Meriting Thokoane qualified from Wits in 1997, and after a few years in private practice joined Wits as a full-time lecturer initially in the Department of Paediatric and Restorative Dentistry and then in the Department of Prosthodontics. She then took up a post as registrar to specialise in prosthodontics.
Her main interests include maxillofacial prosthetics and fixed prosthodontics. Dr Thokoane is a member of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) and the International College of Prosthodontists (ICP).