Meet Dr. Aravinda Shetty
Background and Credentials
Dr. Shetty received his dental degree from the Government Dental College — Bangalore in 1974. He
was a top ranked student and one of the youngest dental graduates in his class. In the years
following his graduation, he worked as a staff dental surgeon in a private ENT surgical center,
while establishing his own private practice in Bangalore. After several years, he ventured to
the United States, where he has been in private practice since 1980.
In his clinical practice, he has operated and managed general dentists, oral surgeons,
periodontists and orthodontists, while also training many junior dentists. He currently consults
for several dental practices, where he provides advanced planning and delivery on many complex
cases. In his more than 40 years of clinical experience, he has practiced in all dental
specialties including, aesthetic and implant dentistry, surgical endodontics, oral surgery
procedures, orthopedic gnathology and occlusal rehabilitation. In his free time, Dr. Shetty
likes to keep up to date on the current trends in implantology, tissue culture and 3D
visualization of diagnostic images.
Outside of his clinical practice, Dr. Shetty has consulted for and was a part of the City of
Hope Head and Neck Oncology team. He has also been an active member and fellow of the American
Institute of Oral Biology (AIOB), where he has previously held the position of Chair of the
Advisory Board. Through his participation with the AIOB, he was fortunate enough to gain
knowledge of the first hand research work done by various medical researchers and clinicians who
are pioneers in their fields: Nobel Laureate Aurther Kroneberg, MD, (enzymatic biosynthesis of
the nucleic acid) and Stanley Pruisner, MD, (prion research), and clinicians such as Marshall
Urist, MD, (bone morphogenic protein) and Charles Vancanti, MD, (tissue engineering), just name
a few.
