Meet Kent Akin, DDS

Periodontal Specialist

Dr. Kent Akin is a specialist in periodontics and focuses treatment on periodontal disease, hard and soft tissue augmentation and dental implantology.

He received his Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences at the University of San Diego. He pursued a Masters degree in Public Health from Drexel University, after which, he attended the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Dr. Akin continued his dental education with a post-doctoral residency in advanced periodontics and implant dentistry at the Veterans Affairs Hospital of West Los Angeles/UCLA Medical Center.

His residency had an emphasis on medically-compromised patients, full-mouth rehabilitation, interdisciplinary periodontal-prosthodontics reconstructive therapy, and full-arch implant treatment. He is trained in moderate IV sedation in order to help treat individuals with dental anxiety.

Dr. Akin is a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Academy of Osseointegration and the California Society of Periodontics.