Dr. Dai Phan is a specialist in prosthodontics with 20 years of experience restoring smiles and helping patients speak and look their best after surgery, injury, or disease. He has special training in complex cases involving the face and jaw, including reconstruction after cancer treatment and trauma. Dr. Phan believes that dental work is both an art and a science, and he finds great meaning in transforming his patients' lives through careful, skilled restoration. He also gives back to the community as a mentor to dental students and volunteers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Phan is accepting new patients in Albuquerque and brings both technical expertise and genuine compassion to his work.

Specialties

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ProsthodonticsPrimary
Dental prostheses including crowns, bridges, and dentures

Education & Training

MS in Prosthodontics from Marquette University
Advanced Education in General Dentistry at Marquette University
BS in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University (1985-1989)
DDS from University of Missouri at Kansas City (1995)
General Practice Residency at Marquette University
Prosthodontics Residency at Marquette University
Fellowship in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (completed 2001)

Credential: DDS, MS

NPI registered: 07/16/2006

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Areas of Focus

Maxillofacial prosthodonticsDental restorationProsthetic reconstruction of maxillofacial regionComplex restorative casesProsthetic reconstruction following cancer surgeryProsthetic reconstruction following traumaProsthetic nose constructionProsthetic eye constructionProsthetic ear constructionSpeech appliancesDental care for cancer patients

Beyond the Office

Volunteer contributor to SDN's Mentor Forum

Assistant Professor in Prosthodontics at University of Tennessee at Memphis College of Dentistry (2001-2003)

Service to veterans at Veterans Administration Medical Center

Emigrated from Vietnam in 1978 on a fishing boat with parents and older brother

Spent 1.5 years in an Indonesian refugee camp before being sponsored by a church in Portland, Oregon

Passionate about composing music and playing piano

Enjoys cooking his own concoctions

Originally pursued aerospace engineering before switching to dentistry in graduate school

Father was a physician; father passed away from lung cancer during Dr. Phan's final year of residency

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