Photo by Matthew Antony, DDS Kaiser Permanente, Sunset Dental Office

Our Mission:

PDA's mission is to provide the best oral health care to every patient through evidence-based dentistry within a group practice setting.

Our Values:

INTEGRITY

We are uncompromising, principled, and rigorously honest, with all our actions in support of our vision. It means we are trustworthy and committed.

Integrity = Commitment

QUALITY

We provide care that is peer-reviewed and evidence based. It is timely care that is patient centered, resulting in proven health outcomes.

Quality = Health Outcomes

CLARITY

We are consistent, focused and disciplined, and our actions are aligned with our vision. Clarity is clear, concise communication.

Clarity = Transparency

COLLABORATION

We are committed to inclusive, selfless, respectful teamwork. Collaboration is listening with an openness to dialogue.

Collaboration = Teamwork

INNOVATION

We are inquisitive, creative, energetic and forward-thinking. Innovation is implementing at the leading edge of knowledge, adding to the body of evidence that will be shaping our vision.

Innovation = Creativity x Risk Taking

Our Vision:

Permanente Dental Associates has a vision that is the focus of all of our activities.

We are uncompromising in our quality and we are dedicated to exceptional personalized care and service. PDA is internationally recognized for our leadership in oral health research, integrating medical with dental services, and our evidence-based approach to care. These foundational principles lead to the improved health and well being of our patients.

Patients:

Patients appreciate the personalized care and the service we deliver. We are committed to uncompromised quality and our patients know it.

Dentists:

We reinvest in the professional development of ourselves and our colleagues through education, training and mentoring, thereby improving the skills we need to be successful. We offer services that we believe in.

We have multiple career and practice opportunities allowing the right fit for all excellent dentists. This is a stimulating, rewarding, and satisfying career option where challenges are viewed as opportunities. Everyone here has a voice and it is heard with respect.

The market and finances:

PDA is financially successful. Success is based on our ability to challenge the status quo and proceed forward in new directions. Flexibility to change, fluidity, and rapid response are hallmarks of this organization with a team focused approach.

Staff / Offices:

Our staff members see the dentists as leaders and they are proud to be part of a team providing such great service. They understand that success is built on working together as a team. Excellence is expected and it is rewarded.