Dr. Vikas Puri is a board certified periodontist. Dr. Puri completed his dental degree from a well reputed college in India. After finishing his dental degree, he joined the department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery as a house surgeon and practiced general dentistry in India.
Dr. Puri entered the graduate periodontics residency program at the Indiana University School of Dentistry where he received a Master’s of Science in Dentistry (MSD) Degree, and a Certificate of Periodontics and implantology and a Minor in Oral Pathology and oral Medicine. Dr. Puri’s research was related to the role of salivary toll like receptors 2 and 4 modulation in the innate immune response to chronic periodontitis; his research was published in the Journal of Periodontal Research. He also performed a case series to examine the efficacy of stem cell incorporation in allograft. In 2013, he was elevated to Diplomate status by the American Board of Periodontology. Board certification is reserved for an elite group of periodontists who have made significant achievements beyond the mandatory educational requirements of the specialty. Dr. Puri was practicing in a very contemporary and progressive periodontal practice in columbus ohio. Dr. Puri Lectures on various topics such as Contemporary soft tissue grafting, Periodontal regeneration, full mouth rehabilitation with dental implants, laser dentistry, and Periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics in local dental societies and hygiene study clubs.
Dr. Puri is actively involved in a number of professional organizations, including the American Dental Association, American Board of Periodontology, American academy of periodontology, Ohio state dental society, and the Midwest Society of Periodontology. Outside of caring for patients, Dr. Puri enjoys traveling, likes to play tennis, cricket, and watching football.