Dr. Dan Thunell

Dr. Dan Thunell has wanted to be a dentist since he was three years old. He is passionate about preserving his patients’ natural teeth for as long as possible, and for creating a natural looking smile when surgical intervention is needed.

Dr. Thunell has been on faculty at the University of Utah School of Dentistry since 2012 providing clinical and didactic instruction, and contributing to the school’s interdisciplinary dental implant clinic. Additionally, he is board-certified by the American Board of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, served as a regional representative to the American Academy of Periodontology for many years, and is a past president of the Intermountain Society of Periodontists and Holladay District Dental Society. He received his DMD from the University of Pittsburgh and his specialty certificate in Periodontics from the University of Iowa.

When he is not working or playing with his family, he can be found cycling the roads of Utah.

dr Rachna Hegde

Dr. Rachana Hegde is a Board-Certified Periodontist. She is also a Diplomate of American Board of Oral Implantology and Associate Fellow of American Academy of Implant Dentistry. She is also honored as a Fellow of The International College of Dentists and is currently serving as the President of Intermountain Society of Periodontists and a Board member of Western Society of Periodontist. She is an adjunct Associate Professor at School of Dentistry, University of Utah as well as College of Dental Medicine (CODM) at Roseman University of Health Sciences, South Jordan Utah. She maintains a private practice limited to periodontics and implant dentistry in Salt Lake City and Lehi, Utah

Dr. Rachana Hegde received her graduate degree in Dental Surgery from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India in 2005. She completed her post-doctoral education program in Periodontics at College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University in 2014. She served as the chief resident at the final year of her residency. In the same year, she also received her Masters of Science degree in Dentistry from The Ohio State University. She is peer reviewer for Journal of Implantology and the International Journal of Clinical Implant Dentistry. She has authored and co-authored scientific papers on periodontics and implant dentistry. She is currently an active member of the American Academy of Periodontology, American Academy of Implant Dentistry, American Academy of Dental Research and American Academy of Dental Education.

She is a wife and mother of two wonderful children. After work she enjoys time with her family. She also volunteers her time at Salt Lake Donated dental clinic and her son’s School’s governing board of education fund.