Dr Aqib Mudassar graduated from De’montmorency College of Dentistry in 1997 and completed his house job from Punjab Dental Hospital Lahore in 1998. He practiced privately in Lahore for two years and decided to pursue advanced dental education in America. After arriving in America he passed the bench test in 2002 and the California State Board in 2003. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and license in 2003 and started working at Western Dental Services in California in May 2003.As we all know, our mouth is a gateway to our body. Anything happening in our mouth has a direct impact on the rest of the body. Be it any tooth or gum infection, missing teeth or broken-down teeth, they all have consequences that affect our body if left untreated.

In this era of holistic dentistry (Complete Health Dentistry) our main focus is on the prevention of oral diseases which can have a negative impact on our body in the form of many debilitating or life-threatening conditions.

Unfortunately, our oral health is ignored by most and many of us don’t take oral hygiene seriously. When we feel discomfort in our teeth, we ignore it at that time and again till it evolves to excruciating pain. By that time, the tooth is no longer restorable. This is the conventional norm of dealing with dental problems in our society. Smaller problems that could be dealt with minimally invasive treatment are ignored.