Dr. Chris Leyster, DDS

Dr. Leyster is a board-certified pediatric dental specialist. He attended the University of Washington, Seattle where he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. While in dental school he was consistently selected to represent the entire University of Washington School of Dentistry at numerous national and international symposiums and conferences. In addition, he served as the President of the Student Research Group and was involved in many outreach opportunities to provide dental services and education for those with extensive needs and limited access. It was at this time he developed a passion for serving children and chose to pursue a specialty in Advanced Pediatric Dentistry. Upon achievement of his doctorate degree in dentistry he relocated to Los Angeles to complete his pediatric dental specialty residency at the prestigious University of Southern California, and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital of Long Beach.

During his residency he received extensive training in a wide range of modern behavior management techniques, proficiency in providing dental care for patients with special healthcare needs, and expansive experience providing sedation dentistry and hospital based dentistry at the world renowned Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and Children’s Hospital of Orange County.