Urban Dental Centre

In 2003, Dr. Shevket was one of six individuals to be accepted into the Dental Officer Training Program (DOTP) through the Canadian Forces. Dr. Shevket served with the Canadian Forces for 7.5 years as a military dentist, where he was fortunate enough to receive extensive training in many dental surgical programs. He retired from the Canadian Forces in 2010 with a Captains rank, and now pursuits providing surgical dental services to various clinics in the community.

Although he is a general practitioner, his extensive training and experience allow him to provide some speciality services at regular rates to his patients. His dental services primarily include implants, soft and hard tissue grafting, and wisdom teeth extractions.

Dr. Anand V. Rao is a US-trained dentist is proud to join Urban Dental Centre bringing 20 years of experience and caring to the team. He was practicing in his hometown of Philadelphia since 2001 before moving to Toronto with his family.

He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and is a 1997 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Rao completed a two-year residency at the Health Science Center in Brooklyn (part of the State University of New York). Since beginning private practice, Dr. Rao has been committed to comprehensive restorative dentistry and oral health. He attends extensive continuing education courses, with a primary focus on cosmetic and implant dentistry. He completed a six-month residency in implant surgery, prosthetics, and the sciences behind implant dentistry and completed a week-long surgical clinic in implant placement in 2017. He was thrice awarded “Best Dentist in Philadelphia” by Philadelphia Magazine and once by the Philadelphia Weekly. He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and will receive his Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry in 2018.

Dr. Rao was active in the professional dental community in Pennsylvania and has won several awards for service to his profession. He served a four-year term on the Board of the Pennsylvania Dental Association as First District Trustee and as a delegate to the American Dental Association. He was active on the Philadelphia County Dental Society’s Board of Directors since 2009. Dr. Rao was the donations lead in the MOM-n-PA project, a two-day charitable project based in Pennsylvania that provides free dental care to thousands of underserved people. Dr. Rao holds numerous professional memberships including the American Dental Association, Pennsylvania Dental Association, Philadelphia County Dental Society, Academy of General Dentistry, and American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Ontario Dental Association, and the Canadian Dental Association.

In the little spare time, he has, Dr. Rao enjoys spending time with his wife Beatrice and sons Kiran and Rohan, running, golf, tennis, world travel, music, wine tasting, and the culinary arts.

Dr. Bakhshi graduated from the faculty of Dentistry of Kabul, Afghanistan in 1985. Shortly after graduation, he went to Pakistan and worked at the United Medical Centre for Afghan Refugees in Peshawar. In 1988 he immigrated to Canada. He has been working in the dental field in Canada since 1988.

Dr. Bakhshi worked as a Dental Assistant in Winnipeg, Dental Technician and Lab Manager in the Lower Mainland and Instructional Assistant and Instructor at Vancouver Community College (Denturist and Dental Technician Department). While working full-time, Dr. Bakhshi spent most of his free time preparing for the National Dental Board Exam of Canada. He took various postgraduate courses at the University of Western Ontario to keep up to date with new techniques and technology.

In 1997 Dr. Bakhshi received his NDEB certificate which entitled him to practice dentistry in Canada. From 1997 to May 2002 he ran a successful practice in Burnaby, British Columbia. In parallel, Dr. Bakhshi worked as a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry. Since coming to Toronto, Dr. Bakhshi has worked from his practice in Richmond Hill and with By The Lake Dental.

Dr. Verma attended the University of Waterloo, where he completed both a B.A. in General Arts and a BSc. Degree in Science before obtaining his D.M.D. from Boston University. Dr. Verma’s goal is to provide the best quality of care to all his patients in a compassionate manner.

Dr. David Leung was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He attended Upper Canada College for high school and then spent 4 years studying at New York University. He then completed both his dental school and Periodontics Residency at University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 2006. He is happily married and enjoys traveling, watching football, and cooking for friends. His passion is to help others with his expertise and restore not only their dentition but also their self-esteem.

Dr. Advani graduated from Boston University with his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree (D.M.D.) in 2004, after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto. He enjoys meeting and treating new patients of all ages at his practices, and sharing information on the soft tissue laser treatments and Invisalign® “invisible” braces offered as part of our general dentistry services.

Dr. Kourosh Asgari is a general dentist but limits his practice to Endodontics (or Root Canal Therapy).

Dr. Asgari graduated in 1993 from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Romania, and later spend two years in an advanced general dental residency at Bucharest University.

He has been a member of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario since 1998, he is also a member of the Canadian Dental Association and American Association of Endodontist. He enjoys continuing education studies in order to give his patients the highest level of Oral Health Care. Dr. Asgari is married and is the father of 2 children. His hobbies include skiing and racketball.

Dr. Monica Dosanjh is a board certified orthodontist. In 2012, she was handpicked by Dr. Ross Jenne to be his practice’s principle orthodontist, as he transitioned to retirement. In June 2014, Dr. Dosanjh officially took over Dr. Jenne’s orthodontic practice in the West Island of Montreal. She enjoyed the challenges of both owning and running a bustling practice until she sold it in 2017 in order to be closer to family. Dr. Dosanjh and her husband then relocated to Ontario, where Dr. Dosanjh grew up, in order to welcome their twins.

Dr. Dosanjh graduated from University of Toronto in 2002 with a Bachelors of Science, then completed dentistry in 2007 from Boston University.

She graduated dental school at the top of her class, achieving the American Association of Orthodontics award, the prestigious Omicron Kappa Upsilon by Lambda Mu Chapter for 4 years and the Quintessence Award for her excellence in clinical restorative dentistry. After receiving her Doctorate of Dental Medicine, she declined her acceptance into an extremely competitive orthodontic specialty training program and chose to work in the Canadian Arctic as a general dentist.

After working as a general dentist, Dr. Dosanjh accepted a position to specialize at University of Connecticut and to do a Masters in Dental Science at the same time. Her masters thesis was in retainers and she is often sought after for her knowledge in this field. Dr. Dosanjh was also part of a craniofacial team at Yale University, where they treated patients with syndromes and cleft lip and palate.

After graduating from a 3 year orthodontic residency program, Dr. Dosanjh worked in Connecticut as an orthodontist before transitioning back to Canada. Montreal was home for 5 years as she owned her successful orthodontic clinic and enjoyed the perks of living in a gastronomical paradise.

Dr. Dosanjh believes in practicing the highest quality of orthodontics using an evidenced based approach and keeping up with recent literature. This means that you get the most up-to-date treatment.