About Govind Hariharan, DMD
Dr.Hariharan, who prefers to be called by his first name Govind, has a dental career that spans over 29 years of caring for his patients, performing research in dentistry and teaching undergraduate students. He is a graduate of the Program for Advanced Standing Students at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Govind obtained graduate and post graduate training in dentistry in India and the United States. In addition to his dental training at the University of Pennsylvania, Govind continues to keep in touch with the constantly evolving field of dentistry by attending continuing education courses. Govind also obtained a Masters degree in Oral Biology from the School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo. His research at Buffalo involved studying bacterial causes of periodontal (gum) disease. After finishing his Masters at Buffalo, he worked as a coordinator for a clinical trial at the Salivary Dysfunction Clinic at Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX. Govind is a member of the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association and the Dallas Dental Society.