About
Dr Kedar Bakshi
Implantologist, inventor and teacher. "I did not wait for evidence when I started implants; today everyone does implants. Today it is airway dentistry, and again I am not waiting."
- B.D.S. (Mumbai)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Orthodontics (USC, Spain)
- Fellow and Diplomate in Implantology: F.I.S.O.I. (ISOI, India), F.I.C.O.I. and D.I.C.O.I. (ICOI, USA)
- Curriculum Implantology for MSc in Implantology (DGI, Germany)
- Diplomate in Orthodontics (DOWI, Spain)
- 29 years in clinical practice. His clinic is Sai Smile Dental Care, Vasai East, since 1997.
- About 28 years of implant practice.
- Training doctors for over 22 years: on the ISOI platform since 2003, and conducting lectures since 2005.
- A pioneer of implant dentistry in Mumbai's western suburbs. In 2007 he gave a series of 13 lectures for the IDA Mumbai West Suburban Branch, and four dental clinics started their implant practice under his guidance.
Inventions and patents
From the chair to a design
OsseoSure
He is the inventor of OsseoSure, the piston-driven mechanical osteotome system: one system for atraumatic extraction, ridge split and expansion, indirect sinus lift and low-density bone. Bone is preserved, condensed and expanded, not drilled away.
India's first implant design patent
Registered design "Dental Intraosseous Implant Device" (2024), registered jointly with SMBT Dental College, Sangamner, Prof. Dr. Mahendra Patait and others.
India's first oral appliance patent for sleep apnoea
Registered design "Oral Appliance for Obstructive Sleep Apnea" (2026), an oral appliance for mouth breathing and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Cited worldwide
His 2014 article "Modified ridge splitting and bone expansion osteotomy for placement of dental implant in esthetic zone" (Contemporary Clinical Dentistry; Khairnar MS, Khairnar D, Bakshi K) is cited worldwide.
What he built
Teaching, software and airway
- Dental Education (dentaleducation.in): about 200 hours of his lectures, with I4U, his AI.
- Six Figures: practice enhancement software for dentists, built in his own clinic.
- AirwayAware: the app for airway, tongue position and sleep.
- The Implant4U Excellence Career Academy, the Dental Practice Career Launchpad for young dentists, and the Quality Dental Practice Formula.
- Pursuing a Fellowship in Airway Dentistry with the London Academy of Dentistry.
Implants are what everyone does now. Airway dentistry is the future.Dr Kedar Bakshi