Dr. Nora Sakina Mohd Noor graduated from the University of Malaya dental school in 2007 before serving the Ministry of Health for 2 years. She later joined the Faculty of Dentistry as a trainee lecturer in 2009 and subsequently pursued her specialist training in restorative dentistry in 2010. She received her Master's in Clinical Dentistry in Restorative Dentistry from University of Malaya in 2014. Currently, she is a lecturer in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, University Malaya with a special interest in endodontics and dental education.

Dr. Nora Sakina headed the postgraduate Endodontic module coordinator from Year 2014 to 2019 and currently heads the Endodontic module for undergraduate teaching and is the coordinator for the Master in Oral Sciences (Restorative Dentistry) program. She is also a member of curriculum development for the preparation for the new Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry in Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology programs by the University Malaya. She runs the undergraduate teaching in endodontics and contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Operative and Endodontics.

Dr Nora Sakina is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England for the Restorative Specialty Membership Examination (RSME) since May 2021 and is also currently involved in various research and grant collaborations with National Sports Centre, CryoCord, and artificial intelligence in dentistry together with EM²AI Pte Ltd, Singapore.