Shravan Renapurkar, BDS, DMD, is an assistant professor in Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry in Richmond. An author and lecturer, he is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons. He can be reached at srenapurkar@vcu.edu.