Dr Prashantha Moodley graduated as a Dentist in 2006 from the Medical University of Southern Africa with numerous awards. After completing her community service at the Ngwelezana hospital, she went on to serve as locum dentist in private practice. It was during this time that she decided that she wanted to pursue her passion which was Orthodontics. She went on to complete her Post Graduate Diploma in orthodontics at the University of the Western Cape, after which she registered for and completed her primaries in the Masters of Science in Dentistry programme at the University of Witwatersrand. Following this she was awarded a lecturing post in the Department Orthodontics at the Sefako Magatho Health Sciences University where she taught orthodontics to undergraduate dental Students, dental therapists and oral hygiene students. In 2013 she was granted a registrar post to specialise in orthodontics at the university and graduated as a Specialist Orthodontist in 2016. After many years away, she then decided to return to her home town of Umhlanga in 2018 where she is currently in private practice.

 

Dr Moodley is registered and is an active member of the following organisations:

 

• The South African Dental Association

• The South African Society of Orthodontists

• The World Federation of Orthodontists

• The American Association of Orthodontists