Dr. William Dorfman, DDS, FAACD

Expert Publications

• News from Procter and Gamble (P&G) introducing Crest Whitestrips, their new over-the-counter whitening product.
• Achieving anterior aesthetics with an anti-rotational abutment.
• A real-life Hollywood success story: how extreme makeovers can make you a star.
• Treating dental disharmony with mixed media.
• Immediate orthodontics with porcelain veneers.
• Beaming the news.
• Inexpensive high-quality full-face patient photographs.
• Aesthetic provisionals for porcelain veneers.
• How to design smile styles for cosmetic dentistry.
• Sub-opaquing tetracycline stains to attain aesthetic porcelain veneers.

Media Releases

Get to know Dentist Dr. William Dorfman, who serves patients in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles-based dentist Dr. William Dorfman of Century City Aesthetic Dentistry creates some of the most beautiful smiles in the world. He offers cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, Invisalign, sedation dentistry, general dentistry and much more to patients of all walks of life in the greater Los Angeles area and all over Southern California.

As a 1980 graduate from UCLA, he was honored with the prestigious “UCLA Outstanding Senior Award.” He then received his dental degree in 1983 from the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, where he was one of the youngest graduates ever to receive his doctorate degree. Upon graduation, he completed a two-year residency at a dental hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1985, he returned to the United States & established his private practice in aesthetic & general dentistry.

On a professional level, Dr. Dorfman is an active member of the American Dental Association & is one of only 100 Fellows in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (FAACD). In addition, he is a world-renowned lecturer & author of the best-selling cosmetic dentistry book, The Smile Guide and the NY Times bestseller, Billion Dollar Smile.

The innovative & accomplished doctor is also renowned in his field as an energy-brimming inventor & brilliant entrepreneur who has brought award-winning innovations to the world of dentistry. In 1989, at the age of 30, he formed the hugely successful company, Discus Dental, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer & distributor of tooth-whitening, oral hygiene & aesthetic dental products. Here, he helped develop such ground-breaking professional take-home teeth whitening products as Nite White, Day White, BreathRx, Zoom! , and Brite Smile.

Affectionately known as “America’s Dentist,” Dr. Dorfman is widely recognized world-wide as a leading dentist who is responsible for creating smiles for many of Hollywood’s brightest stars. In fact, he has become a star in his own right as the featured dentist on the hit ABC series, “Extreme Makeover,” where he performed amazing dental transformations on the show’s participants as well as a recurring guest co-host on the new Emmy Winning daytime CBS talk show, “The Doctors.”

Furthermore, he has been interviewed extensively for numerous television shows & magazines, including ABC’s Good Morning America, The View, Oprah, CNN’s Larry King Live, NBC’s The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dr. Phil, The Rachael Ray Show, Steve Harvey Show, FABLife, The Doctors, The Tyra Banks Show, Ricki Lake Show, Entertainment Tonight, MTV’s The Osbournes & Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, The Wayne Brady Show, The Sharon Osbourne Show, Living It Up! With Ali & Jack, EXTRA, Soap Talk, Access Hollywood & E! Entertainment Television.

Dentistry, also known as Dental and Oral Medicine, is a branch of medicine that consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity. Dentists diagnose and treat dental issues and help patients develop better oral hygiene regimens. They clean teeth, correct bite issues, perform surgeries and extractions, and perform other duties to ensure that the teeth and mouth are healthy.

Dr. Dorfman’s humanitarian & philanthropic involvement has led to his being honored with 14 Lifetime Achievement Awards in addition to 2 Guinness World Book records. He was also Knighted by the Royal Order of Constantine in 2018.

When he is away from his busy dental office, he enjoys spending time with his three daughters, family and friends. His personal fitness regime includes a strict, healthy diet and outdoor activities that include water & snow skiing, biking, climbing, swimming & scuba diving. 

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