About
A dentist built this. An operator co-founded it.
For the owners and operations leaders who answer for every chair in the group.
Founder story
Twelve years of full schedules and quiet afternoons.
I practiced dentistry for twelve years inside a group.
- Every morning the schedule said we were full
- Most afternoons a chair sat empty from lunch on
- Nothing counted actual chair time, so I built a sensor and ran it on my own chairs for two years
- The hours we were losing were real, and already paid for
- It measures chair time, not the person in the chair: no cameras, no microphones, no patient identifiers
I co-founded SmartChair.AI so an owner could see on a dashboard what I could only see from the hallway.
Khamir Patel, DMDCo-Founder & CEO, SmartChair.AI
Why an operator co-founded it
A DSO owner sits on the founding team.
Dmitry Burshteyn co-founded SmartChair.AI. He is CEO and Co-Founder of Progressive Dental Management, a DSO he runs today.
- Which location carries the group
- Which chair earns its room
- Whether the next move is another operatory or a change to the day
Every screen in the platform answered one of his questions first.
What we believe
Three things we hold to.
- Measure chair time, not people.
- The team keeps the decisions: the schedule, the staffing, the next operatory.
- The capacity you want is already sitting in the chairs you own.
Team and advisors
Who you are dealing with.
- Khamir Patel, DMD Co-Founder & CEO
Practiced dentistry for twelve years and invented the patent behind the sensor. He takes the demo calls.
- Dmitry Burshteyn Co-Founder
CEO and Co-Founder of Progressive Dental Management. Brings the group operator's read to every release.
- Jeremy Krell, DMD, MBAManaging Partner, Revere Partners
Dental investment and clinical practice.
- Jinesh PatelCo-Founder & CEO, UptimeHealth
Equipment and operations at scale across dental organizations.
- Dr. Marty JablowChief Dental Officer, Cellerant Consulting Group
Dental technology adoption.
- Dr. Bryan LaskinCEO & Co-Founder, Toothapps
Practice ownership and dental software.
- Nehal PatelChief Customer Officer, Brandlight
Customer success and retention.
- Dr. Darshit ShahOrthodontist
The specialty practice view of chair time.
U.S. Patent 11,657,696, granted, invented by Khamir Patel.
SmartChair.AI, in short.
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Waltham, Massachusetts
- Patented
- U.S. Patent 11,657,696
- Deployed across
- DSOs, private practices, community health networks, and dental schools
Demo
Bring the capacity question you are working through.
Thirty minutes, real chairs on a real dashboard, and you will know whether this fits your group.
You will meet Khamir.