Dr. Bender is originally from Long Island, NY. She graduated with a DDS from New York University in 2004. The following year, she went on to complete a GPR in affiliation with the University of the Pacific at the University Medical Center in Fresno, CA. She has been in practice since 2006 and developed a passion along the way for teaching and mentoring new graduates. She is particularly interested in the oral-systemic link and prevention through health promotion, as well as digital dentistry and implant restorations. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time at the coast, cooking and gardening. She is a full time faculty member at the UCSF School of Dentistry, teaching clinical general dentistry at the predoctoral level and also treats patients within the Faculty Group Practice.
