JUSTINE HODA HAI, DDS, MS - Home
Background and Credentials
Dr. Hai is a board-eligible periodontist who received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery with
Honors at the distinguished State University of New York at Buffalo. She then went on to
complete an Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency at the esteemed UCLA Venice
Dental Center and a Periodontics Specialty at the prestigious UCSF School of Dentistry where
she also received a Master's in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences.
Dr. Hai served as the program director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Residency Program at UCLA Venice Dental Center and now continues to enjoy teaching
residents part-time.
She has received numerous awards including the California Society of
Periodontists Outstanding Graduate Research Award and the Global Oral Health Research
Fellowship for her research on antibiotics in periodontics, which is published in the Journal of
Periodontology. She has a broad range of experience from academia to community dentistry to
private practice and with that she brings a greater degree of caring and compassion.
As a periodontist, implant specialist, and all-on-4 specialist, she is specially trained to revitalize your
gums, rebuild lost bone, and replace missing teeth with implants including same day smile
reconstructions. Beyond her ability to provide excellent dentistry, Dr. Hai is passionate about
providing cutting-edge care and alternatives for patients who may not be candidates for certain
surgical procedures. Dr. Hai provides ceramic dental implants, gummy smile lip repositioning,
gum lifts and contouring, minimally invasive gum grafting and more!
In her free time, Dr. Hai enjoys spending time with her family and friends, taking care of her cat
and dogs, playing board games like Setters of Catan, enjoying nature and being involved in
community service.
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