Jeffrey Light, D.D.S.
Dentistry
Offices: Sacramento
Dr Light received his B.S. from UC Irvine and his DDS degree from Loyola School Of Dentistry in Maywood, Ill. He completed a general practice residency at Wadsworth V.A Hospital in Los Angeles and a prosthodontic residency at the V.A. Hospital in San Francisco. His practice focuses on prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics as well as treatment of patient’s with TMJ disorders. He is also an expert in the area of xerostomia or “dry mouth” He has provided medical legal evaluations in all these areas for more than 15 years.
Dr. Light is a Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve and was Chief of Dental Services for the 349 Areospace Medical Unit at Travis Air Force Base for 8 years, which is responsible for the dental health of more than 3,000 Air Force Reservists. He enjoys bike riding and camping with his family in his spare time.
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BUSINESS
Private practice; Limited to prosthodontics & maxillofacial prosthetics
2650-21st Street, Suite 3
Sacramento, CA. 95818
EDUCATION
Long Beach City College, Long Beach 6/73-6/75 AA Degree
University of California, Irvine 9/75-6/77 BS Degree
Loyola School of Dentistry, Maywood, IL 9/77-5/81 DDS Degree
General Practice Residency, Wadsworth VA Hospital, Los Angeles 7/81-6/82 Certificate
Prosthodontics Residency, San Francisco 7/82-6/84 Certificate
LICENSURE
Licensed to practice dentistry – California #30381
PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Private practice: Prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics
Colonel, United States Air Force Reserves
Chief of Dental Services
349th Aerospace Medical Squadron
Travis AFB, CA
APPOINTMENTS
Qualified Medical Evaluator
CPR – Basic Instructor Trainer
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
Omicron Kappa Epsilon – elected member – 1981
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Dental Association
California Dental Association
Sacramento District Dental Society
American College of Prosthodontics
Sutter Implant Group, Sacramento
COMMUNITY SERVICES
American Cancer Society, Chairman Oral Cancer Screening Program, 1985 -1988
Board of Directors, 1987 -1989
PRESENTATIONS:
1994 “Dental Implants – Treatment Planning”
Sutter Dental Implant Study Club, Sacramento
1992 “Esthetic Considerations of Dental Implants”
Implant Study Club, Sacramento
1991 “Removal Partial Denture Design”
American River Study Club, Sacramento
1988 “TMJ Dysfunction”
American Association of Women Dentists, Sacramento Chapter, Sacramento
1986 “Smokeless: The Story Behind It”
American Career Society, Sacramento
1985 “Denture Liners”
Sacramento District Dental Society, Midwinter Convention
1983 “Rotational Path Partial Dentures”
California Dental Association, Semi-annual Convention
1983 “Survey Course”
VA Hospital, San Francisco
1982 “Major Connector Design for Removable Partial Dentures”
California Dental Association, Semi-annual Convention, Anaheim