Dr. Matthew Young, DDS
About Dr. Young
Dr. Young founded Young Dental SF Group in 2007 providing excellent comprehensive care to the Bay Area Community. His focus is on reconstructive dentistry, Esthetics and Surgery. He is dedicated to patient comfort and excellent quality of care. Dr. Young is a specialist in Implant Dentistry and has 25 years of experience with the surgical and restorative phases.
He is the current President of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID). He is also an Honored Fellow of American Academy of Implant Dentistry and serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. In the AAID he has also served as President of the Western District, Western District Trustee, National Program Committee and the Admissions and Credentialing Committee. Dr. Young is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/ Implant Dentistry. Dr. Matthew Young is in Private Practice in Downtown San Francisco focusing on Implant Dentistry and Comprehensive Care. Here he is the Director of the Bay Area Implant Synergy which trains dentists on the surgical and restorative phases of implant dentistry through hands-on and didactic training. He runs courses in the Bay Area, Nationally and Internationally. Matthew R. Young DDS, earned his dental degree from the University of Buffalo, New York, graduating with honors. During his dental training, Dr. Young earned several awards for his clinical excellence including the Snow Award, Fumia Award and Jaunch Award. An award that he earned that he is particularly proud of is the Labenski Scholarship. The award attributes include, “The desire to learn the maximum without compromising patient care, ethics, interactions with peers and faculty; The person everyone would call a friend.” He completed a General Practice Residency Program at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA and was awarded with the Resident of the Year Award. He also served as a clinical attending for Implant Dentistry.
Dr. Matthew R. Young is a volunteer with the International Group Operation Smile on Medical and Dental Missions. He also gives talks and creates awareness for cleft lip and palate treatments as well as dental care abroad. Dr. Matthew Young has served as the President of the San Francisco Dental Society. He also has served as a Delegate for the California Dental Association. He also volunteers locally contributing to Project Homeless Connect, CDA Cares and Kindergarten Screenings. He has been inducted into the International College of Dentists for his humanitarian work. He is also honored to be a 2015 Wall of Fame Inductee to his high School Sweet Home High School in Buffalo, NY. Matthew Young lives San Francisco, CA and enjoys spending time with his wife, coaching his son’s San Francisco Little League baseball team and All-Star Teams. He also enjoyed coaching his daughter’s soccer team before she became too good for his experience. Now he enjoys rooting for her on the sidelines.
Matthew R. Young, DDS
- President – American Academy of Implant Dentistry
- Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/ Implant Dentistry
- Honored Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
- San Francisco Dental Society, Past President
- Fellow International Congress of Oral Implantology
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Dental Degree with Honors
- General Practice Resident & Faculty, Albert Einstein Medical Center- Philadelphia, PA
- National Continuing Education Provider APG/ PACE
- Director, Bay Area Implant Synergy
- Western District of American Academy of Implant Dentistry- Past President
- Operation Smile- Dental and Cleft Palate Volunteer
- California Dental Association, House of Delegates
- SUNY Buffalo School of Dental Medicine 20-year Alumni Chair
- The Pennsylvania State University, Bachelors of Arts
- Lectures Nationally and Internationally on Implant Dentistry
- Sweet Home High School Wall of Fame Inductee 2015
- Private Practice, Downtown San Francisco
- Little League Youth Baseball Coach
- Youth Soccer Coach
One of the greatest things about dentistry is getting to know your patients over a span of years. They become your family, their careers develop, you see them grow up, they watch you age… it’s pretty amazing.
Personal Interests
Outside of work, Dr. Young spends most of his time with his wife, Sokie, and their two incredible children, Joseph and Lily. Together, they love going to the beach and building sandcastles, enjoying all the local parks of San Francisco and the Bay Area and rooting for the Giants. Dr Young is also a proud coach for Joseph’s baseball team in The San Francisco Little League and Lily’s T-Ball coach for the Junior Giants.
