Arpan Nalin Patel, D.M.D., practices dentistry in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. This page sets out how he was trained. He is a second generation graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; his father, Nalin Patel, earned the same degree there a generation earlier.
Education
His undergraduate years were spent in Stockton, California, where he completed a B.S. in biological sciences in May 2000, from the University of the Pacific. He then went east to Philadelphia, where the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine awarded him the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 2004. He entered practice in lower Bucks County the same year and has remained there since.
University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Completed May 2000.
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia.
Postgraduate certification
Postgraduate training has followed the two directions his clinical work took. For restorative and aesthetic dentistry he completed certification at the Las Vegas Institute of Aesthetic Dentistry, known as LVI. For implant dentistry, the foundation of his full arch reconstruction cases, his implant certification was awarded by the London Institute of Implantology, with a second implant certification from Renew Smiles.
Las Vegas Institute of Aesthetic Dentistry, known as LVI.
London Institute of Implantology.
Renew Smiles.
Appointments
His first professional appointment was as dental director, from 2004 to 2011, of a 24 chair practice in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, with several providers on staff, a post he held while also serving in a director's role at a multispecialty practice in Langhorne from 2005. He has led the Langhorne practice since 2011.
A 24 chair practice with several providers, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania.
Multispecialty practice, Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Memberships
Dr. Patel holds membership in the American Dental Association and in the Pennsylvania Dental Association.
Member.
Member.
Recognition
In the Bucks County Courier Times Best of the Best Awards, a reader vote, he was named Best Dentist in Bucks County in eight consecutive years, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. He was profiled by Bill Donahue in Suburban Life Magazine in February 2021.
Bucks County Courier Times Best of the Best Awards, a reader vote. Eight consecutive years.
Suburban Life Magazine, February 2021, by Bill Donahue.
Writing
Arpan Nalin Patel has also written on clinical dentistry for a general readership, on Medium under the name Dr. Arpan Patel and on Blogger under his full name, on subjects that include sedation dentistry, full arch reconstruction and the return to care after years away.