Dr. Arash Hakhamian, known as “Dr. Arash”, is one of the most widely recognized and respected doctors of dental surgery focusing his time and energy in teaching dentists advanced clinical procedures and providing life-changing dentistry to his patients locally and internationally. Dr. Arash also serves as a consultant and teacher to current dentists on how to improve the efficiency and standards of their practice to better serve their patients. Dr. Arash comes from a family of medical doctors and dentists and as such sees the mouth and oral health as one integral piece of a connected system affecting and working with other parts of the body. The longstanding tradition of community service and philanthropy exemplified by previous generations in his family motivated Dr. Arash to continue his heritage helping better the lives of others through the practice of medicine within the field of dental surgery.   Dr. Arash’s passion for dentistry began as a child where he spent much of his childhood hanging out and helping out in his father’s dental office. His mother spent the majority of her graduate studies as a nurse and later as a midwife delivery babies at the major hospital in her country. Dr. Arash’s passion for public service was influenced by his mother’s affiliations with a multitude of charities and service programs to help others in need. Academia and education are a priority in his family and his father was picked as a #1 student in his entire University and was sent to meet the King of his country to receive an award for his academic accomplishments. In the 1980’s, his family moved to Germany and then Austria and finally to the United States where they have spent the majority of their lives. Dr. Arash has a younger brother Dr. Ash Hakhamian who is a surgeon in the field of veterinarian medicine who also graduated from UCLA. His youngest brother, Dr. Ardy Hakhamian is also a dentist and doctor of dental surgery who graduated with honors from UCLA and attended the prestigious USC School of Dentistry. His youngest sibling is currently studying dental hygiene at USC and will soon complete her education and join the rest of the family as a dental professional.   Dr. Arash was a three sport varsity athlete in high school and started on the varsity football, varsity basketball, and varsity volleyballs teams in his high school. He graduated with top departmental honors, Latin honors, and college honors with nearly a 4.0 GPA from UCLA. He was immediately accepted to one the world’s best dental schools, USC School of Dentistry, where he graduated with honors and received one of the most prestigious awards as the top student in caring for patients with advanced medical and physical disabilities. Dr. Arash had the honor and privilege of studying under the mentorship of Dr. Stanley Malamed (world leader in Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia), Dr. Pascal Magne (world leader in Bio-mimetics and aesthetic dentistry), Dr. Hessam Nowzari and Homa Zadeh (world leading surgeons and Periodontists) and Dr. Glenn Clark (world renowned figure in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine) amongst others. After his graduation from USC School of Dentistry, he was accepted to the renowned UCLA AEGD department and decided to go into private practice with his father who practiced in Beverly Hills for over a decade.   Dr. Arash immediately established his own rapidly growing practice in Beverly Hills on the famous “Diamond Triangle” in the Roxbury Medical Building. Over the next several years Dr. Arash traveled around the world and trained under some of the world’s best surgeons learning the most advanced surgical techniques for extractions, dental implants, bone grafting and bio mimetics. With advanced clinical knowledge and understanding of surgical and restorative techniques, Dr. Arash is uniquely capable of evaluating, diagnosing and restoring a patients dental needs from beginning to end with consideration to the interdisciplinary approach of holistic dentis