Dr. Neel graduated from Nair Hospital Dental College, Bombay.
He then completed his Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Florida where he studied the use of Bone grafts and Tissue Engineering Membranes. Concurrent with post graduate training in Periodontology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has completed a Masters in Public Health.
Dr. Neel the first US Board certified Periodontist and implantologist to be practicing in India and the first ITI (International Team for Implantology) Fellow in India.
He currently holds adjunct faculty appointments in
Dr Sudiksha Jaiswal is a prosthodontist, and specializes in the aesthetics of teeth and replacing missing oro-facial structure with a prostheses i.e artificial material.These prostheses performs function initially performed by the lost tooth structure. They also provide esthetics of mal aligned or congenitally missing oro- facial structure. Most commonly it includes crown, bridges, dentures, smile design, laminates, implants and implant crowns and maxilla facial prostheses.
Dr. Neel Bhatavadekar has numerous publications in International peer-reviewed journals.
Some of these are listed below.
What does it mean to be a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology?
The American Board of Periodontology is the governing body for the specialty of Periodontics in the United States (www.perio.org) . Upon graduation from an accredited post-graduate program in Periodontics, one can voluntarily appear for an oral and written exam administered by the American Board of Periodontology. After a meticulous peer-review process, the successful candidate is considered as ‘Board Certified’ and conferred the title of ‘Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology’ which represents the highest standard of training as a Periodontist. To the best of our knowledge, Dr.Bhatavadekar is currently the only US Board Certified Periodontist to be practicing in India. Recently, Dr.Bhatavadekar was honored as a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI,Switzerland), an organization for dental surgeons specializing in dental implants. This makes Dr.Bhatavadekar the only ITI Fellow from India.