Periodontal Care and Implants: Dr. Ranjitha Krishna

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Dr. Ranjitha Krishna is a Board Certified Periodontist and Implant surgeon. She received her DMD from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and graduate training in Periodontics (MSD) from Indiana University. She also has a Masters in Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and has previously worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Krishna worked as an Associate Professor in the department of Periodontics at The College of Dental Medicine, Augusta University (formerly known as Medical College of Georgia) since 2008, where she has been involved in the training of many dental students and periodontal residents.

Dr. Krishna is passionate about Periodontics and genuinely cares about the overall well being of her patients. She was awarded the Outstanding Educator award by the American Academy of Periodontology and the Excellence in Teaching award by the American College of Dentists and was nominated by her peers and students. She has co-authored many scientific papers and textbook chapters related to periodontics and presented in national and international meetings.

Dr. Krishna and her family moved back to Atlanta in 2016 when her husband Raj started working at Emory University and she has been practicing Periodontics in the Greater Atlanta area. Dr. Krishna and her husband Raj along with their children Diya, Anshul, and Golden Doodle 'Muffin', live in Cobb County and are very excited to be a part of Dr. Silver and Tomasellis amazing practice. She cant wait to meet all our patients.

Dr. Dante Tomaselli hasbeen in private practice in Marietta since 1994, specializing in Periodontics and Dental Implants. He lives in Kennesaw with his wife Claudia and their two children. Dr. Tomaselli was raised in Smyrna and Marietta, Georgia and graduated from R.L. Osborne High School in 1981

He earned his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistryfrom Berry College located in Rome, Georgia in 1985. Later, he was presented with the 1994 Outstanding Young Alumni award from Berry College

He attended dental school atthe Medical College of Georgia located in Augusta, Georgia and receivedhis Doctorate of Dental Medicine in 1989. Among his experiences in school, he traveled to Adelaide, Australia in the summer of 1988 for an externship at the University of Adelaide School of Dentistry. Before graduation, he was awarded membership to Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the National Honorary Dental Society. He then attended the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Dentistry where he completedhis specialty training in Periodontics and Dental Implants in 1991

He then taught for two years at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine,where he, in 1993, was awarded the Joseph Appleton Award asthe ClinicalInstructor of the year. He also completed a two year Fellowship in Geriatric Dentistryat the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital