Sujay Mehta earned his D.M.D. from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He then completed a Hospital Dentistry residency where he was Chief Resident at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in Sepulveda California. He then pursued additional training from the Department of Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain at UCLA Medical Centre. UCLA's Orofacial Pain Reisdency has been recognized the Commission on Dental Accreditation. While pain management is not a recognized specialty in medicine or dentistry in either Canada or the U.S., Orofacial  Pain is an emerging area of focus with graduates limiting their clinical practice strictly to acute and chronic pains to the mouth, teeth, jaws, face and head.