Pradeep Adatrow

Pradeep Adatrow is an Indian-American dental educator, researcher, and clinician. He is a board certified Periodontist and Prosthodontists in the United States. He is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee.

He was born in Vizag, India and immigrated to the United States and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. Adatrow went to College at University of Alabama with a major in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Later, he received a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Furthermore, he pursued a 3-year residency in Periodontics and Implant Dentistry at the Indiana University and another 3-year residency in Prosthodontics from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. He is board certified by American Academy of Periodontology and is inducted as a Fellow in International College of Dentistry.

He was inducted into the Deans Odonatological society and Deans Society.

Adatrow and his Colleagues have carried out research on Chitosan and its use as a vehicle for bone regeneration.He also has been researching the prevention of peri-implantitis using Biomaterial strategies to prevent or eliminate initial bacterial attachment. He also has done clinical studies looking into the viability of Mini Dental Implants for long term clinical use. Adatrow has co-authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals on bone regeneration using chitosan, peri-implantitis, small diameter implants (mini-implants).