Clinical

Board Certified Endodontist at Ballantyne Endodontics

My experience in general dentistry and endodontics and relentless pursuit of growing my knowledge base, combined with my extreme empathy for those suffering dental pain, has allowed me to be a competent diagnostician, technician and counselor for each of my patients. I spend extra time talking to patients to make sure I understand their complaints. I like to walk them through my diagnosis and treatment recommendations and make them so comfortable that, by the time I’m ready to do a procedure, they are calm, cool and collected.

Articles

The GentleWave System from Sonendo, Inc, cleans and disinfects the microscopic spaces of a root canal that standard treatment cannot reach.

Deep Dive: The Benefits of Embracing Innovative Technology in Endodontics 

Antibacterial restorative materials offer a new method for the treatment of recurrent caries. 

How to Manage Patients With High Caries Risk Using Nonsurgical Treatment and Bacteria-Repelling Composite

Ankur Gupta, DDS, after completing a 1-year GPR in Cleveland, Ohio, started a practice from scratch in 2005. Armed with what he considered adequate knowledge, hand skills, and a personable demeanor, he watched as his practice floundered, finances became unpredictable, and his lower back and spirit toward life became worrisome. Rather than continue the trend, he made a guinea pig out of his office, family, and self, attempting any and all personal and professional “experiments” in self-improvement. More than a decade later, he enjoys enviable new patient numbers and case acceptance, a solution- oriented dental team, and, most importantly, a meaningful and positive identity. He happily shares the failures and successes with dental and community groups throughout the country, always ending his presentations with practical, implementable, step-by-step ways to be better.

Born in Spain and raised in southern California, Dr Shamardi earned his DMD at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. While at Tufts, he was elected class president for all 4 years by his peers.

Dr Shamardi received his Periodontal certificate from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Implant Surgery and practices full-time while teaching part-time as a Clinical Instructor at the Harvard Dental Division of Periodontics.


Dr Shamardi is the founder of Dental Innovations LLC, a company aimed at providing novel solutions to unaddressed issues within dentistry. He lectures nationally and internationally on topics within periodontics and hearing loss in dentistry and has published multiple articles while being recognized as a dental entrepreneur for his revolutionary EarAid product

The OsteoGen Plug by Impladent Ltd allows all clinicians to consistently provide bone graft options.

Innovative New Strategy Makes Socket Preservation Easy and Effective

Kellie Nock is the assistant editor for Dental Products Report. She graduated from Kent State University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. Kellie enjoys multimedia content creation with a focus on audio and video storytelling. 

The universal nano-hybrid composite from VOCO America is celebrating over 10 years as the most toothlike composite on the market.

5Ws* GrandioSO

This dental 3D printing ecosystem is designed to equip dental professionals with all of the tools, including hardware, software, and materials.

SprintRay Introduces Ceramic Crown 3D Printing Ecosystem

How many universal material options can you rely on and how small a material set you can use today?

Universal Materials: One Size Fits Most

Kristin Hohman has served as Associate Editor of Dental Products report since 2019. She has a background in journalism and digital content. Kristin can be reached at khohman@mjhlifesciences.com.

Rounding up some of the base and liner materials from around the dental industry.



Roundup: Brush up on Bases and Liners

Can a material's usability earn dentists more business?

How Important Is a Material’s Ease of Use?

Endomimetics and BISCO team up to create a powerful, research-based novel bioactive Direct Pulp Capping material. 

Endomimetics Announces Research Collaboration with BISCO

Videos

Catapult Education Speaker and Evaluator Ankur Gupta, DDS presents the results of the Catapult of Evaluation of VOCO Retraction Paste, where this new material was awarded the Catapult Vote of Confidence™.

Restorative Dentistry