Dr. Joel S. Berger, D.D.S., M.D.
Dr. Joel Berger is a renowned physician who has dedicated his career to developing the most effective, efficient and safest possible techniques in outpatient oral surgery. His specialties are outpatient maxillary and mandibular osteotomies.
International expertise
Dr. Berger is internationally recognized for his expertise in general oral surgery, dental implantology and the surgical treatment of sleep disorders.
A well-known speaker and author, Dr. Berger regularly accompanies Dr. Aires in presenting their joint research on immediate function dental implants. He recently presented with Dr. Aires at the Friadent Symposium 2003 in Germany. He was also co-author of the immediate function dental implant research paper recently published in the International Journal of Implant Dentistry.
Dr. Berger is a professor at the University of California, San Diego - Division of Plastic Surgery, as well as the Secretary of the California Coalition of Cleft and Craniofacial Center.
Education
Dr. Berger holds both his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in dentistry from McGill University, (Montreal, Canada). He also holds a doctorate degree in general medicine from the University of Washington (Seattle).
After completing his doctorate degrees, Dr. Berger entered the oral and maxillofacial surgery-training program at the University of Washington to complete his general surgery, and oral and maxillofacial training. He then spent a year in Europe doing a fellowship at two major centers in both Holland and Austria. Finally, in 1981, after one more year of advanced training at McGill University, Dr. Berger began his practice in San Diego.
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