Dr. Pakwan Varapongsittikul, DDS
About Dr. Pakwan Varapongsittikul
Prosthodontist
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DDS
Dr. Pakwan Varapongsittikul is an board-certified Prosthodontist. She received a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, Thailand. She then received her Certificate in Prosthodontics and a Master of Science in Dentistry degree from the University of Washington.
In addition to being a key member of the team at ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, she also is active teaching as an affiliate assistant professor at the University of Washington graduate prosthodontics program.
Dr. Varapongsittikul is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a member of the American college of Prosthodontists, Academy of osseointegration, American Dental Association and the Dental Council of Thailand.
Srinakharinwirot University Bangkok Thailand, DDS
October 2020
English, Mandarin, Thai
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