As your periodontist, Dr. Violetta Kenigsberg’s focus is on how to address your specific needs and provide you with the best dental care possible. She feels that dental care is a team effort, and we will work together in order to keep your teeth and gums healthy so you can keep smiling!
When Dr. Kenigsberg was just eight years old, she and her family immigrated to Los Angeles from Latvia. She attended UCLA before pursuing her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. She then didher Advanced Education in Periodontics at the NYU College of Dentistry. She has 6 years experience as a Periodontist and has joined Dr. Semyon Segal’s dental office in November of 2019. Her favorite part of her new position is getting to work with such an amazing team as she addresses the periodontal needs of the community!
Dr. Kenigsberg actually met her husband while she attending dental school in New York. Like her, he was an immigrant who moved to Brooklyn, NY from Ukraine with his family when he was seven years old. Together, they lived in New York for eight years together and had a beautiful daughter named Renee there. In October of 2015, they decided to move to Los Angeles, where their second daughter Nicole was born. She holds great pride in her career and her family. Outside of work, her hobbies include reading, theatre, exercising, traveling, and playing pretend with my two daughters and husband. and husband. When she is not wearing scrubs and a white coat, she is busy being a superhero.
Memberships / Associations:
- American Dental Association
- California Dental Association
- American Academy of Periodontology
Achievements:
- Deans List
- Annual Jay S. Seibert Tri-School Symposium:
Presentation on Successful Socket Management
Awards:
- USC Mobile Dental Clinic Volunteer Award
Skills:
Experienced in the full scope of periodontics including:
- Esthetic Crown Lengthening
- Functional Crown Lengthening
- Esthetic Root Coverage Procedures
- Periodontal Bone Regeneration
- Pocket Reduction Surgery
- Minimally Traumatic Surgical Extraction Therapy with Socket Repair Grafting
- All aspects of simple through complex Dental Implant Therapy