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DAVID CEDENO M.D., D.D.S.

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON

Dr. David Cedeno is a surgical specialist in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery and dental implants. He was trained at some of the top health science institutions, hospitals and schools in the United States. He completed a General Surgery internship, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency and training in all phases of dental implant surgery at UCLA. Prior to his surgical training, Dr. Cedeno conducted biomedical research and was twice awarded undergraduate research fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco, the leading health science research institution in the country. He held a lecturer appointment in the department of biology at San Francisco State University, and is a published author.

 

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1997 – Present Private Practice – Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

1996 – 1997 Chief Resident, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

UCLA Medical Center

1995 – 1996 Resident General Surgery, UCLA Medical Center

1992 – 1994 UCLA School of Medicine – MD, 1994

1987 – 1991 UCSF School of Dentistry – DDS, 1991

1984 – 1986 San Francisco State University – Graduate Studies

Molecular Biology

1981 – 1984 Humboldt State University – BA, Biology 1984

1979 – 1980 University of California, Berkeley

 

Cedeno, D and Stern, R – Stimulation of Hyaluronic Acid Synthesis in Fibroblasts by Cocultivation with Human Breast Tumor Cell Lines J Cell Biol; 1986: 105(5), 101 (presented at annual meeting, American Society Cell Biology-1986)

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1985 Mitogens in demineralized bone matrix

1986 – 1987 Hyaluronic acid metabolism in breast cancer

1988 Antibody markers for squamous cell carcinoma

1989 – 1990 Hyaluronidase in wound healing

 

AWARDS RECEIVED

1986 UCSF Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

1987 UCSF Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

1985 – 1986 Lecturer – Biology San Francisco State University

1988 Preceptor, Summer Enrichment Program UCSF

School of Dentistry

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS

California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

California Dental Association

Los Angeles Dental Society

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

 

LICENSING AND SPECIALTY BOARDS

Dental Board of California

Medical Board of California