydney Paediatric Dentistry is a well-established specialist practice with a difference.

We provide a comprehensive range of services for children and their families in all aspects of dental care.

  • General dental and ongoing preventive care
  • Dental emergency/trauma management
  • Orthodontics
  • Specific dental conditions; including tooth decay, enamel defects & oral pathology
  • Treatments with sedation; happy gas, oral sedation, IV sedation
  • Medically compromised patients & patients with behavioural/learning difficulties

Our fully accredited practice is uniquely designed to facilitate children, and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology.

Features include:

  • Radiography equipment including Panoramic Imaging and 3D Computer Tomography scanning.
  • Digital 3D intra-oral scanning
  • Family clinic with two dental chairs
  • Microscopic equipment
  • High definition photography equipment

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Walk through our surgery in the eyes of a child

We pride ourselves with our highly experienced clinical team, dedicated to providing care to the highest standard. We deliver a multidisciplinary approach, corresponding with other medical and dental specialists as required, to offer appropriate, evidence-based recommendations to each of our patients.

Meet our Specialists

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Dr Eduardo Alcaino (Principal)
BDS (Hons) MDSc (Paediatric Dentistry) FRACDS (Restorative Dentistry) MRACDS (Paediatric Dentistry) Grad Dip Clin Dent (Sedation & Pain Control)- University of Sydney

Specialist Paediatric Dentist

BDS (Hons) MDSc (Paediatric Dentistry) FRACDS (Restorative Dentistry) MRACDS (Paediatric Dentistry) Grad Dip Clin Dent (Sedation & Pain Control)- University of Sydney

Dr Alcaino is a specialist paediatric dentist currently working in private practice, a past president of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD), a lecturer nationally and internationally, and involved in continuing education at a post-graduate and graduate (...)

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Dr Naveen K Loganathan
BDS MDS (Paed Dent) MFDS RCPS (Glasg) MRACDS (Paed Dent) FRACDS

Specialist Paediatric Dentist

Dr Naveen Loganathan completed his undergraduate training in India in 2002 and worked there for a couple of years. Later he moved to Hong Kong to complete his specialist training in Paediatric Dentistry from Prince Philip Dental Hospital, University of Hong Kong in 2006. He then worked as a Senior Registrar in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at Sydney Dental Hospital for two years and later moved into the position of Senior Clinical Fellow in 2009. (...)
Dr Lloyd Hurrell
BDS (Adel), D.Clin.Dent (Paed Dent)

Specialist Paediatric Dentist

  • Specialist Paediatric Dentist
  • Staff Specialist, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital, Surry Hills NSW,
  • Clinical Lecturer – Paediatric Dentistry, University of Sydney

Dr Lloyd Hurrell completed his undergraduate dental training at the University of Adelaide in 2010. After graduating, he spent several years working in private general practice and as a Resident in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Women’s and (...)

Dr Harleen Kumar
BDSc DCD (Paed Dent) FPFA

Specialist Paediatric Dentist

Head of Department Paediatric Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital and Oral Health Services, SLHD
Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Dentistry (Paediatric Dentistry), Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney

A Sydney local and mum to an adorable yet cheeky little one, Dr 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 (...)

Dr Steven Smith
1998 Bachelor of Dental Science, 1991 B.D.Sc (Hons), M.D.Sc (Ortho) (Qld)

Orthodontist Masters of Dental Science (Orthodontics)

Dr Steven Smith
Orthodontist
Masters of Dental Science (Orthodontics)

With over 20 years’ experience, Dr Steven Smith is a qualified, specialist orthodontist who enjoys working with his patients to achieve their desired outcomes. Dr Smith grew up in Maryborough, in country Queensland and received his dental education at the University of Queensland, graduating with first class honors. He worked initially as a school dental (...)

Dr Meli Chacón
DwSI in OrthodonticsPhD(Spain), Master in Orthodontics&Dentofacial Orthopaedics(Spain)

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Dr Meli Chacón
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Full Time Lecturer in Orthodontics at The University of Sydney

Meli was raised in a small town in Spain. She graduated as a dentist in 2001 from The University of Seville, where she completed her postgraduate training in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics in 2006. After finishing her orthodontic studies, she moved to Scotland where she worked for 10 and a half years for the National (...)