OC Lakes Dental
Dr. Aaron Takigawa is an Orange County native, playing AYSO, youth basketball, and trumpet in the school bands, and frequenting the beaches up and down the coastline. He was introduced to dentistry very early on, for its roots in both science and art, and started shadowing professionally while still a student at Northwood High School.
One of Dr. Takigawa’s most cherished and rewarding memories of dental school was participating in mobile dental clinics in the rural Philippines, in which 1700+ people received dental care for the first time in their lives. With so many people in need and limited contact time with each, the team worked hard to bring a more ongoing impact. The solution was to connect with local missionaries who were living there long term and could raise the collective health literacy of the rural towns.
This experience led Dr. Takigawa to continue on with underserved populations, working at community health centers in San Diego.
With these in memory, Dr. Takigawa aims to provide dentistry of the highest quality while still accessible to people of all walks of life. His passion is the relationship – positive, lasting impact in more ways than just "drill and fill."