Dr. Christopher Duhn
Board Certified Prosthodontist - DDS, FACP
Dr. Christopher Duhn is a San Francisco native with family roots in the city spanning three generations. He attended Saint Ignatius for high school, then UCLA for college, where he graduated Cum Laude with a BS in Psychobiology . He graduated with his D.D.S. degree in 2015 from the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, graduating with high honors and as a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honors Society.
After graduation, Dr. Duhn spent a year in a General Practice Residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia as well as a year in private practice in Petaluma, before settling on his desired specialty. He moved to Chicago in 2017 to attend the post-graduate Prosthodontics specialty program at the University of Illinois, Chicago. During his three years there, Dr. Duhn acquired the skills to treat patients with the most advanced dental needs.
He served as a Chief Resident in his third year and was board certified by the American Board of Prosthodontics soon after graduation.
Dr. Duhn now enjoys treating the full range of patients, from everyday preventative and restorative care to complete mouth rehabilitations. He enjoys employing a combination of classic and contemporary techniques, keeping esthetics and a natural look always in mind.
He currently teaches part-time as a Clinical Associate Professor at his alma mater, the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry.
In his free time, Dr. Duhn enjoys cooking and baking at home, mountain biking, golfing, shooting archery, and camping outdoors. He is excited to join his father, Dr. Stafford Duhn, as an Associate Dentist at Pacific Dental Associates and looks forward to providing the highest level of care for his patients!
Scope of Practice: General preventative and restorative dentistry (crowns, fillings, etc), Veneers / Cosmetic Dentistry, Extractions and Implants, Digital Dentistry, Full Mouth Rehabilitations, Dentures/Partial Dentures, Fixed complete (All-on-4) prostheses.
Dental Societies: American College of Prosthodontics, American Board of Prosthodontics Certified Diplomate, American Dental Association, California Dental Association, San Francisco Dental Society, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) Honors Society, Tau Kappa Omega (TKO) Honors Society,
Awards: Nichols Dental Occlusion Scholarship 2018, International College of Dentists Humanitarian Award 2015, Operative Dentistry Excellence award 2013
Publication: Duhn C, Thalji G, Al-Tarwaneh S, Cooper LF. A digital approach to robust and esthetic implant overdenture construction. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2021 Jan;33(1):118-126. doi: 10.1111/jerd.12711. Epub 2021 Jan 23. PMID: 33484047.