Airway, advanced restorative, and implants. Each taught hands-on, with real mentorship, not lectures.
A 32-day clinical residency in airway-focused dentistry, from first diagnosis through a full year of mentored patient care. Built by Dr. Cruz and Dr. Stevenson.
Four decades of restorative teaching at UCLA, distilled into a seven-course path. From foundational occlusion and anterior esthetics to complex full-mouth rehabilitation, taught chairside with your own cases.
Explore Master Path →A six-month residency placing implants on live patients. From treatment planning and surgery to grafting and the final restoration, with mentored surgery and digital workflows throughout.
Explore Implant Continuum →“Airway lectures always made sense until I got back to my office. The Study Club let me bring my own patient cases to Dr. Cruz and Dr. Stevenson, and real-time feedback from them changed my clinical confidence.”
“I used to overtreat symptoms. Now I'm confident finding and treating the real problem.”
“I used to refer out every implant case, afraid of surgical complications. I placed my first live implant under a mentor's direct supervision, and now I do surgeries in my own practice without hesitation.”
Real patients, real cases, and a mentor at your shoulder until the technique is yours.
Roughly 70% of every program is hands-on, with guided repetition until you can do it on your own.
Enrollment is limited so every clinician gets direct feedback, not a seat in an auditorium.
You join a community of clinicians and faculty who stay with you well past the final session.
The apprenticeship that built great dentists is disappearing. For generations, clinicians learned beside a master in small study clubs, hands on real cases. As those mentors retired and training moved to lecture halls, that path nearly vanished. We exist to bring it back.
We don't just teach techniques. We teach the judgment that tells you when to use them, and the confidence to do it on a real patient.
Each program is led personally by the faculty who built it.
17 years Chair of Restorative Dentistry at UCLA. Four-time Teacher of the Year and ADA Golden Apple recipient.
Pioneer of airway-focused dentistry and founder of the Airway Collaborative. Fifteen-plus years in airway and sleep.
UCLA-trained implant surgeon leading the implant residency: treatment planning, live surgery, grafting, and digital workflows.
Licensed dentists and specialists at any stage of career, from new graduates to experienced clinicians. Master Path serves dentists building restorative mastery, Airway Nexus serves those building an airway-focused practice, and the Implant Continuum serves clinicians adding surgical and restorative implant skills.
Yes. Stevenson Dental Solutions is an ADA CERP and AGD PACE recognized provider. Credits apply to all courses. The complete Airway Nexus program delivers 256 CE credits and the Implant Continuum delivers 108.
At Stevenson Dental Solutions, 570 East Arrow Highway, Suite B, San Dimas, California.
Many courses can be taken individually as space allows. Master Path, Airway Nexus, and the Implant Continuum each follow their own sequencing, detailed on each program page.
A year-long residency is a serious commitment. Start with a conversation with Dr. Cruz and Dr. Stevenson, and find out if it is the right fit.