Dr. Tina Rokadia is an American trained Prosthodontist. She has over 16 years of experience in restorative and cosmetic dentistry and is dedicated to providing quality dental care.

Dr. Rokadia earned a master’s degree in Prosthodontics from Boston University (BUIDRE) and a BDS from Nair Hospital Dental College in Mumbai in 2006 and has practiced in Dubai for the last 17 years.

Further Education

In 2020, Dr. Rokadia pursued further education in Airway and Sleep Dentistry. She is among the first few dentists in the United Arab Emirates to be educated on the effects of a compromised airway on overall health. After hundreds of hours of continuing education from the USA, she now offers these treatments to patients in Dubai, UAE.Dr. Rokadia is a Vivos integrated provider.

Vivos: Denver, Colorado leads the world in treatments of sleep apnea in children and adults through their pediatric guide systems, FDA approved DNA and mRNA appliance therapy.Additionally, Dr. Rokadia is a Breathe Institute Ambassador, trained by Dr. Soroush Zaghi in Los Angeles, in the diagnosis and treatment of tongue-ties and other tethered oral tissues. She follows their functional frenuloplasty techniques in combination with myofunctional therapy.Dr. Rokadia is also a member of and qualified by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) to help patients with sleep apnea. She treats adult patients with oral appliance therapy that reduces snoring and fatigue. She follows a protocol to offer home sleep studies before and after the appliance to confirm their effectiveness.

Treatment Approach

She is also the UAE liaison for the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry (AAPMD) and spends her time advocating the importance of airway and sleep-disordered breathing in the larger medical community and on podcasts. She runs an educational Instagram page called @airwaydentistdubai.Dr. Rokadia believes that treatment of sleep-disordered breathing requires a multi-disciplinary approach through airway-focused ENTs, Orthodontists, Cranio-sacral osteopaths, Myofunctional Therapists, Buteyko breathing experts all led by an airway-focused dentist. She helps patients create this team together.She follows a functional approach to offer more “root cause” treatments. The ultimate goal of all treatment in her practice is to achieve nasal breathing.

On a personal front

Dr. Rokadia has lived in Dubai for the last 17 years. Her husband and two children have been large supporters of her airway journey. She is a passionate person who believes in work-life balance as a core value. When she’s not at the clinic, she can be found walking at Kite beach, at school pick-ups, or scuba diving in Fujairah! She will be happy to chat with you about your sleep and airway at any of these locations!