LOVING DENTISTRY - Key Persons

Dr. David Au-Yeung is a board certified periodontist. Originally from San Francisco, David attended Tufts Dental School in Boston. Upon completing dental school, where he earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), David completed a one-year General Practice Residency at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. As part of the residency, the hospital promoted a wide variety of clinical experiences in a hospital setting, among them are oral implantology, emergency medicine, oral surgery, restorative dentistry, and a comprehensive didactic program. David then moved to Portland, Oregon to attend the 3-year Periodontal Program at Oregon Health and Science University. It is during this time in Portland that he fell in love with the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and moved to Seattle. With an easy-going, fun-loving attitude, David is compassionate about providing the best periodontal care. David is part of numerous dental associations and attends many meetings to keep abreast of the latest technologies. David enjoys traveling, leisure reading, eating, and the great outdoors.

Dr. Joannie Chu is a native San Diegan. She was raised in La Mesa and attended Helix High School. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Physiology and went on to earn her doctorate in dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts in 2003. Immediately upon graduation she moved back home to southern California and had been in private practice in San Diego for 11 years. Before moving to Washington and joining Loving Dentistry, Dr. Chu had the opportunity to work with many other very talented and skilled dental professionals, an experience which has greatly enhanced her knowledge and clinical skills.