Dr. Saniya Mariam Meddaikar

Dr. Saniya Mariam Meddaikar is a specialist pediatric dentist with over 17 years of clinical experience. She is based at NMC Healthcare in Dubai and previously worked as a consultant at Kamakshi Memorial Hospital in Chennai, where she treated many children with medical conditions and special healthcare needs. She is fluent in Arabic, English, Hindi and Tamil, making her accessible to diverse patient communities.

Dr. Saniya specializes in treating children from newborn stage through adolescence, with particular expertise in managing dental anxiety and special healthcare needs. Her approach emphasizes minimally invasive techniques and preventive care. She offers comprehensive oral examination, health counselling, fillings and pulp treatments in baby teeth, tooth-coloured and silver crowns, space maintainers, mouthguards, myobrace therapy for early tooth-straightening, and trauma management. She is certified in airway-focused dentistry and myofunctional orthodontics for early intervention in developing crooked teeth and jaws, and has expertise in molar incisor hypomineralization treatment.

Dr. Saniya believes that positive dental experiences in childhood shape lifelong attitudes to dental care. She is committed to providing a caring and understanding environment grounded in gentle, compassionate practice. She is a firm advocate of preventive dentistry and is a member of the International Society of Paediatric Dentistry and the Emirates Society of Pediatric Dentistry.