Serving Meenambakkam
Dental treatment for Meenambakkam, six kilometres down GST Road
Meenambakkam runs along GST Road with the airport on the western side and the cargo terminal facing the railway station across the road. Rudra Dental is about 6 km away in Anakaputhur, south to Pallavaram and then west through Pammal. Outside the peak hours that is a twenty minute drive.
- From Meenambakkam
- about 6 km, roughly 20 minutes
- Opening hours
- Monday to Saturday
- 9:30am to 1pm, 4:30pm to 9pm
- Clinic address
- Babu Reddy Avenue, Plot No.1, Kamaraj St, Kamatchi Nagar, Guruswamy Nagar, Anakaputhur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600070
- Open in maps
Photograph by Gowtham Sampath, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Getting here
The route from Meenambakkam
From GST Road, drive south past Tirusulam to the Pallavaram junction, then turn right onto Pallavaram-Kundrathur Road. It runs west through Pammal into Anakaputhur, and Kamaraj Street is off it in Kamatchi Nagar.
Two stations here share the name and they take you in opposite directions. The metro station is on the Blue Line, which runs north into the city and towards the terminals, and it is no help at all for reaching Anakaputhur. The suburban station on the Chennai Beach to Chengalpattu line is the one you want, two stops the other way through Tirusulam to Pallavaram, with a share auto west from there.
Meenambakkam is not only the airport. The Airports Authority of India regional office and the DGQA complex are here as well, so the neighbourhood keeps office hours and shift hours side by side. Our day is split the same way, 9:30am to 1pm and 4:30pm to 9pm, Monday to Saturday, which is why an appointment before a morning shift and one after a late one are both possible from here.
Landmarks in Meenambakkam
- Chennai International Airport
- The airport cargo terminal on GST Road
- Meenambakkam railway station
- Meenambakkam metro station on the Blue Line
- Trident hotel on GST Road
Public transport
- Suburban train south from Meenambakkam to Pallavaram, two stops down the Chennai Beach to Chengalpattu line through Tirusulam, then a share auto west through Pammal.
- MTC buses south along GST Road to Pallavaram, where autos run into Anakaputhur through Pammal.
Why the trip is worth it
People from Meenambakkam mostly come to us for work that needs more than one appointment. A root canal and the crown that follows it, an extraction and the implant months later, a case that has to be reviewed twice before anyone commits to it. Six kilometres each way is a distance you can repeat without resenting it. A trip north into Guindy or the city for every single visit is not.
Most asked for from Meenambakkam
Questions we get from Meenambakkam
I fly out in two days and a tooth has started hurting. What can you do before then?
Come in as soon as you can. The first job is to work out whether it is an infection or a cracked filling, settle the pain and get you fit to travel. A tooth with pressure building inside it is worse in the air than on the ground. Where the permanent work needs weeks, we do the part that has to happen now and finish it when you are back.
A crown came off and I am on duty until Saturday. Can it wait?
Keep the crown somewhere safe and do not try to stick it back with anything bought over a counter. If the tooth underneath is comfortable, a few days is usually fine. If the edge is sharp or catching your tongue, come sooner, because a broken margin does more damage the longer it is left.
I finish an evening shift at eight. Is it worth coming in that late?
Yes. The clinic runs to 9pm Monday to Saturday and the last appointments are given out before that. GST Road is clear by then, so the drive down is quicker than it is at six. Ring +91 80721 43199 the same afternoon and we will tell you what is still free.