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Our Doctors

Dr. Pedro Franco, DDS

Dr. Pedro Franco was born in Cali, Colombia. He attended Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Dentistry, in Bogota, Colombia, where he earned his DDS degree and completed his oral and maxillofacial surgery residency. Following his surgical training in Colombia, Dr. Franco went to Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago completing an oral and maxillofacial training program under Drs. Mark Steinberg and Louis Mercuri. He then spent 15 months in a postgraduate fellowship program at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, with Dr. Larry Wolford. Following the fellowship, he returned to Colombia and built a successful private practice in Bogota, in addition to joining Pontificia Javeriana University as a clinical professor.

In 2000, Dr. Pedro Franco came back to Dallas and joined the oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty at Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A & M University System Health Science Center. He was employed as a full-time professor instructing the undergraduate and graduate students on oral surgical techniques.

After five years at Baylor, Dr. Franco entered into private practice, but remained as a part-time faculty member. He is currently the president of major oral surgeons’ organization.

In his private practice, Dr. Franco practices the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery with an emphasis in temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, reconstructive surgery. He has special interest in performing facial cosmetic and orthognathic jaw surgery, as well as placing dental implants. Dr. Franco has hospital privileges at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

In addition to his private practice, Dr. Franco travels to other countries on mission trips to treat patients with cleft lip and palate deformities, and children with craniofacial syndromes. He also lectures internationally on the topics of facial reconstruction, dental implants, temporomandibular joint, and orthognathic surgery.

He enjoys running, cooking, traveling, and spending time with family. In addition to personal hobbies, he belongs to non-profit organizations such as Healing the Children and the United for Colombia. Further charitable activities include orchestrating and performing pro-bono medical care for patients from other countries who can benefit from advanced procedures and techniques offered in the U.S.

Dr. Franco chosen as one of the best dentists in Dallas by DMagazine

Memberships/Associations:

President, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Member, American Society of TMJ Surgeons
Fellow, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Member, American Dental Association
Member, Texas Dental Association
Member, Dallas County Dental Association
Past President, North Texas Oral Surgery Association
Member, Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Member, Colombian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Member, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Member, American Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Association

Dr. Shyam Indrakanti, DDS, MD

Dr. Shyam Indrakanti was born and raised in India until he was in middle school, when he and his family emigrated to Sonoma County in California. He completed the rest of his schooling there and attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Neurobiology in 2010. He then spent the next three years teaching and tutoring to help his family through financial hardship before pursuing his doctorate in dental surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, which he completed in 2017. Immediately thereafter, Dr. Indrakanti moved to Texas to pursue his training in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He completed his medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, earning his medical doctorate in 2020. He completed the remainder of his full-scope surgical training in 2023 at UTSW, Parkland, Texas Health, Children’s Medical Center, Cook Children’s, and John Peter Smith hospitals, prior to joining Drs. Franco and Zaidi at DFWOMS.

Dr. Indrakanti takes part in many hobbies when time permits. He enjoys cooking ethnic and fusion cuisines, going on hikes, enjoying nature, and road cycling. He is an avid tech consumer and enjoys taking on projects, working with new gadgets, making devices, and creating digital content. He admires teaching as a noble profession and is actively creating lectures and talks for a variety of venues, both formal and informal. He also believes that informing the public of health concerns is tremendously important and is in the process of launching a podcast to disseminate such information in an accessible way. Like all good Californian’s, Dr. Indrakanti has made Texas his home and is grateful for the opportunity to serve patients in Dallas, Fort Worth, and the surrounding areas.

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Dr. Ahmed Zaidi, DMD

Dr Ahmed Zaidi grew up in Southern California and is a proud alumnus of the University of California Riverside where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Biology in 2007.He continued to attend Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated with a Doctorate of Dental Medicine in 2013. Dr Zaidi then began his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency in 2015 at the Louisiana State University in Shreveport Louisiana where he graduated in June of 2019.

In his spare time, Dr Zaidi enjoys cooking with his family and exploring the great outdoors as well as traveling around the world and absorbing other cultures. In 2012 he embarked on a mission trip to Jamaica to treat patients with dental issues in rural areas. He plans on visiting more countries in the future to treat people in need that live in underserved areas. He avidly follows the latest tech news, constantly learning about the new and innovative technology.

His areas of interest include placing dental implants, wisdom teeth, facial cosmetics and orthognathic jaw surgery.