Dr. Natasha A Lee
After graduating from the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in 2000, Natasha had a vision of building a dental practice in her own neighborhood with a focus on providing high quality, comprehensive, preventive and restorative patient care. She founded Better Living Through Dentistry in 2002 and earned the praise of the San Francisco community by being voted Best Dentist by readers of both the San Francisco Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Besides being passionate about educating her patients about achieving and maintaining oral health, Natasha is also passionate about educating future dentists. She is an assistant professor at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry where she spent over a decade teaching restorative dental techniques and now course directs the practice management and dental jurisprudence curriculum, earning awards for excellence in teaching and for innovation in dental education.
Natasha has served on boards and councils for the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, and the San Francisco Dental Society as an advocate and voice for patients and dental health professionals. She is a past president of the California Dental Association and serves on Governor Newsom's Business and Jobs Recovery Task Force.
She is committed to volunteerism locally in California and has traveled abroad with her dental students to provide dental care to underserved people in Peru, Costa Rica, Fiji, and the Philippines. Natasha has been recognized by her peers for her dedication to the dental profession, ethics, and for advancement of oral health, by being inducted into professional honor societies including the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Honor Society, The Pierre Fauchard Academy, The International College of Dentists, and The American College of Dentists.
Besides everything dentistry, Natasha loves to spend time traveling, hiking, and scuba diving with her significant other Mike. She also enjoys quiet time for reading, yoga, and pilates.