Dr Ann A. Oommen studied at the prestigious Nair Hospital Dental College in Mumbai, India; where she graduated at the top of her class with a B.D.S degree in dentistry. She was the only student to gain entry for the specialist postgraduate course of Orthodontics in Mumbai University in her year and continued her studies for a further 3 years graduating with a Masters Degree in Orthodontics.
She then took up a teaching post in Mumbai University at her alma mater Nair Hospital Dental College in the Department of Orthodontics in the graduate programme as a lecturer and clinical instructor.
She moved to New Zealand and has been practicing in South Auckland since 2001. She took over this practice from Dr J. Michael Schulze in 2005.
Ann is married and has a daughter in high school who is currently undergoing orthodontic treatment as well.