Dr. Saman Vahedi
About Dr. Saman Vahedi
Dr. Saman Vahedi earned his B.S. in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology from UCLA before continuing to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC for his DDS. He then pursued one of the most rigorous training paths available in oral surgery: a hospital-based OMFS residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. UNMC is an academic medical center where residents train alongside emergency medicine, trauma surgery, and internal medicine teams, handling cases that range from facial fractures arriving in the emergency department to complex elective jaw surgery and oral pathology.
Dr. Vahedi served as Chief Resident from 2013 to 2014, a position that reflects both clinical performance and leadership among a residency cohort. Following the completion of his residency, he went on to earn his Diplomate status from the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. ABOMS board certification requires passing both a written qualifying examination and an oral certifying examination administered by a panel of credentialed surgeons, in addition to verified residency training and ongoing continuing education. It is the highest credential in the specialty, and fewer than half of practicing oral surgeons hold it.
Dr. Vahedi’s clinical scope at Wilshire Oral Surgery and Implant Center covers the full range of oral and maxillofacial surgery. He has extensive experience in facial trauma and fracture repair, orthognathic jaw surgery, oral pathology evaluation and biopsies, wisdom teeth extractions, IV general anesthesia, complex dental implant surgery, and bone grafting and ridge augmentation. His training at UNMC means that cases involving anatomical complexity, bone loss, sedation management, or any combination of procedures in a single visit fall squarely within what he is trained to handle.
What that level of training means in practice is a surgeon who approaches uncertainty and complexity without needing to refer out. Patients who have been told their case is “too complicated” at a general dental office or who need a combination of bone grafting, implant placement, and sedation managed together will find that Dr. Vahedi is prepared for those cases. You can also learn about his colleague, Dr. Jonathan R. Shadi, who shares the same commitment to rigorous, patient-centered care at Wilshire Oral Surgery and Implant Center.