Dr. Lakshay Kumar (Dr. Lucky)
BDS, NZDREX, MFDS RCS Edinburgh, MFGDP (UK)
With four years of experience working in the busiest dental hospital and practices in Delhi and Mumbai in India, Dr. Lakshay Kumar aka Dr. Lucky as his patients like to call him, joined the Bridging course at the Dental school at University of Otago, where he sharpened his skills and knowledge, and became a registered general dentist in New Zealand in 2013.
Dr. Lucky has gained immense experience while working as a Dentist in Kerikeri and Tauranga before moving to Auckland. He practiced dentistry in Browns bay, Northshore for 4 years and was well loved by his patients and welcomed by the community.
He decided to make North shore his home and this led to the establishment of Sunnynook Dentist. Dr. Kumar has completed his post graduate diploma at Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and eventually gained membership for the prestigious Royal college of Surgeons, Edinburgh, which is a honour only a handful of dentist in NZ have been awarded. Dr. Lucky keeps updating himself on a regular basis and has trained himself to do Oral and Intravenous Sedation to help his anxious patients and recently completed a 1 year post grad course in Dental Implants, to help provide his patients with better options to replace missing teeth. He has special interest in Surgical aspect of Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry. He performs all his surgeries including Wisdom teeth extractions in house and loves cosmetic smile designing to give his patients a perfect confident smile.
Out of work both Lucky and his lovely wife (Bhumika) are foodies and love traveling. He has great interest in photography and can be seen developing this interest and passion at work and even outside of it. He loves playing badminton and his weekly badminton sessions keep him fit.