BDS Hons (Sydney) MDS Paed Dent (HKU) FRACDS (Paed Dent) MPaed Dent (Edin)

Kar Mun was born in Hong Kong and completed her secondary schooling in Sydney. She graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Honours from the University of Sydney. She worked as a dental officer at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney and in private practices prior to her specialisation in paediatric dentistry.

In 2003, Kar Mun completed a 3-year postgraduate training program at the University of Hong Kong and wrote her research thesis on Dentine Bonding – Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies. She moved to Melbourne in the same year to take up the position of Dental Registrar at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. In 2005, Kar Mun was awarded an NHMRC scholarship to undertake research studies on the genetic condition Dentinogenesis Imperfecta. She also held the position of Clinical Demonstrator at the Dental School of the University of Melbourne for final year students.

In 2006, Kar Mun established her private practice, Kiddies Dental Care, which has since expanded to three specialist paediatric dental clinics located in Essendon and Werribee. Kar Mun has two children in high school and works as a full-time clinician. Her passion is mentoring young clinicians and sharing with them the joys and challenges of supporting paediatric patients and their families.