Dr. Monica Dosanjh is a Canadian born, board certified orthodontist, making her a specialist. Specialists are general dentists who do further schooling to specialize in a particular field. In her case, she specialized in orthodontics for 3 years after dental school.
After graduating from University of Toronto in 2002 with a Bachelors of Science, Dr. Dosanjh completed dentistry in 2007 from Boston University. She graduated dental school at the top of her class, receiving: 1- the American Association of Orthodontics award, 2- the prestigious Omicron Kappa Upsilon award for excellence over her entire dental degree, and 3- the Quintessence Award for her excellence in clinical restorative dentistry. Dr. Dosanjh was 4th in her dental class of 120 students. After receiving her Doctorate of Dental Medicine, she declined her acceptance into an extremely competitive orthodontic specialty training program and chose to work in the Canadian Arctic as a general dentist for a year to build her work experience and treat the underprivileged. After that year, Dr. Dosanjh accepted a position to specialize at University of Connecticut and to do a Masters in Dental Science at the same time. Her masters thesis was in retainers and she is often sought out for her knowledge in this field. Over 5000 people have downloaded her research thesis! Dr. Burstone, who is considered the Einstein of orthodontic physics, taught Dr. Dosanjh himself. She attributes her excellence at problem solving and thinking outside the box to his teaching. Her knowledge of biomechanics (physics of tooth movement) is extremely strong. She can bend wires to achieve the tooth movements she wants. Dr. Dosanjh was also part of a craniofacial team at Yale University, where they treated patients with syndromes and cleft lip and palate.
