Values Driven Leadership

My mantra for ongoing self improvement and leadership

iNSPIRE

Inspire others to achieve whatever success looks like for them through knowledge, experience and connection

INFLUENCE

By being a voice within the dental community, I aspire to make our community stronger and more connected.

EDUCATE

The pursuit of continual education is the key to transformation and business optimization. We are life learners. 

About Dr. Amreesh Khanna, DDS, BMedSc., GPR Cert., FICOI

Dr. Amreesh Khanna, a proud Albertan and alumni from University of Alberta, is a practicing Dentist of 14 years with a keen passion for progressive and integrative dental solutions. Dr. Khanna holds true to his core values of “inspire, influence, educate” and has made it his mission to make a larger impact on the Dental Profession by not only working as an experienced clinician but also as an innovator and educator through a customized clinical and business training programs for other Dentists and development of technology leveraging the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Giving back is also at the core of who Dr. Khanna is, through dental school he founded the SHINE Dental Clinic in Edmonton, a fully student run clinic treating inner city youth weekly now in its 15th year of existence.  He is proud to give back to the U of A dental students who volunteer tirelessly to keep this clinic going with the creation of a SHINE Dentistry Leadership Scholarship and a SHINE Dentistry Volunteerism Scholarship.  Further, he has founded “Cause to Smile” as a philanthropic organization focused around a simple mission, to do good beyond the walls of our clinics and leave a positive impact on our larger communities.

Dr. Khanna was recently inducted into the Pierre Fauchard Academy, marking an illustrious milestone in his career.

Above all else, Dr. Khanna is focussed on his family; His wife and fellow practicing Dentist, Dr. Anuja Patel and 2 children, .

The Journey

2001 - 2008
Education and Early Career
From 2001 to 2008, Dr. Khanna embarked on an educational and professional journey in the field of dentistry. He started by attending the University of Calgary for two years and then entered the University of Alberta's Dental program from 2003 to 2007. During his studies, he founded the SHINE Dental Clinic in 2005 and was awarded the Shell Canada Spirit of the Future Award in 2006. That same year, Dr. Khanna graduated with a BMed.Sc. After graduating from dental school in 2007, he pursued a General Practice Residency at Montefiore Medical Centre/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, focusing on implants, bone/gum grafting, IV sedation, and complex rehabilitation, completing it in 2008 before returning to Calgary.
2001 - 2008
2012 - 2018
Building a Practice
From January 2012 to 2018, Dr. Khanna’s individual's professional journey was marked by entrepreneurial endeavours in dentistry. He acquired his first dental practice in 2012 in Calgary, but lost it to the ‘100 year’ flood in June 2013. This setback led Dr. Khanna to join TEC Canada in 2014, signalling the beginning of his "real entrepreneurial journey." Over the next few years, he and his partners successfully rebuilt the clinic, doubling its size and value, and by 2018, expanded further by purchasing a second dental clinic.
2012 - 2018
2019 - 2023
Continual Learning
From late 2019 to 2022, Dr. Khanna focused on integrating technology into his dental practice and advancing his educational pursuits. He began exploring the intersection of AI and dentistry and completed the Business Financial Acumen Mastery program in 2020. In Spring 2021, he graduated from the Inner MBA program, concentrating on socially conscious leadership and throughout 2021, Dr. Khanna launched ADEPT Education, an initiative designed to support and coach other entrepreneurial dental professionals to accelerate their professional careers. Most recently, Dr. Khanna was inducted into the Pierre Fauchard Academy marketing an illustrious milestone in his dental career.
2019 - 2023
2005 - 2023
Giving Back
In addition to founding the Shine Dental Clinic in Edmonton in 2005, Dr. Khanna was inspired by the Pandemic to do more in the community and rally the dental community to give back outside the walls of the practice. In 2020, he started the Cause to Smile Foundation, a local charitable initiative with a vision to scale giving throughout the dental sector. To date, Cause to Smile has raised over $100,000 in support of local grassroots charities through a combination of community events and charitable giving campaigns.
2005 - 2023
2023 & Beyond
The Next Chapter
In 2021, Dr. Khanna founded OraQ AI, a clinical and diagnostic software solution focussed on providing comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning to help dental practices provide an even greater level of patient care and builder deeper health care relationships. This solution combines best-in-class diagnosis evaluation with machine learning and artificial intelligence to continually evolve and improve patient outcomes. OraQ officially launched in September 2023.
2023 & Beyond

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