Dr. Richard D Howes, DDS

Dr. Howes has dedicated his life to high quality, technologically advanced dental services and treating his patients with respect and individual care. This dedication coupled with a commitment to his adopted home town of Livermore, where he has been a resident since 1985, prompted him to move his practice from Fremont where he had practiced for over 20 years to establish a unique type of dental practice. This practice has allowed Dr. Howes to provide his patients with a blend of services that no other practice offers.Dr. Howes graduated from University of the Pacific Dental School in San Francisco in 1983 and since then has completed hundreds of hours of advanced education. These include completion of a mastership in Occlusion and Neuromuscular dentistry as well as the comprehensive aesthetic reconstruction courses from the world renowned, Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. Closer to home, he has completed courses with the Pacific Aesthetic Continuum in San Francisco, …which dealt with posterior reconstruction and advanced courses in periodontal surgery completed at the University of the Pacific Dental School. In addition, Dr. Howes has more recently undergone extensive training with the placement and restoration of dental implants. He has been an instructor with the California Implant Institute since 2017 and has been teaching hands on surgery at the Institute Clinic in Rosarita Beach, Mexico since then. Dr. Howes is a member of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and is a Fellow of the International Congress or Oral Implantology. Dr. Howes has also been an active member of both the Academy of Laser Dentistry and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry for a number of years. The excitement and the reward that occurs with the creation of a beautiful smile that will improve someone's dental health and provide a life changing transformation of their self-image is very exciting and continues to inspire us here at Smiles by Design.