Founder

Advani Implant Institute

Meet Dr. Advani

Dr. Vishal Advani, DDS

Columbia University DDS

AAID Associate Fellow

ABOI/ID Part II Oral Exam Candidate · 2027

Advanced IV Sedation Training

15+ Years in Practice

America's Best Dentists · 2026

Dr. Vishal Advani, DDS is a general dentist with a practice focused on advanced implant dentistry, located within Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. His practice focuses on complex full-arch reconstruction, advanced techniques for severe bone loss including pterygoid and trans-sinus implants, FP1 prosthetic cases with biological tissue preservation, and IV sedation dentistry — and he teaches these procedures to other Illinois dentists through the Advani Implant Institute. He founded Elk Grove Smile Center, a general and family dental practice, in 2012; the Advani Implant Institute is his implant surgery practice and teaching center, and both share the same location.

For patients spending tens of thousands of dollars on a procedure that will affect every meal and conversation for the rest of their life, who performs it matters more than where. Dr. Advani's training, hospital setting, and continuous teaching role mean you're choosing the dentist other dentists learn from.

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His Path

From Columbia to hospital-based practice.

Dr. Advani's path into implant surgery wasn't accidental. He completed undergraduate studies at the University of Hartford, earning a dual degree — Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry — with highest honors. The deliberate decision to pursue both life sciences in parallel reflected a deeper interest in the molecular and biological foundations of medicine. From there, he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at Columbia University — one of the most rigorous Ivy League dental programs in the country.

From there, he made a deliberate choice that shapes every patient experience today: rather than building a generic family-dentistry practice, he focused obsessively on implant surgery and IV sedation. Over fifteen years of practice and more than 1,000 hours of advanced international continuing education, he developed the technical skill set to handle the cases other dentists refer out — pterygoid implants, trans-sinus placement, palatal-approach surgery, nasopalatine canal anchorage, and FP1 reconstruction with biological tissue preservation.

Dr. Advani has personally placed and restored more than 2,000 dental implants. At many implant centers, one doctor performs the surgery and a different dentist makes the final teeth. At Advani Implant Institute, the same doctor who plans and places your implants also designs, fits and delivers your final bridge, so nothing gets lost in a handoff and one person is accountable for the result. See every step he handles →

By the time most patients find me, they've already been told no by someone else. My first job is figuring out whether that "no" was actually right — and most of the time, it wasn't.

The decision to practice within Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center reinforced what makes the Institute different. Hospital affiliation isn't a marketing line — it's the credibility of being chosen to operate in a major medical setting, the safety of having medical infrastructure on the same floor, and the trust patients feel walking through the same doors as cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons they already know.

Today, Dr. Advani spends his clinical hours performing the procedures patients travel from across the Midwest to receive — and his teaching hours sharing those techniques with other Illinois dentists through the Advani Implant Institute.

Dr. Advani performing implant surgery with surgical loupes

In surgery — Eberle Medical Building

Dr. Advani reviewing 3D treatment plan with patient

Reviewing a digital surgical plan

Education & Credentials

A foundation built on relentless training.

Every credential below was earned through coursework, supervised clinical hours, and examination — not certificates of attendance.

I

Undergraduate

Dual Degree: B.S. Biology & B.A. Chemistry

University of Hartford · Highest Honors

Dual undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry — a deliberately rigorous pre-medical foundation that paired the two life sciences most directly relevant to dentistry and surgery. Graduated with highest honors.
II

Doctorate

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)

Columbia University · College of Dental Medicine

One of the most academically rigorous dental programs in the United States, with deep research integration and a hospital-based clinical training model.
III

Advanced Training

Advanced Implant Dentistry

1,000+ Hours of International Continuing Education

Live-patient training in full-arch All-on-X, pterygoid and trans-sinus implants, palatal-approach surgery, nasopalatine canal anchorage, FP1 reconstruction with biological tissue preservation (socket shield, root membrane, partial extraction therapy), zygomatic implant techniques, and dynamic guided surgery using X-Nav. Ongoing.
IV

Sedation Training

Advanced IV Sedation Training

Illinois Permit A · Moderate IV Conscious Sedation

Credentialed to administer IV moderate sedation in office. Completed required didactic coursework, supervised clinical hours, and ACLS certification.
V

Associate Fellowship

Associate Fellow · American Academy of Implant Dentistry

AAID — American Academy of Implant Dentistry

A credentialed designation awarded by the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) to dentists who have completed extensive postgraduate education in implantology and successfully passed comprehensive written and oral examinations. The AAID is the longest-established professional organization dedicated solely to implant dentistry.

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VI

In Progress · 2027 Cycle

ABOI/ID Part II Oral Exam Candidate

American Board of Oral Implantology / Implant Dentistry

Currently preparing to sit for the Part II Oral Case Defense examination in the 2027 testing cycle. The ABOI/ID credentialing pathway is the most rigorous board certification process in implant dentistry, requiring extensive case documentation, written examination, and oral case defense before a panel of certified examiners.
VII

2020 — Present

Founder · Advani Implant Institute

Hands-On Surgical Training for Practicing Dentists

Established to teach advanced implant techniques to general dentists and specialists across Illinois through live-patient surgical observation and mentorship.

The Advani Implant Institute

Teaching advanced implant techniques across Illinois.

The Institute exists for one reason: to share the techniques Dr. Advani has refined over thousands of cases with the dentists who want to learn them. Through hands-on, live-patient surgical training, practicing dentists learn protocols for All-on-X, pterygoid implants, trans-sinus surgery, palatal approach, nasopalatine canal implants, FP1 reconstruction with biological preservation techniques, dynamic guided surgery with X-Nav, and IV sedation.

For patients, this matters in a less obvious way: a dentist who teaches a procedure has to be able to articulate every decision, anticipate every variation, and handle every complication. Teaching forces a level of discipline and continuous improvement that solo practitioners rarely maintain.

2,000+

Implants Placed
& Restored

1,000+

Hours Advanced
Continuing Education

15+

Years in
Surgical Practice

Clinical Focus

What Dr. Advani actually does.

A focused practice — not a generic family dentistry. Every appointment is centered on implant surgery, full-arch reconstruction, or sedation-supported complex care.

01 / Full-Arch

All-on-4 & All-on-X

Complete arch restoration for patients missing most teeth or wearing dentures. Often delivered in a single day with same-day fixed teeth.

02 / Advanced

“No Bone” Implant Solutions

Pterygoid implants, trans-sinus surgery, palatal approach, nasal/piriform rim anchorage, and nasopalatine canal implants for severe bone loss.

03 / Biological

FP1 Surgery & Tissue Preservation

FP1 reconstruction using socket shield, root membrane, partial extraction therapy, pontic shield, and root banking — preserving natural tissue architecture.

04 / Technology

X-Nav Dynamic Navigation

Real-time, GPS-style optical tracking during surgery for sub-millimeter implant placement accuracy. Used by less than 1% of dentists in the U.S.

05 / Restorative

Single Tooth Implants

Precise replacement of a missing tooth using TRIOS digital scanning, in-house CAD/CAM design, and 5-axis milled zirconia crowns for long-term durability.

06 / Comfort

IV Sedation Dentistry

Advanced training in IV moderate conscious sedation, administered in-office with monitoring by Dr. Advani and the surgical RN team throughout.

A Note on Zygomatic Implants

Zygomatic implants are available at the Advani Implant Institute for patients with severe upper-jaw bone loss where conventional and advanced techniques for severe bone loss aren't sufficient. Dr. Advani has completed advanced training in zygomatic surgery, and the Institute is equipped to deliver these procedures with the same standards of pre-operative planning, IV sedation, hospital-based safety, and post-operative care that define every case here.

For patients who've been told elsewhere that they "have no bone for implants" — zygomatic anchorage is one of several solutions available. A CBCT scan at consultation determines which approach is right for your specific anatomy.

Beyond the OR

A clinician, a teacher, and a person.

Outside the operating room, Dr. Advani is a husband, a father, and a perpetual student of his craft. His spouse is also a dentist — together they own and operate the practice — and they're raising a young family in the Chicago suburbs.

What patients tend to mention most after meeting him isn't a credential or a stat. It's that he listens. That he explains things in plain English. That he doesn't talk down to people about money. That he answers the question they actually asked, not the one his marketing materials prefer to answer.

For an industry that has a reputation for upselling, the absence of pressure is the differentiator. Patients are encouraged to take time, get second opinions, and make the right decision for their lives — even when that decision is "not yet" or "not here." It's a strange way to run a business, and it's also why patients tell their friends.

Dr. Vishal Advani DDS · Founder, Advani Implant Institute

Dr. Vishal Advani, DDS

A quick introduction.

From Columbia to hospital-based practice.

A foundation built on relentless training.

Dual Degree: B.S. Biology & B.A. Chemistry

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)

Advanced Implant Dentistry

Advanced IV Sedation Training

Associate Fellow · American Academy of Implant Dentistry

ABOI/ID Part II Oral Exam Candidate

Founder · Advani Implant Institute

America's Best Dentists 2026.