Kent L Ochiai D.D.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Ochiai has practiced exclusively in the specialty of Prosthodontics for over twenty years at this practice located in Santa Ana, California. He obtained his doctoral dental degree (1987) and advanced specialty certification in Prosthodontics (1989) at the University of Southern California. He then went on to be certified in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at UCLA Medical Center in 1995. He has held simultaneous teaching positions at both the USC and UCLA Schools of Dentistry in the fields of Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry. Presently, Dr. Ochiai is an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Dentistry at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC. He has published and authored several papers on his research work on new concepts on restorations in dentistry, dental implants, advanced denture treatment and prosthodontics. He is past president of the Osseointegration Study Club of Southern California and has lectured and presented his work both internationally and nationally on these dental specialty subjects. Dr. Ochiai is also certified as a Sports Dentistry Team Dentist by the Academy for Sports Dentistry and has held team dentist positions with both professional and collegiate sports teams affiliations. He has earned and was granted a PhD in Prosthodontics based upon his research work by the Kanagawa Dental College in Yokosuka, Japan in 2010. He is dedicated to the advancement of quality treatment in Dentistry and Prosthodontics.