Dr. Bipin R. UpadhyayMDS · HOD · PhD Scholar

About

The clinician who builds.

Dr. Bipin R. Upadhyay is an Oral Medicine and Radiology Specialist, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Dentistry at K.J. Somaiya Medical College & Research Centre, Mumbai, and Consultant at K.J. Somaiya Super Speciality Hospital. He is a published author, PhD scholar developing a portable TMJ diagnostic device, and the founder of Reasonable Smile Dental Clinics in Ambarnath.

Philosophy

Every patient brings more than their presenting complaint. Years of clinical specialisation teach you to read the complete picture — the mucosa, the joints, the radiograph, the systemic history, the detail mentioned in passing. That habit of looking carefully sits behind every consultation in this practice.

Roles, today

  • Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Dentistry — K.J. Somaiya Medical College & Research Centre, Mumbai. Leading dentistry for MBBS undergraduates, clinical OPD for oral medicine and precancer, ward consultation across both hospital wings. Chairperson, PR Committee. Core College Council member. Assistant Editor, forthcoming interdisciplinary journal.
  • Consultant Dentist — K.J. Somaiya Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai (Special Dental OPD)
  • Founder & Principal Dentist — Reasonable Smile Dental Clinics, Ambarnath (two locations)
  • PhD Scholar — Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)
  • Author — Autoimmune Diseases in Dentistry, Lambert Academic Publishers, 2012
Portrait of Dr. Bipin R. Upadhyay
BDS · MDS Oral Medicine & Radiology · PhD Scholar
34

Youngest HOD Age

19+

Years Academia

Career

19+ Years. One Philosophy.

From postgraduate student writing a book on autoimmune disease, to youngest HOD at 34, to Associate Professor at a medical college, to health technology builder. Every chapter driven by the same conviction.

Career Timeline

From dissertation to device.

  1. Nov 2020 – Present · Concurrent

    Consultant Dentist — Special Dental OPD

    K.J. Somaiya Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai

    Dedicated dental OPD at super-speciality level. Aesthetic and general dental services. Ward referral consultant for dental and oral complications in admitted patients.

    Super SpecialityAesthetic Dentistry

  2. 2020 – Present

    Founder & Principal Dentist

    Reasonable Smile Dental Clinics · Ambarnath (×2)

    Dual-location private practice. General and aesthetic dentistry built on diagnosis-first clinical systems rather than individual dependence.

    Private PracticeAesthetic Dentistry

  3. 2022 – Present

    PhD Scholar

    MUHS · MGV's KBH Dental College & Hospital, Nashik

    Developing a portable sound-based device for comparative TMJ movement analysis in bruxism. Device design and development phase. Guide: Dr. Ajay R. Bhoosreddy.

    TMJ Device ResearchBruxism

  4. 2011 – 2020 · 9 Years

    Academic Dentistry — Multiple Institutions

    SMBT Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Nashik (HOD, 2017) · Prior institutions

    Nine years of dental academia in oral medicine and radiology, culminating in Head of Department appointment at age 34 — among the youngest HODs in Indian dental academia. Teaching, examination, research mentorship.

    TeachingHOD

  5. 2009 – 2011

    MDS — Oral Medicine & Radiology

    Postgraduate Studies

    Library dissertation on autoimmune diseases in dentistry — later published as a book with Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany, in 2012. The origin of a career-defining philosophy.

    MDS 2011Book Published 2012