Born and brought up in Bahrain, Dr. Rajesh Raveendranathan (Raj) completed his graduation from Rajas Dental College attached to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, India in 1997. He completed his training in Neuromuscular Orthodontics at ICNOG (International College of Neuromuscular Orthodontics and Gnathology, Italy) in 2006. He is the PIONEER in South Asia to use the ULF TENS and mandibular tracking device (K7) and hence start the super-specialty practice of Neuromuscular Dentistry in 2004. Dr. Raj is an AACP - Tufts certified Dental Sleep Medicine specialist after completing his residency programme on “TMJ and Sleep Medicine” at Tufts University, Boston, USA in 2011. He procured his Fellowship and Mastership from ICCMO (International College of Cranio Mandibular Orthopedics) in 2015. He received his PhD from Ecole Superieure, University of Sorbonne in France in 2018 on the thesis of “Sleep Bruxism”. He is the Founder President of ICCMO India Section that was formed in 2017. He is also currently the International Secretary of the ICCMO International Board of Regents. He has occupied several positions in the IDA (Indian Dental Association). He founded the Department of Neuromuscular Dentistry at Kantipur Dental College in Kathmandu, Nepal, the first ever in Asia.
Dr. Rajesh is the Managing Director of “Indra Craniofacial Pain Relief India LLP” which runs The Right Bite Duedent Neuromuscular Orthodontic Lab to fabricate licensed appliances in South Asia like ALF, DNA etc. He is the Founding Chairman of the “The Right Bite Sleep & TMJ Pain Care®” that runs centres across South Asia to treat patients with craniofacial pain and conducts seminars/courses across the world. He encourages the point that dentists are not just “Tooth-doctors”! He is a consultant TMJ/Sleep Medicine specialist at The Right Bite Sleep & TMJ Pain Care (Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Dubai, Jeddah, Istanbul & Kathmandu) & KIMS Speciality Hospital (Trivandrum).