Dennis-duke R. Yamashita DDS, FACD, FICD

Dennis-Duke Yamashita, DDS is Chairman and Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center and the USC School of Dentistry.Dr. Yamashita is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the USC School of Dentistry and holds adjunct appointments in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Department of Otolaryngology of the Keck School of Medicine at USC.

He has been academic/faculty since 1975.Dr. Yamashita has numerous publications on a wide array of topics including craniomaxillofacial trauma, orthognathic surgery, temporomandibular surgery, implant surgery and dentoalveolar surgery. He completed his undergraduate, dental school and residency in oral surgery at USC and the LAC/USC Medical Center.