Dr. Anish Bio

I grew up watching my father work. Before I ever held a drill myself, I was in the waiting room of his office in Oxnard, watching how he talked to patients, how he explained things twice if he had to, how he never rushed anyone out of the chair.

That is where I decided to become a dentist. I got my DDS from USC. Then I kept going. A Master's in Public Health from UNLV, because I wanted to understand care beyond the chair, not just inside it. I worked in mobile and community dental clinics. I led trips overseas to bring basic oral care to people who had none. I saw what happens when good care is out of reach, and I saw what it takes to close that gap.

That is the job I do now. Not treating one patient at a time, but making sure every one of our ten offices treats you the way my father treated his patients in that first office in Oxnard. Same explanations. Same honesty about what you need and what you do not. Same care, whether it is your first visit or your fiftieth.

I do not do this alone. My father, Dr. Shalabh Puri, still leads our clinical team after more than 30 years of practice. He trained at UCLA, and he is still the standard we build around. My mother, Radhika Puri, spent three decades building the systems that keep ten offices running smoothly, from scheduling to staffing. My brother, Ishan Puri, runs strategy and growth, so we can keep opening doors without losing what made the first one work.

We are still that same family dental office. There are just more rooms now.

Dr. Anish Puri

DDS, University of Southern California

Founder, Clove Dental