Dr. Sowmya Ananthan, DMD
Orofacial PainNPI: 1235446931
Practice Details
About This Provider
Dr. Sowmya Ananthan, BDS, DMD, MSD, is a board-certified Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain (Certification #ABOP1279, certified 2007) and Associate Professor at Rutgers Health University Dental Associates in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She earned her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, then completed her DMD and MSD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The ABOP Diplomate credential is the highest clinical certification in orofacial pain and is held by fewer than one percent of dentists in the United States. Dr. Ananthan focuses on conditions that are frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed in general dental settings, including trigeminal neuropathy and trigeminal neuralgia, temporomandibular disorders, burning mouth syndrome, and other chronic orofacial pain conditions. She also practices dental sleep medicine, addressing the overlap between sleep-disordered breathing and facial pain. Her faculty role at a major academic dental program reflects both her clinical depth and her ongoing commitment to advancing standards of care in orofacial pain. Patients with unresolved or complex facial pain benefit from the diagnostic precision that her training and credentials provide.
Specialties
- 1
Education & Training
- DMD, UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School, Newark, NJ, 2008- (2010)
- MSD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 2006- (2011)
- BDS, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 1997- (2001)
Credential: DMD
NPI registered: 09/02/2010
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Areas of Focus
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Orofacial Pain
- American Board of Orofacial Pain
- American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
Beyond the Office
Associate Professor at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
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