Team

Dr. Kaan graduated from the National University of Singapore and completed his orthodontic training in Glasgow, Scotland in 1989. He joined The Oral Care Centre in 2011 after running his own specialist private practice restricted to orthodontics for 17 years.

Dr. Kaan has been teaching at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore for the past 28 years as a senior adjunct lecturer first in the postgraduate orthodontic program, and now the postgraduate paediatric dentistry program since 2014. Other than managing the more common problem of adolescent malocclusions with the various orthodontic techniques, Dr Kaan has a few special interest areas.

These include:
1. Interceptive orthodontics for young children with developing malocclusions
2. Growth modifications in developing skeletal discrepancies.
3. Combined orthodontic and orthognathic surgical management of adult skeletal discrepancies.
4. Treatment of adults with post-orthodontic relapse, diseased and mutilated dentitions.
5. Multi-disciplinary management with other dental specialties like maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, and pedodontics.

His current passion is offering orthodontics as a possible treatment option for children and young adults with special needs.

Dr. Ng Yuk Ching was an ASEAN scholar who came to Singapore at a young age and now calls Singapore home. She obtained her Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Upon graduation, she was posted to the School Dental Service and the National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS), where she was exposed to various dental conditions and emergency management for children and adults. It was during this stint that she discovered her passion for endodontics.

Subsequently, Dr. Ng graduated with a Master of Dental Surgery in Endodontics from NUS and was also conferred a Membership in Restorative Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (MRD RCS Ed). She served at NDCS for 10 years and was a visiting specialist until 2014. During her term at NDCS, Dr Ng gave lectures focusing on dental traumatology and pulp regeneration to specialists and general dentists and was involved in educating oral health therapists and dental officers. She was awarded the Singapore Health Quality Service Award in 2011 and 2012.

Dr. Ng is a registered dental specialist in Endodontics with the Singapore Dental Council and a fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore.

Dr. Vijayan obtained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Singapore in 1978 and his Master of Dental Surgery from the National University of Singapore in 1982. He spent one year in the Crown and Bridge Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he further trained in porcelain work and colour.

He has over 40 years of experience in Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics, having worked in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dental Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore, and subsequently in Private Practice. Dr Vijayan is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Dental Faculty, National University of Singapore. His main interest in clinical dentistry is in crown and bridge prosthodontics, veneers, implants, and dentures.

Dr. Vijayan also travels widely doing charity healthcare trips to provide dental care to the less privileged. He also gives dental talks and holds workshops at organizations to help increase dental awareness.

His other pet volunteer work is with the less privileged children in India and Nepal, which he does together with his immediate family and friends annually in May or June, bringing back a little bit of childhood into their lives.

Dr. Darrell Ong earned his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the National University of Singapore before pursuing a Master of Science in Periodontics at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in New York City.

He is American board-certified in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry and currently holds the status of Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, as well as being a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada.
Dr. Ong has presented at numerous local and international conferences, covering topics from implant dentistry to conventional periodontal therapy.

In addition to his practice, which primarily focuses on periodontics and implant dentistry, Dr. Ong serves as a part-time clinical tutor in the Periodontics Department at the National University of Singapore.