Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, FAGD, FACD, ABOD
Dr. Stevenson earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1986 from UCLA, a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry in 2001 from UCLA, and obtained Board Certification from the American Board of Operative Dentistry in 2008. He has been mentoring students to achieve superior results on Board Examinations and Entrance Exams since 1992. His work as a mentor of five Richard V. Tucker Study Clubs, combined with teaching at the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels at UCLA have forged his commitment to excellence and passing on the knowledge to others. His laudatory history with teaching has garnered him Teacher of the Year Awards from numerous classes at UCLA including the prestigious ADA Golden Apple Award for Teaching. He is a graduate of the famed Kois Center, and maintains a private practice at Stevenson Dental performing Complex Restorative Rehabilitations including Esthetics and Implant Dentistry.
Joan Pi-Anfruns, DDS
Dr. Joan Pi-Anfruns was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain. He earned his degree as a Doctor of Dental Medicine in 2004 from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. He is an alumnus of the Advanced Implant Program, Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry, New York University (2007). He joined the UCLA School of Dentistry in 2007, where he completed a Fellowship in Surgical Implant Dentistry (2014). Currently, Dr. Pi-Anfruns shares his time between private practice in Los Angeles, CA and as a part-time Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA with a dual appointment in the sections of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration and the International Team for Implantology.
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.
Lane M. Ochi D.D.S., F.A.C.D., F.I.C.D.
Graduated with honors from the University of Southern California in 1981, where he received the Robert W. Mc Nulty Memorial Award for the highest scholastic achievement. He has been elected to membership in Alpha Tau Epsilon - U.S.C. Dental School Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi - National Society of Scholars, Omicron Kappa Upsilon - National Dental Honor Society, the Pierre Fauchard Academy - International Honor Dental Society, and he is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists.
He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, and was the Co-director of Occlusion at U.S.C. School of Dentistry. He is also an Assistant Director in the Advanced Restorative Institute Dental Education Center, on the faculty of RIPE Global the world’s best cloud-based learning platform with simulation technology , and serves as a specialist consultant to the Graduate Prosthodontic Program at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in West Los Angeles. He has lectured to national and international audiences on the subject of aesthetic restorative dentistry and occlusion.
He has received multiple Commendations from the County of Los Angeles for his efforts to promote the health and wellbeing of underserved populations in his community.
Dr. Ochi maintained a full time private practice in Beverly Hills for over four decades with an emphasis on physiologic and aesthetic reconstructive dentistry. His patients included Academy Award winners, former Miss America’s, and some of the most recognized names in the entertainment business.
Savi Huang, MS
Born, raised, and obtaining her BS degree in Taiwan, Savi Huang came to the US and pursued her MS at UC Berkeley.
She worked in the IT field for nearly two decades before becoming a California Court Certified Mandarin interpreter, providing both on-site and telephonic interpretation and written-document translation services for courts, private industries, and many other organizations in Greater Los Angeles.
Ms. Huang is now the co-founder and owner of Stevenson Dental Solutions. She administrates the dental education branch alongside IT, marketing, dental supplies, and patient care.