Our goal is to improve the health and quality of life of the community and each individual we treat. We provide conservative, preventive, holistic and personalized care, spending a great deal of time on patient education and understanding of their personal situations.

We offer a broad array of restorative materials and services including root canals, oral and periodontal surgery, cosmetic dentistry-bleaching, reconstructive crowns, bridges and implants, Clear Correct invisible braces and chronic pain-TMJ/TMD treatment. We take pride in and work hard to provide exceptional high quality care.

At the dental office of Steven J. Baldwin, D.D.S. and Cynthia Scipioni, D.D.S., we know the health of your smile is a crucial component of your overall confidence and well-being. Our dentists have extensive experience working with entire families, helping them achieve the best smiles possible. We combine our genuine love of helping people with a passion for offering the latest advancements in dentistry. Doing so allows us to provide the care you can trust to gently solve even your most challenging oral health problems.

We believe that lasting dental health is primarily achieved through proper dental hygiene and prevention. Our San Francisco general dentists work with you to thoroughly educate you about your personal oral health needs. We make sure you fully understand any procedure we're recommending and how to best take care of your teeth at home. By giving you the resources you need to proactively protect the health of your teeth, gums, and jaws, we help you achieve the best smile possible.

Dr. Baldwin and Dr. Scipioni understand that no individual has the same dental problems or genetic makeup. Each person's smile is unique to them. This is why we offer a wide variety of treatment options customized to your needs. Our goal is to find the root cause of any dental issue, repair the problem, and create a plan to maintain your oral health for years to come. We want you to be pain-free and smiling brightly.

'FANTASTIC DENTIST! I 've known Dr. Steve Baldwin for more than 20 years, and he 's just the best. Dr. Baldwin has helped me with everything from basic preventive dentistry, fillings, etc. to crowns, and he 's outstanding at everything he does. He keeps up with all the latest dental research and technology, too. Very nice guy, with a great chair-side manner. Best of all, he doesn 't try to sell you expensive treatments you don 't need, and he 'll give you his honest opinion on anything dental. Highly recommended!'

Regardless of if you're visiting us at our San Francisco or Berkeley location, we are committed to offering you and your family care that you can trust. Our San Francisco general dentists are meticulous about providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for all age groups. We're equipped to provide the answers you're looking for. From the moment you walk through our doors, we'll greet you warmly and make you feel at home.

At the dental office of Steven J. Baldwin, D.D.S. and Cynthia Scipioni, D.D.S., you'll always know we go out of our way to help you achieve optimal oral health. We take a conservative and comprehensive approach when dealing with any issue to ensure you're only getting the care you truly need.

Dr. Baldwin first decided to be a dentist in 5th grade and that focus has driven his life for over 50 years. It has always been his desire to be the best of the best and to offer the most complete high quality comprehensive care to people in a very personalized manner. He works hard to improve the health and quality of life of every patient, and the community at large. During his years of undergraduate studies at San Diego State University he started a community preventive dentistry program, taught human anatomy and was involved in biochemistry research producing one of the first studies to show that chemical evolution is taking place on the planet today. He graduated with a BS in Genetics and a minor in Oceanography. He then did his doctorate studies at the UCSF School of Dentistry where he obtained his DDS degree along with a second BS in Material Sciences. After graduating in 1982 he started in private practice along with becoming an Associate Professor teaching Oral Surgery at USCF School of Dentistry. He also completed a residency program in TMJ /TMD Chronic Head and Neck pain after which he became a qualified medical examiner for the State of California doing evaluations of chronic pain patients. Starting in the early 1990s he developed proprietary high-pressure water jet technology for multiple surgical procedures and endodontic (root canal) research.

Dr. Baldwin has spent his life focused on helping people in need and working to improve the health of communities. He has worked in several drug rehabilitation clinics, he helped start a Alameda County AIDS program for children, he has performed numerous community preventive dentistry screenings and education programs, and he has been awarded a Proclamation of Achievement for helping the children of Alameda county. Presently he works with the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals providing essential care to people of need at no cost.His desires to help are not only local though. He has performed Medical / Dental care in Mexico, Indonesia, India, and Nicaragua. In Nicaragua he was one of the first professionals to bring care to remote areas helping establish a community clinic where he still offers his services today.

On a more personal note Dr. Baldwin had a photography business for 35 years, mostly focused on world travels pioneering remote surf locations in Asia, the South Pacific and Galapagos Islands, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, rafting the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, the Bio Bio in Chile, and being involved in the first successful descent of the Brahmaputra River in NE India. To this day he is an avid surfer, kite surfer, skier and most recently the first person to be eFoiling Ocean Beach on a regular basis.

Dr. Baldwin is very unique in the extent of his experiences and training. Because of this he is able to provide extremely comprehensive integrative preventive care in an exceptionally personalized manner. Dr. Baldwin works with his wife Dr. Scipioni and they take extreme pride in providing a quality of care that is virtually not seen today. They are very caring, creative, honest, trustworthy and skilled. They are personally available to answer questions and concerns while providing scheduling that is about your needs.

Dr. Cynthia Scipioni completed her undergraduate education at Loyola Marymount University in 1992.She did molecular biology research at the Jules Stein Eye Institute/UCLA until entering dental school in 1994.After graduating from UCSF in 1998, she has been in private general practice, along with being Director of the Brookside Community Dental Center from 1999 until 2002.Dr. Scipioni has also worked with the Over 60 Dental Clinic in Berkeley and provided care in Nicaragua.She is bilingual (Spanish-English) and has emphasis on treating kids.