SL_profile_Danta Dental 2pg_0524_Layout 1 6 / 4 / 24 3 : 44 PM Page 2 were happy to see he’s in Dr . Jay Patel Gopi Rohat remission . ” A Light for Others to Follow While Gopi had no prior direct experience in dentistry or health care , her creativity and tenacity , as well as her hos - pitality background , have served her well . For example , she devised Danta Dental’s unique identity , which pays homage to the founders ’ shared Indian heritage and speaks to the strength of their partnership . “ We wanted something dif - ferent , ” she says . “ Danta is a Sanskrit word for tooth , which is the foundation of what we do . If you look closely at our logo , you’ll see an elephant with tusks in the shape of a tooth . The elephant is con - sidered very prosperous in our culture , and the elephant tusk has the strongest bone density of any bone . It has a lot of meaning for us . ” Gopi grew up watching her father , a self - made entre - preneur originally from India , A Partnership of Equals don’t really believe in specific gender build his hotel business through sleepless Dr . Jay and Gopi are equal partners in roles ; even at home , Jay does most of nights and personal sacrifices — long the practice , each complementing the the cooking . ” days doing everything from folding towels other very well . He leads the clinical Dr . Jay’s interest in health care began and making beds to cleaning pools and side of the practice , while she takes at an early age , though he initially thought mechanical maintenance . From her father , care of the nonclinical aspects . Whereas he would follow in the footsteps of his Gopi learned invaluable lessons in hard he tends to be more grounded and cir - physician father . The opportunity to work , financial independence , and meas - cumspect , she is fiery and adventurous . work with an oral surgeon and pediatric ured risk . She eventually took over the Together , they form an unbeatable dentist put him on the path to dental business from him , with visions of team — balanced , focused , and committed school . building “ a small empire . ” to maintaining a culture of positivity for “ I wanted to have a lasting impact in Now , with Danta Dental , she and Dr . patients and team members alike . people’s lives , ” he says . “ I’m able to take Jay are working together to build a dif - “ Gopi has helped me push boundaries someone out of pain and help them take ferent kind of empire . They intend to and push through barriers , ” says Dr . a step forward by creating a new aes - add an associate dentist so the practice Jay , Danta Dental’s president of clinical thetic result . That’s what solidified den - can offer its distinctive brand of dentistry affairs . “ I tend to overanalyze , and at tistry for me . I feel so rewarded by seeing to more patients who live and work in times it’s held me back . Between her someone smile and watching their self - Center City . They also envision growth free nature and my more analytical esteem grow . ” beyond the walls of the Philadelphia nature , we balance each other out . ” Dr . Jay enjoys the work so much , he location — expansion to Chicago , perhaps , They also have fierce respect for says he would provide care for free if or Northern California , near Gopi’s family . one other . In addition , they share a devo - money was no object . He cites one “ Our goal is to inspire people , and to tion to “ breaking down barriers ” and patient who needed an extraction and show them that success does not have undoing the generational patterns that other dental work ahead of his upcoming to comes a certain way , ” she says . “ We hold back some husband - and - wife chemotherapy and radiation to treat a want people to know there are different tandems . malignant tumor . ways of finding success . We’re here to “ We wanted to break the stigma sur - “ It was right when we bought this provide a light for others to follow . ” ? rounding husbands and wives who work office , and there was no way to accom - together , where the female is considered modate him as part of our regular ‘ just the help , ’ ” says Gopi , the practice’s schedule , so we came in on our personal vice president of nonclinical affairs . time , ” Dr . Jay recalls , adding that the Danta Dental “ Ours is an equal partnership , and that’s practice covered the cost of the dental 1919 Chestnut Street , Suite 101 as true at work as it is at home . It’s treatment so the patient could focus Philadelphia , PA 19103 common for a wife to take her husband’s solely on his cancer fight . “ We took care last name . We never wanted to have a of him and got him out of pain , cleared ( 215 ) 561 - 5559 role in that , which is why we both kept him for treatment , and sent him on his www.dantadental.com our last names , our own identities . We way . … We just saw him last week and SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 15 ISSUE 9 | 57