# Craig Kohler

> Craig Kohler is the founder and CEO of ONVI, a Chicago-area oral health technology company building what he calls the operating system for oral health. A dentist for four decades on Chicago's North Shore, he spent 20-plus years recording procedures through surgical microscopes and noticed a pattern: patients who could actually see inside their own mouths started taking better care of their teeth. He turned that observation into a product line - the video-enabled Prophix brush, the LED-lit MOTSY Light manual brush, and the HIPAA-compliant ONView platform - backed by 39 patents and a $25 million Series A raised in August 2025.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at ONVI
- **Organizations:** ONVI, LLC., Kohler Dentistry, Spear Education
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), University of Illinois College of Dentistry, General Practice Residency, Northwestern University, Fellowship and Mastership (MAGD) - 1,600+ hours advanced training, Academy of General Dentistry, M.B.A. (per LinkedIn/directory listings), Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of ONVI, an oral health technology company with 39 issued patents., Inventor of Prophix, marketed as the first-ever smart video toothbrush, with live intraoral video streaming to a mobile app., Inventor of MOTSY Light, an LED multi-attachment manual toothbrush that illuminates the mouth while brushing.

## Career timeline

- **1980s** — Begins practicing dentistry on Chicago's North Shore in Wilmette, Illinois; single office later expanded five times.
- **1990s-2000s** — Adopts surgical microscopes and live intraoral video to record and guide procedures; among few U.S. dentists doing so for 20+ years.
- **2013** — Founds ONVI to bring clinical intraoral visualization into the home.
- **2016** — ONVI debuts Prophix, marketed as the first-ever smart video toothbrush.
- **2017** — Shows Prophix at CES 2017 in Las Vegas.
- **2020s** — Invents MOTSY Light, an LED multi-attachment manual oral care system, sold via shoponvi.com.
- **2025** — Launches a $25M Series A (Aug 5, 2025) to commercialize ONVI's multi-product system: Prophix, MOTSY Light, and the ONView platform.

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of ONVI, an oral health technology company with 39 issued patents.
- Inventor of Prophix, marketed as the first-ever smart video toothbrush, with live intraoral video streaming to a mobile app.
- Inventor of MOTSY Light, an LED multi-attachment manual toothbrush that illuminates the mouth while brushing.
- Master in the Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD) - earned through 1,600+ hours of advanced training.
- Trained more than 500 dentists in micro aesthetic (microscope-guided) dentistry.
- Has spoken nationally and internationally on the use of dental microscopes in general practice.
- Teaches at Spear Education in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Raised a $25 million Series A in 2025 to scale ONVI's oral health platform.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — ONVI launched a $25M Series A (Reg D 506(c)) to commercialize Prophix, MOTSY Light, and the ONView teledentistry platform.

## Links

- Website: https://getprophix.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-kohler-8a5057216
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCaNUiG-7M-HZlP1lPPtzg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kohlerdentistry/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getprophix/

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Last updated: 2026-07-01