So here’s the scoop:

Dr. Mimansa (Thakkar) Cholera grew up in India. She moved to San Francisco Bay area after completing her dental training (BDS) in India. She earned her Master’s in Public Health from UC Davis in 2017. She worked as an Epidemiologist at San Francisco Department of Public Health focusing on Children’s oral health in San Francisco before going to the University of Washington where she earned her DDS in 2021. She loved being able to care for children through her pediatric dental residency at UCSF. She has always been passionate about impacting children’s lives by doing meaningful work that lies at the intersection of clinical and public health.

During residency she was able to conduct a randomized controlled trial over two years that focused on identifying non-invasive saliva biomarkers of preventable common chronic diseases in children at a larger scale in San Francisco for elementary age school children. Her research won 3rd place at UCSF Research Day. Mimansa will continue collaborating with SFDPH after her residency to further her efforts to reduce barriers to access care and keep progressing her current research at a much larger scale. She is also a Warren Brandli intern with CSPD (California Society of Pediatric Dentistry) board where she continues to advocate for children’s health and for pediatric dentists. She is honored to be at Kids Care to continue serving and caring for the children in the bay area after her residency.

Mimansa is a proud new mommy to a 2-year-old boy! She enjoys spending time with her son playing in the park, and spending time in nature with her husband and her family. She lives by her spiritual practice of seeing divine in everyone and everything and spreading light and joy!

I became a dentist because: I love arts, research, and health care. Dentistry is the best profession that allows me to employ my artistic ability to provide best possible care that is evidence based and backend by research.

I chose to work with children because they bring so much joy and are so purely innocent. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to work with children at such a young age. As a pediatric dentist I get the wonderful opportunity to help them form right habits from the very young age with the aim to setting them up for a successful and a healthy life in future.

My hobbies include Yoga, painting, cooking, reading, dancing, spending time with my 2 year old son and family, exploring new places

I’m really good at: arts and crafts,painting and being a pediatric dentist.

My favorite food: Noodles, Indian, Mexican

My favorite movie: Inside out1 & 2

My favorite kind of music: Instrumental Jazz, Acoustic guitar, saxophone

For fun, I like to: play outdoor and board games and read books.

If I wasn’t a dentist, I’d probably be: Dancer/Interior designer