Maki Narita, DDS, MS, is a board-certified periodontist practicing in Torrance and Costa Mesa, California. A diplomate of International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), she serves on faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry Section of Periodontics and Showa University School of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics in Tokyo. Narita, who also directs the Study Club Showa, can be reached at makinarita@ucla.edu.