Dr. Niki Fallah is a board-certified Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She completed her pediatric residency training from the University of California, San Francisco, as well as a Master of Science in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. She obtained a DDS from the University of Southern California and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Fallah is currently a part-time assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco. She was also a former instructor at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of dentistry. She is very passionate about teaching and feels incredibly privileged to be a part of two of the most prestigious universities in the country.
Her training has focused in treating patients from newborns to adolescents, both healthy and medically compromised. She is certified in oral conscious sedation and has extensive training in hospital dental surgery. Furthermore, she has many years of experience with pediatric orthodontics and treats many patients with Phase I, or interceptive orthodontics.
Dr. Fallah was on the board of directors for the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry between 2017-2021.
She is also an active member of the following professional organizations:
- American Dental Association
- California Dental Association
- San Mateo County Dental Society
- San Francisco County Dental Society
- California Society of Pediatric Dentistry
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Outside the professional realm, Dr. Fallah enjoys a variety of activities, primarily those with a creative outlet. She is an advanced yoga student and a former ballet dancer and instructor. She was born and raised in the Peninsula and loves calling the Bay Area home with her daughters Maya, identical twins Ella and Emmy and husband, Dr. Amir Schricker, a cardiologist at Mills-Peninsula Hospital.