Dr. Derek Duong DMD is an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. With over 24 years of practicing dentistry, Dr. Duong's main focus and vision concentrate in comprehensive restorative dentistry to treat bite or occlusal disease, surgical 3D guided and non guided implant dentistry, Surgical Operating microscope (SOM) enhanced dentistry, Autologous growth factors application in oral surgery and implant dentistry, minimal invasive autologous connective tissue graft, vestibule tunelling soft and hard tissue graft, advance bone or soft tissue manipulating, and AI powered clear aligners or Invisalign.  Dr Duong graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston in 2001. Prior to dental school, Dr Duong attended University of California in Irvine and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1995. While in college and dental school, Dr Duong worked as a Phlebotomist for 7 years at Pacifica Community Hospital (Huntington Beach, CA), Hoag Hospital (Newport Beach, CA), and New England Medical Center (Boston, MA) and has performed over 25,000 venipuntures. After graduated from dental school, Dr Duong established "Coastal Dental Group" in 2002 and holds a Patent in Augmented Reality in Dental Surgery (Patent Pending).

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Our mission statement at CDG is to provide thorough dental information necessary for you as a patient to make an informed decision in order to obtain proper dental treatment that is ideal for you and meet your budget. Our love for dentistry and our commitment to providing the highest standard of care for our patients will afford us the motivation to serve to the best of our ability. The opportunity to serve our community, to relay to our patients the knowledge attained from our education, and to ensure that you have the full understanding before a treatment decision is made are our main focus as clinicians. We are conveniently serving MILE dentistry in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Newport Coast, Crystal Cove, Corona Del Mar, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Orange and Tustin, California. We look forward to seeing you and your family soon!