Most oral surgeons stop at teeth. Dr. André-David Kahwach sees the whole person. Trained at two of the West Coast's most demanding programs — earning his dental degree with honors from UCSF and completing a grueling six-year dual-degree residency at Loma Linda where he also earned his medical degree — he operates with a depth of knowledge that separates him from providers who learned implants in a weekend course.
That difference matters when four titanium posts are the only thing standing between you and a lifetime of confident eating, speaking, and smiling.
Two Degrees. One Mission.
The path Dr. Kahwach chose is the long one. A DDS from UC San Francisco — earned with honors — gave him command of dental anatomy, occlusion, and prosthetic design. His MD from Loma Linda University added hospital-based training in general surgery, emergency medicine, and advanced anesthesia. His oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Loma Linda fused both disciplines into a single surgical skill set that lets him manage everything from routine All-on-4 implant cases to the complex bone reconstruction and zygomatic implant placements that other surgeons refer out.
This dual-degree foundation is not decorative. When a patient arrives with a medical history involving diabetes, blood thinners, osteoporosis, or prior radiation therapy, Dr. Kahwach reads the medical picture with the fluency of a physician — because he is one.
Why He Fixes What Others Break
Roughly four out of every ten patients who walk through the door at Granite Bay Oral Surgery arrive with a problem someone else created. A chain-center All-on-4 that never integrated. An acrylic bridge from a dental tourism trip that cracked within a year. Implants placed by a general dentist who lacked the CBCT imaging or surgical training to anticipate the anatomy beneath the gum line.
Dr. Kahwach has built his revision practice on the belief that these patients deserve better than being told "nothing can be done." Using advanced diagnostics, bone reconstruction techniques, and when necessary, zygomatic implants that bypass deteriorated bone entirely, he routinely restores function for patients who have exhausted their options elsewhere. The published literature supports his outcomes — replacement implants placed after proper diagnosis achieve a 96.7% survival rate at one year.
The 24-Hour Promise
Dr. Kahwach performs every phase of your treatment under one roof. CBCT scanning, digital smile design, guided implant surgery, and zirconia prosthetic fabrication all happen in-house. No referrals to outside labs. No months in temporary teeth. You arrive with a failing dentition and leave the next morning with permanent zirconia teeth designed and milled overnight in his own laboratory.
He insists on monolithic zirconia as the standard material for every case — not as a premium upgrade, but because the clinical evidence overwhelmingly favors it over acrylic for long-term survival, hygiene, and aesthetics.
An Artist's Eye
Before he ever held a scalpel, Dr. Kahwach studied painting and sculpture. That background shaped the way he approaches smile design — not as a mechanical exercise of fitting teeth into a jaw, but as an act of restoring proportion, symmetry, and natural beauty to a face. The patients who notice the difference are the ones who tell him their new smile looks like it has always been theirs.
Beyond Granite Bay
Dr. Kahwach's commitment to oral surgery extends well past the Sacramento region. He has provided surgical care through medical and dental missions in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East — experiences that reinforced his conviction that excellent care should never be rushed, impersonal, or inaccessible. He brings that same philosophy to every consultation at Granite Bay, whether the patient drives ten minutes from Roseville or flies in from out of state.
Credentials at a Glance
DDS — University of California, San Francisco (Honors)
MD — Loma Linda University
OMS Residency — Loma Linda University (6-year dual-degree program)
Advanced Anesthesia Training — IV sedation and general anesthesia certified
Full-scope practice: dental implants, full-arch restoration, orthognathic surgery, facial trauma, cosmetic facial procedures, bone grafting, sinus augmentation
Schedule a free consultation with Dr. Kahwach — including a complimentary 3D CBCT scan, digital smile preview, and transparent pricing. Call (916) 555-1234.