A 1994 graduate of UCLA Dental School, Dr. Cynthia Stephenson received the Robert Woolcott Top Clinical Operative Award as a student and was # 1 in class for clinical restorative dentistry.
She was one of four top seniors to participate in a year of an esthetic mini-residency. Her General Practice Residency at Albert Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia was in a busy hospital-based program where she received advanced training in surgical implants and perio-prothetics and worked with medically compromised patients.
During Covid, She completed an extensive graduate program at the world renowned Kois Center and passed a rigorous exam becoming a Mentor for the prestigious teaching institute led by Dr John Kois. She is currently an accreditation candidate for the AACD.
She is currently a member of the Kois Center, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, American Academy of Clear ALigners, Seattle Study Club, ADA, CDA, CCDS, UCLA AA. She has been awarded “Top Dentist”, is a top Invisalign Provider, certified provider of Kor Whitening, Perio Protect, and Laser dentistry. She is one of the few dentists who uses a microscope with every procedure. She prides herself on using exceptional high end labs that is a huge differentiator for her quality of technical dentistry. With an inexhaustible commitment to learning and an uncompromising desire to provide the highest quality of treatment to patients, Dr. Stephenson continues to expand her skills and education, often completing six times the amount of continuing education required for annual licensure. Her recent studies have focused on Advanced Occlusion, Esthetics, Orthodontics and new prevention opportunities
Dr. Stephenson has practiced in the San Francisco Bay area since 1995. She built a large practice from scratch in downtown San Francisco. In 2009 she sold the practice to be closer to home with her two boys. She started another practice here in Walnut Creek in 2010. Forever grateful for the experience in downtown San Francisco, she now enjoys living and working in the same community where she lives.
A Colorado native originally, she grew up in the Danville area from age 10 on and headed South for college earning an undergraduate degree in physiology from University of California at Santa Barbara. She loves living in this area again near longtime friends and her family.
Dr. Stephenson’s scientific curiosity and eye for fine detail complement her natural ability to relate to people and communicate her love for dentistry. Passionate about her career, she tries to inspire a joy for learning and giving back in her kids and is a fully engaged mom. In addition to assisting and guiding, and challenging her college and young adult children, she loves spending leisure time with the love of her life, Mark. They share her enthusiasm for snow and water sports, biking, travel, good food, and music. Often the most fun is enjoyed taking a breath, relaxing and just being together.
