Dr. Gavin Michael Uchida, DDS
Pediatric DentistryNPI: 1316105380
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About This Provider
Dr. Gavin Uchida is a pediatric dentist with 18 years of experience caring for children's teeth and smiles. He specializes in working with kids who have cleft palate and other complex dental needs, and he currently serves on the cleft palate team at Kaiser Medical Center. Dr. Uchida is deeply committed to giving back to his community—he previously served as Dental Director for the State of Hawaii and continues to provide care at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Honolulu. He is now accepting new patients in El Cajon and welcomes Kaiser and Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) insurance.
Specialties
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Education & Training
- University of California at San Francisco (Doctorate, DDS)
- University of Texas at San Antonio (Pediatric Dentistry)
- University of Washington (Bachelors)
- Duke University (MBA)
Credential: DDS
NPI registered: 05/27/2008
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Former Dental Director for the State of Hawaii (Department of Health)
Current medical staff at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Honolulu
Current medical staff of Kaiser Medical Center, participating member of the Kaiser Cleft Palate team
Current Administrator at the Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) Foundation
Former board member of the Hawaii Dental Lifeline Network
Former faculty member at the University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine
Regularly volunteers in humanitarian medical/dental missions to Central America, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia
Was raised in Honolulu
Graduate of St Louis School in Kaimuki
His own grandmother is a resident at a senior care home in Hawaii
Possesses wide variety of professional and cultural experiences including private-practice and community-health experience in the South and on both East and West Coasts of the United States
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