Frank L. Pavel, D.M.D. attended Gonzaga University and then completed Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed one year of post-doctoral studies in anesthesiology at Ohio State University Medical Center and trained in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center. He has been in the private practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery in San Diego since 1984 and has placed more than 9,000 dental implants. Dr. Frank L. Pavel is a fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the past president of the San Diego Surgical Society.