Charitable Contributions & Accomplishments

At Ali Alijanian, DDS, we believe in giving back. We appreciate and are dedicated to our families, our patients, our colleagues and the surrounding communities of East Bay, Contra Costa, Alamo, San Ramon and the Bay area, California. Our oral surgeon and our team want to help make Walnut Creek better and partner with different charity organizations throughout the year to host and support a number of philanthropic events. If you would like to get involved, stop by our office or give us a call at 925-934-7888 to learn more.

We have partnered with these organizations throughout 2022 to 2023. Let us take care of our community together!

Pay It Forward Day

In 2007, we began “Pay It Forward Day” in our local community. Oral surgery is coordinated with the general dentist and completed at a reduced or waived rate for those patients who qualified and could not normally afford to receive their much-needed dental care.

One Warm Coat

• Goal: 100 coats.
• Results: 350 coats and $350 in cash donations.

Grace Bible Fellowship Church: Holy Eve Community Carnival

• Donation: $500 in advertising ads to support the Halloween Kids Safe Carnival.

Susan G. Komen: Breast Cancer Awareness

• Donation: $100.

Healthcare for the Homeless

In 2009, we collaborated with Contra Costa Health Services Health Care for the Homeles to help create a better place for each other, for our children and for our community. Individual providers made small contributions of time, but as a group, we are able to restore people’s oral healthy and dignity, vastly improving the quality of life and increasing the potential these people have to regain employment and provide for their families.

Charity Lecture for the California Dental Association Foundation

In 2008, we hosted our first charity lecture for the California Dental Association Foundation in an effort to raise money for the foundation’s flagship programs, CDA Cares and the Student Loan Repayment grant. In exchange for a donation amount of their choice, which Dr. Alijanian matches, attendees are given the opportunity to earn CE units and hear Dr. Alijanian speak on various topics, educating them on his specialties, including the All-on-4® Treatment and hard and soft tissue management. As of today, Dr. Alijanian has raised over $42,000 to support the CDA Foundation, helping those who are less fortunate and selected dental students reach their career goals.

Awards

The Contra Costa Dental Society and the CDA Foundation elected Dr. Alijanian as the 2009 Exemplary Volunteer of the Year for his influence in various charity events and organizations in the area. He was also the recipient of the 2014 James M. Pappenfus Award, the Contra Costa Dental Society’s highest award. This award recognizes Dr. Alijanian’s outstanding service and dedication, as well as his efforts to practice and promote the field of organized dentistry to its highest and ethical standards in both the private and public domains.

Additional achievements include:

• KRON4’s Best of the Bay Oral Surgeon Contra Costa County
• NBC’s The Best in Bay Area Medicine 2010 Top Doctors and Dentists for Doctors Improving Healthcare
• Patients’ Choice Award — one of California’s Favorite Dentists (2012)
• Opencare’s Patient Choice Winner (2015) & Top 20 Walnut Creek Dentists (2016)
• City Beat News Spectrum Award (2015-2018)