Oral Surgery Expert Witnesses in California

Dentist, Oral Surgery - Dentistry, Dental Malpractice, Dental Implants, Implantology, Crowns, Bridges, Esthetics, Informed Consent, Extractions, Wisdom Teeth, Nerve Injury-Nerve Damage, Paresthesia, Periodontics, Endodontics, Root Canal, TMJ, Infection, Trauma, Misdiagnosis, Standard of Care

Comprehensive Expertise in Dental Malpractice Litigation Dr. Jeff Rabinowitz is a restorative, general, implant and oral surgical dental practitioner and dental school professor with forty years of clinical and academic experience. He is National Dental Board credentialed and licensed, residency-trained in all disciplines of general dentistry and fellowship-trained and board-certified in surgical and prosthetic dental implantology. He is also New York State licensed in intravenous and enteral sedation. Dr. Rabinowitz has over twenty-five years of experience as a dental expert witness and consultant for both defense and plaintiff counsel. He specializes in restorative, crown and bridge, oral surgical, periodontic, endodontic/root canal and dental implant cases of all complexities. He evaluates standard of care issues and claims of treatment failure, complications, and misdiagnosis in all phases of implant, prosthodontic, general, and surgical dentistry. Dr. Rabinowitz delivers clea...

Oral Surgery, Dentist - Wisdom Teeth, Dental extractions, Dental Implants, Bone Grafting, Sinus Lift, Nerve Injury, IV Anesthesia, Facial Trauma, Mandible Fracture, Jaw Fracture, Dental Infection, Head and Neck Infection, Oral Pathology, Oral Cancer, Jaw Tumor

Dr. Maloney is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has been in private practice and hospital based oral and maxillofacial surgery for 14 years. He has expertise in office based surgery such as dental implants, bone grafting, wisdom teeth extractions, dental extractions and oral pathology. In addition, he has 14 years of experience at two Regional Level I Trauma Center Hospitals. Hospital based procedures he has expertise in include facial trauma such as mandible fractures, midface trauma, dental injuries and dental/head and neck infections. He has published articles in Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction and International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery on topics related to dental implants, 3-D cone beam tomography, mandible fractures and orbital fractures.

Glendale, California

Oral Surgery, Dentist - Oral Surgery, complicated tooth extraction, implant surgery, bone grafting, Facial trauma, mandible fracture, TMJ, TMD, IV general anesthesia), oral tumors, head & neck infection, facial injury & trauma, orthognathic surgery, corrective/orthognathic jaw surgery, dentistry, maxillofacial, wisdom

Dr. Hamlet Garabedian is a Harvard educated board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and a Fellow of American College of Surgeons. He attended dental school at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts from where he graduated with the highest academic honors in 1999. He then went on to attend medical school at UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He completed his internship in general surgery and his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at what is now the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where he also served as chief resident. After completing his training, Dr. Garabedian moved to New Jersey where he practiced the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for seven years with an emphasis on complex implant reconstructive surgery, bone grafting, facial trauma, wisdom teeth extraction and office anesthesia. Dr. Garabedian and his family then moved back to Southern California where he currently practices all aspects of the oral and ...

Laguna Niguel, California

Dentist - General Dentistry, Braces, Root Canals, Orthodontics, Cosmetic, Oral Surgery, Holistic, Endodontics, Biomimetic, Extractions, Integrative, Implants, Restorative, Examinations, Reconstructive, Informed Consent, Crowns, Standard of Care, Composites, Radiographic

I have had many years of expert witness experience, including case merit evaluations, and was the sole plaintiff expert on a dental related wrongful death case that returned a verdict award of 3.4 million dollars, the lagest award in dental malpractice history to that date, to my knowledge. I have done expert witness work in California, Nevada and Arizona and served as an IME in Hawaii.

San Francisco, California

Dentist, Periodontics - periodontics, implant failure, peri-implantology, oral surgery, nerve injury, peri-implantitis, periodontitis

I have been practicing the specialty of periodontics for the past 47 years.I have had a private surgical periodontal practice for 36 years and have been on faculty as a clinical periodontist at UCSF Dental School since 1978. I am currently a full professor at UCSF Dental School and have been teaching exclusively dental students as well continuing education for dentists and hygienists. I have lectured extensively nationally and internationally on the topic of periodontitis/ peri-implantitis for the past 38 years ( see attached CV). Also for the past 30 years I have been retained as a periodontal expert at least 100 times ( approx. 30% plaintiff and 70% defense.

Los Angeles, California

Dentist, Periodontics - Dental Implants, Oral Surgery, TMJ, Periodontics, crowns, Trauma, root canal, extractions, informed consent, malpractice, standard of care, nerve damage, cosmetics, veneers, gums, surgery and grafting, periodontal surgery, bone grafting, sinus surgery, lasers

Dr. Miller is a Board Certified Specialist: Periodontics & Dental Implants. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, which outranks most other dentists. (Few dentists are board certified specialists). Dr. Miller has over 15 years of experience in Forensic Dentistry. He has completed over 300 record reviews, over 30 depositions, and has trial experience. He represents 55% defense and 45% plaintiff. 30% of his clinical practice is medical-legal and 70% is treatment. Dr. Miller is available to travel. Dr. Miller is a straight shooter and understands the merits of your case. He knows how to present peer-reviewed scientific literature to support his opinions. Dr. Miller specialized in Periodontics and Dental Implants at Loma Linda University. He is a Qualified Medical Evaluator in the State of California since 2006. He completed a Hospital Residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in 2005. He graduated USC School of Dentistry in 2004 with a D.D.S. and was on the De...

Simi Valley, California

Dentist, Pain Management - Medicine - Orofacial Pain Management, TMJ Disorders, Dental Sleep Medicine, Implant Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Jaw Pain, Jaw Injury, Nerve Injury, Crown/Veneer, Root Canal Treatment, Jaw Movement Limitations, Dental Extraction, Sleep Apnea

I am a Doctor of Dental Surgery with advanced academic training and specialization in orofacial pain management, holding a Master of Science in this field. My clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of complex facial pain, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, and facial nerve injuries. I am board-certified in dental sleep medicine, with a focus on managing sleep-related breathing disorders through oral appliance therapy. As a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, I bring advanced proficiency in implant dentistry and dental surgery. In addition to my clinical practice, I have extensive experience serving as an expert witness, including medical record review, report writing, and providing deposition testimony.

Del Mar, California

Dentist, Oral Surgery - Crowns, Bridges, Implants, Cosmetics, Immediate Load, Dentures, All on 4 implants, Laminates, Veneers, Cosmetic Dentistry, Informed Consent, Dental Reconstruction, Restorations, standard of care, informed consent

Dental expert for over 25 years. Dr Aires is able to take complex dental procedures and explain them to attorneys in a concise manner. He has testified for both the plaintiff and defendant on a wide range of dental standard of care issues.This includes dental crowns, dental bridges, implant restorations and cosmetic dentistry. His clinical experience as a practicing dentist for over 35 years coupled with his education proves him to be a competent, thoughtful, well-prepared expert. He has an excellent track record defending both dentists and patients as well as an accomplished mentor, innovator, and teacher. Most recently, Dr. Aires has published his clinical findings of over 300 implant patients in the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants (JOMI). The article addresses the 'all-on-four' dental implant concept and immediate loading of full arch implant supported reconstructions. One of his services is coaching dentists in their offices with complex implant a...

Orange, California

Anesthesiology, Oral Surgery - Anesthesia, Anesthesia malpractice, Anesthesiology malpractice, dental anesthesia, surgery, wrongful death, preoperative preparation, regional anesthesia, ambulatory anesthesia, office anethesia, PACU, airway management, propofol/diprivan, intubation injuries, oral surgery

Board-certified anesthesiologist with full-time clinical practice. Physician of Excellence Award. AAAASF Surveyor. Dental Board of CA Examiner. National High School Debate and Forensics champion.

Glendale, California

Oral Surgery, Plastic Surgery - Oral Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Wisdom teeth, extractions, tooth extract, teeth, dental implants, dental implant, office anesthesia, sinus lift, bone graft, IV sedation, oral tumors, TMJ, TMD, infections of the oral surgery region, orthognathic surgery, facial trauma, jaw fracture

Dr. Kotikian is a dual degree(he completed both dental school and medical school) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience as an expert witness in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry. He has been retained on over 170 cases as an expert, has given depos on over 70 cases & testified at court over the past stwelve years. He attended dental school at UCLA, then he did a one year Hospital Dentistry Residency at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital where he dealt with medically complex patients. Following his one year residency at the Long Beach VA he moved to Michigan where he completed his medical degree at Wayne State School of Medicine in Detroit, MI, did two years of general surgery and completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Kotikian is a board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who specializes in oral and maxillofacial trauma, facial trauma(all facial fractures and la...

Pasadena, California

Dentist, Oral Surgery - IME, Chronic Pain, Dry Mouth, Traumatic Injury, Cosmetic Dentistry, Standard of Care, Malpractice, Crowns, Dental Implant, Prosthetics, Joint Pain, Orthotics

Dr. Kevin Cebula graduated from the West Virginia School of Dentistry in 2000. After completing a one-year residency at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, he spent 10 years in Lake Havasu City, Arizona practicing general dentistry. He then completed a two-year postdoctoral program in Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine at UCLA in order to pursue his interests in TMJ and sleep apnea management. Dr. Cebula specializes in non-surgical TMJ therapy, oral sleep appliances, treatment for headache, neck pain, and chronic dental pain. His dental practice is limited to orofacial pain management and dental sleep medicine. Dr. Cebula has been awarded Fellowship in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and received board certification from the American Board of Orofacial Pain.