Christopher Nakamura, D.D.S.
SPECIALTY: PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Oahu Pediatric Dentistry Pearl City Shopping Center • 850 Kamehameha Hwy., #260 • Pearl City, HI 96782 • (808) 456-4555 • OahuPediatricDentistry.com
Oahu Pediatric Dentistry Pearl City Shopping Center • 850 Kamehameha Hwy., #260 • Pearl City, HI 96782 • (808) 456-4555 • OahuPediatricDentistry.com
As an associate of Oahu Pediatric Dentistry, Dr. Christopher Nakamura brings together advanced training in pediatric dentistry with first-hand experience working with children and teenagers.
“I realized early on that my passion was to work, relate, and interact with the younger generations to make a positive impression on their lifelong perception of quality dental care.”
Dr. Nakamura specializes in serving patients from infancy through teenage years, with special emphasis on building relationships through compassionate, quality care in a family-friendly environment.
Honored to be selected by his peers as one of 2019’s Best Dentists, Dr. Nakamura earned his DDS at University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry at Kokua Kalihi Valley, and specialty training in Pediatric dentistry at NYU Lutheran Medical Center in Maine and Arizona, serving as the chief resident. Dr. Nakamura is board certified from the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
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Hawaii Pacific Dental Group 6700 Kalanianaole Hwy., Suite 216 • Honolulu, HI 96825 • Located in Hawaii Kai Towne Center’s Executive Plaza Building • (808) 955-0008 • HawaiiPacificDental.com
Dr. Patel was the first in Hawai‘i to have a Galileos Cone Beam CT scan, and amongst the nation’s first to perform guided dental implant minimally invasive surgery. As part of the select Cerec Mentors Group of Scottsdale Center for Dentistry, he is at the forefront of the newest released technology Cerec Primescan, Cerec single-visit digital dentistry and 3-D imaging. Dr. Patel has been voted a Best Dentist in America since 2009. A Preferred Provider for Invisalign®, he also provides pediatric and geriatric dental care, Zoom Teeth Whitening, TMJ therapy, emergency dentistry and routine dental cleanings.
“We offer comprehensive treatment plans that provide minimally invasive, conservative options that maintain patients’ optimal oral health,” says the Boston University School of Dental Medicine graduate, who completed his internship at Harvard University Vanguard Medical Associates and is a visiting lecturer at UH Jabsom.
Board-certified anesthesiologist Dr. Ed Campbell joined the practice 10 years ago to assist in “True Sleep Dentistry”—customized dental treatments in a monitored surgical suite that exceeds government safety standards—offered for apprehensive patients. Over 15 years of experience enables Dr. Patel to offer a painless injection technique.
As is lifelong student of advanced cosmetic dentistry and implantology, oral cancer and genetic dental research, Dr. Patel concentrates a portion of his practice on treating patients with special needs including autism, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and volunteers for Special Olympics, Dental Lifeline/National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped.
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