We believe in providing options for treatment and fully explaining possible 
choices, benefits and alternatives. We believe that it is important to provide the 
latest, most modern, up to date dentistry possible in a relaxed and comfortable setting.

Our modern minimally invasive techniques and bonding procedures are much 
more comfortable and make it much less likely that a tooth will ever need a 
root canal. We firmly believe that the less we do to a tooth, the healthier it will be.

Value in our Dental Services.
Value begins with prevention. The least expensive problem to treat is the the one 
that never happens! We use the prevention protocols established by the UC San 
Francisco Dental School for all of our patients. We sincerely believe that prevention 
is the single most important service we provide.

The second part of value is prudence when recommending the replacement of 
the restorations you already have in your mouth. Because all restorations have 
a limited lifetime, with an average of only 8 to 10 years, we adhere to the 
philosophy of  "If it isn't broken, don't fix it!".  We are very conservative in our
treatment recommendations and try to explain in every situation why something
needs to be replaced and what options are available.

The third component of value is the quality of the treatment we provide. One
can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup is virtually identical in every way to 
every other can of the same soup. McDonalds works very hard to ensure that a
Big Mac from Los Angeles is the same as a Big Mac from New York. But 
dentistry is not like canned soup or Big Macs. Dentistry is a hand-crafted product.
Comparing a dental restoration to a piece of artwork is a little pretentious. But 
the results any dentist, or artist, produces come from that individual's hands, brains, 
education and experience. We constantly strive to be very good at what we do 
and to continually improve our skills. We are also very conservative by removing 
the smallest amount of a tooth necessary to eliminate decay and retain the new
restoration. To accomplish these objectives, all of our new restorations are 
chemically bonded to the remaining tooth structure. Modern dentistry is both an
art and a science. It requires constant practice and re-education.