Janak B. Patel, DDS

About Janak B. Patel, DDS

Hello, my name is Dr. Janak Patel. I was born in England and moved to the United States with my family when I was 10 years old. I spent my childhood mainly in Texas. I graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology. After college, I was employed as a lab manager with an environmental testing company in Houston, Texas. Although I loved my job, I always had the ambition to become a dentist. This stemmed from a great experience I had at my first dental visit in England at the age of 6. I attended the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School, which was ranked at that time as the Number 1 dental school in America by US News and World Report. I graduated with honors, Cum Laude. In addition, I earned distinguished awards for "Outstanding Clinical Dentistry", I was the only senior dental student to receive an award in "Endodontics" (root canal therapy), and I was 1 of 10 senior students selected by top faculty for a Pre-doctoral Implantology program.

After dental school, I completed an optional two year General Practice Residency & Hospital Dental Program at the University of North Carolina Dental School and the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill, which was considered one of the top programs in America. I served medically compromised patients in a hospital setting, served local community dental health clinics and veterans at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Durham and Fayetteville.

I started practicing in Salisbury in 1997 as a general dentist providing treatment to children and adult patients. I have been serving Salisbury and the surrounding townships for over 17 years. I enjoy all facets of dentistry including preventive oral care, periodontal therapy (gum treatment), tooth replacement such as crowns, bridges, dentures and dental implants, tooth colored restorations (fillings), endodontics (root canal therapy), cosmetic dentistry (veneers), extractions (oral surgery) and orthodontics with INVISALIGN.

I have served as past President, Vice-President and Secretary of the Rowan County Dental Society. Also, I have volunteered at the Rowan County Community Health Clinic and the NCMOM at Catawba College.

I serve to make my patients feel better about themselves and their oral health by providing quality dentistry in a caring, compassionate and pain-free environment. Many of my patients consistently comment that I am gentle, conscientious and make them feel at ease. I attempt my best to have my patients have a great experience at their dental visits as I did when I was six years old.

My hobbies include spending time with my family, traveling, SCUBA diving and art.