Orthodontics
Mehdy Rad, DMD, MS
Rad Orthodontics
Dr. Mehdy Rad leads Rad Orthodontics, with offices in Bethesda, Potomac, and College Park. He earned his dental degree at Boston University’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine, graduating on the Dean’s List, and completed his orthodontic and dentofacial-orthopedics specialty training at Boston University, where he served as chief resident.
Why patients choose Dr. Rad
His Bethesda office holds a 4.9 Google rating from more than 235 patients, with reviewers praising state-of-the-art technology and an efficient, friendly team. The practice offers a full menu — metal and clear ceramic braces, Invisalign, and a flexible Smile Express hybrid path for milder cases.
Practice focus
Invisalign, ceramic and metal braces, and hybrid Smile Express treatment for teens and adults.
Profile last fact-checked June 26, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Rad compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only provider we list offering ceramic & metal braces
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name ceramic & metal braces.
The only Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine graduate we list
1 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine.
We list 2 orthodontics providers serving Potomac.
4 of the 139 providers in our registry (3%) practise in Farsi, across 3 specialties.
Longest since qualifying of our 5 orthodontics providers
Qualified in 1999. The median for the 5 orthodontics providers whose year we record is 2004.
Medical school: Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine — Boston, MA, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Rad sits by experience
Dr. Rad finished dental school in 1999, 27 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 64 finished earlier, 62 finished later, and 8 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–1994Dr. Rad1999
1995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 21 dentists we list, 4 finished dental school earlier — the median for that group is 2004.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 — Dr. Rad | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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