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Dr. Katherine Ahn Wallace

DDS, Diplomate, American Sleep and Breathing Academy

Dr. Ahn Wallace is an airway aesthetic dentist, an educator and the founder of Aviara Centers. For more than 30 years she has cared for patients across dentistry, airway development, sleep, craniofacial pain, orthodontics and pediatric growth, with a single aim: helping people feel better from the inside out.

Dr. Katherine Ahn Wallace in her white coat

Education and training

She earned her doctor of dental surgery degree at the UCLA School of Dentistry and completed her pediatric dental residency at UCLA. Since then she has kept learning, with post-graduate training that follows the same thread through every part of her work: how breathing, the jaw and the whole body grow and function together.

  1. Cosmetic and neuromuscular dentistry LVI
  2. Craniofacial pain and TMJ therapy mini residency AACP
  3. Sleep and TMJ mini residency TMJ Sleep Therapy Centre (TMJSTC)
  4. Orthopedic and orthodontic training LVI, FBI, TMJSTC, Full-Face Ortho
  5. Orofacial myofunctional therapy Joy Moeller, Myobrace, LVI
  6. Functional frenuloplasty residency The Breathe Institute, affiliate
  7. Biological and holistic dentistry integrations
  8. Regenerative aesthetic medicine, PRF and advanced laser aesthetics

Care that sees the whole person

Breathing, posture, lifestyle, oral health and aesthetics are inseparable. Real wellness comes when each one is understood and cared for together.

That belief is why Aviara brings twelve connected divisions together under one roof: airway-centered dentistry, lifestyle and functional medicine, pediatric development, emotional wellbeing and regenerative aesthetics.

Professional memberships

  • American Dental Association (ADA)
  • California Dental Association (CDA)
  • Orange County Dental Society (OCDS)
  • American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD)
  • International Association for Orthodontics (IAO)
  • American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACP)
  • American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM)
  • American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA)
  • American Academy of Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH)

Beyond the practice

Dr. Ahn Wallace is a clinician and a mother, and she founded OCCares, a nonprofit that helps young people grow through compassionate social entrepreneurship. The same heart-centered, whole-person approach shapes every part of Aviara.

Meet the rest of our team

Begin with a conversation

Tell us what you are noticing, and Dr. Ahn Wallace and our team will help you decide where to start.

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