About Dr Anju Kumar

Dr Anju Kumar qualified at the University of Birmingham in 2004

She then spent several years working in general practice whilst holding roles as an honorary research associate at the University of Birmingham, and a clinical teacher in dental radiography and radiology at Guy’s Hospital.

In 2009, she embarked on a specialist training program in Periodontology at King’s College London, based at Guy’s Hospital. She is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the European Federation of Periodontology and the British Society of Periodontology.

She is a big proponent of helping you reach your optimal periodontal health by identifying the underlying causes of disease and treating these. She utilises conventional evidence-based research as well as emerging diagnostic tools, tests and strategies to provide the highest quality of individualised care.

She sees patients who have been referred from a wide range of specialties to help improve their periodontal health and reduce inflammation including other dentists, medical doctors, endocrinologists, fertility specialists and other healthcare professionals.

Dr Anju has a wealth of experience treating complex cases and has a particular interest in treating the most advanced cases of gum disease and failing implants. She leads with a gentle and minimally invasive approach to treatment thus reducing the need for complex surgery.

In addition to managing gum disease around teeth and dental implants, Dr Anju also offers solutions to address gum recession. Dr Anju provides gum grafting and additionally, she is one of the few dentists in the UK to be performing the Pinhole procedure following training in the USA which is a non-surgical alternative to gum grafting.