Faculty
Instruction led by experienced clinicians with direct insight into exam expectations and evaluation standards
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, FAGD, FACD, ABOD
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, FAGD, FACD, is a board-certified operative dentist, certified by the American Board of Operative Dentistry in 2007 and one of roughly 80 in the country to hold that certification. He earned his DDS from UCLA in 1986 and a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry there in 2001.
He has been preparing candidates for board examinations and entrance exams since 1992, teaching at both the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels at UCLA, where he chaired the Division of Restorative Dentistry for 17 years and holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Clinical Dentistry. His students named him Teacher of the Year six times, and he received the American Dental Association’s Golden Apple Award for Teaching.
He mentors Richard V. Tucker Study Clubs in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hawaii, and Peru, is a graduate of the Kois Center, and maintains a restorative and implant practice at Stevenson Dental Solutions. He is the author of The Stevenson Restorative Reader: A Compendium of Materials, Adhesion, & Technique.
William W, Morgan D.D.S.
William W, Morgan D.D.S. graduated from UCLA School of Dentistry in 1973 and began private practice in Woodland Hills, California. Upon graduation, he was asked to teach part-time in the Section of Operative Dentistry, at UCLA School of Dentistry which he did for three years. After five years in full-time private practice, in 1981 he returned to UCLA School of Dentistry to teach in the Section of Fixed Prosthodontics on a part-time basis until 1996 when he taught on a full-time basis as a Clinical Professor until retirement in 2015. Since that time, he has been an Emeritus Clinical professor on a recall basis.
At UCLA he chaired the pre-clinical Indirect estorations course for over 25 years and currently co-chairs that course. In addition, he was co-chair of the Clinical estorative Dentistry course, which monitored student progress toward graduation and cleared them when they were completed.
While at UCLA, he served on several committees and received numerous teaching awards including being chosen by students as “Faculty of the Year” on several occasions.
He has been a member of the American Dental Association and the California Dental Association and is a member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry as well as a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon honor
society.
Mudit K. Yadav, DDS
Dr. Yadav is a graduate of Manipal University, India and completed the rigorous 2-year Advanced Clinical Training Program at UCLA under under Dr. Stevenson in 2017. He is an expert in dental photography and is the chief faculty of the waxing courses held at SDS. He has been teaching courses alongside Dr. Stevenson for two years at UOP Dental School, and at the SDS Learning Center. He was voted as the best tutor by students last year and has a calm and down to earth teaching style. His clinical interests include advanced prosthodontics, esthetic dentistry and cast and direct gold restorations. He has been invited to lecture in India and continues to provide invaluable assistance with CAAPID applications and consultations via our Application Coach service. He practices general dentistry in Porterville, CA and teaches at SDS on the weekends and evenings.
Cristina D. Lopez, DMD
Cristina D. Lopez, DMD, is a 1991 graduate of the University of the East. After practicing general dentistry in the Philippines, she immigrated to the United States and obtained her dental license. She has held a Lecturer appointment at the UCLA School of Dentistry in Restorative Dentistry since 2007, where she has served in several roles, including assistant to the chair in both the fixed prosthodontics and operative dentistry courses. She has given presentations and table clinics throughout the U.S. and Asia in the areas of cast gold, veneers and dental materials. She is a member of the Stevenson Clinical Study Club, Academy of Richard V. Tucker
Cast Gold Study Club and the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators. She is a highly sought clinician in private practice. Her fellow dentists seeking treatment from her as well as dental students and dental technicians is a testament to her great clinical skills. She has taught with Dr. Stevenson since 2008. She is in the Executive Council of the of the Academy of Operative Dentistry where she also serves on the Rising (Faculty) Star Committee.