Dr. Randy Shoup

Dr. Randy Shoup is a 1981 graduate of the Indiana University School of Dentistry. He served in the U.S. Public Health Service for 3 years before starting his private practice journey in Indianapolis in 1984. Dr. Shoup has pioneered several technological and procedural innovations to dramatically improve the quality of dentistry for all patients. In 1987, he had the very first intraoral dental camera showing patients' actual pictures of their teeth with amazing clarity. This visual collaborative process empowers patients to make better quality decisions about their dental treatment. He began his career-long dedication to magnification in 1988 by progressing from 3X magnification loupes to 6X magnification loupes, which were the strongest available at the time. This ability to see in stunning detail and precision allowed him to begin grinding significantly less on teeth, thus preserving all the healthy tooth structure possible for his patients. In 1989, Dr. Shoup began to develop dental restorative procedures around the newest cutting-edge technology of using a surgical microscope through which to perform ultra-conservative dentistry. He is a pioneer in crafting the processes for dentists to utilize this quantum leap in their ability to see, enabling dentists to make significantly smaller restorations, thus saving the patients' irreplaceable healthy tooth structure. The microscope technology allows Dr. Shoup to see the patient's tooth at 30X magnification. He is one of the only restorative dentists in the world to use this level of magnification while restoring a tooth. Once a dentist grinds away a patient's tooth structure, it NEVER grows back; it is gone forever. The goal is to make the smallest possible alterations to the tooth, thus preserving the maximum amount of healthy tooth structure. Dr. Shoup was one of the dentists to form the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry. This group of academics, scientists, and practicing dentists created and refined what we all now know as preventative dentistry and anti-cavity therapy. The WCMID evolved into the Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry and Dr. Shoup was the first member of that group. The ABD develops and promotes ultraconservative dental treatment for dental disease from decay, trauma, acid damage, grinding and clenching, as well as acid reflux and decay prevention. Dr. Shoup lectures across the U.S. and internationally, teaching dentists from around the world how to treat patients NOT using crowns or caps and NOT making huge holes in their teeth. He has also developed methods to restore teeth that the majority of dentists would say could not be restored and would have to be extracted. He also is a world leader in restoring teeth that have had endodontic therapy (a root canal) without having to drill big posts in the tooth and then grinding the tooth down for a crown or cap.