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Continuing Education Week for Pacific View Smile Center

Continuing Education Week 3/22-/3/27-2021

We are excited to learn more about ways to better serve you!  Streamlining digital advances in laboratory communications and insurance updates as well as up to the minute infection control data. We look forward to sharing this information with you!  In the meantime, Dr. Karen Nakagawa is on call for your dental emergencies until we are back next week! She can be contacted at 310-395-2383. Stay safe and be well.... and don't forget to floss!

 

Author
Kari L. Sakurai , D.D.S. Dr. Sakurai is on staff at UCLA Medical Center, St. John's Health, SM-UCLA Orthopedic Hospital, and at LAC+USC as Assistant Adjunct Professor of Clinical Dentistry. With over 25 years of clinical experience and teaching at cutting edge, Universities helps us deliver the evidence-based technology care to our patients.

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