Dr. Casagrande moved to Tucson in 2004.  Prior to that, she served as an assistant professor at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry and the assistant program director of the oral surgery residency program at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA.  She received her dental degree from the University of the Pacific and completed her training in oral and maxillofacial surgery and obtained her medical degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, California.  She is board certified and a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.  She maintains hospital privileges at Tucson Medical Center.  She is a member of the American, Arizona and Southern Arizona Dental Associations and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.