Dr. Neerja graduated from the prestigious Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal in the year 2002. She completed her Masters in the specialty of Prosthodontics, Aesthetic Dentistry & Oral Implantology from the same institute in the year 2005. She obtained her Advanced Implant Prosthetics Certification from Osstem AIC under Dr. Se Woung Kim (South Korea) in 2015.
She has been associated as undergraduate and post graduate teaching faculty in various prestigious dental colleges like Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Subharti Dental College, Saraswati Dental College, and Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital.
She was awarded the best teaching faculty at the Saraswati Dental College for the year 2012-13 and had last held the post of Professor in the department of Prosthodontics before delving into full time private clinical practice.
With an experience of over 18 years of active dental practice, her fields of interest include rehabilitative procedures like oral and maxillofacial prosthesis, oral implantology and smile designing. Her specialization enables Dr. Neerja to cater to special needs of geriatric patients and those with congenital and post-surgical maxillofacial defects as well as those seeking cosmetic enhancement.