Dr. Laura Benca
Your Renton and area dentist.
Caring | Gentle | Innovative
- Dr. Benca completed her Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Program in Juneau, Alaska. The AEGD is a one-year residency program whose objective is to improve knowledge and clinical abilities while emphasizing the care of complex medically imperiled and developmentally disabled hospitalized patients. Dr. Laura Benca focused on general dentistry, root canals, and oral surgery.
- Dr. Laura Benca earned her Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Washington where she also received a BA in Spanish. Dr. Benca also attended the Andover Phillips Academy and spent time studying abroad in Spain.
- Dr. Benca's passion for learning led her to complete a research study about quantitive sensory testing to evaluate orofacial pain at the Department of Oral Medicine at the University of Washington.
- Dr. Benca completed an Undergraduate Research Fellowship in 2011 and participated in an Oral Presentation at the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) in Tampa, Florida, in 2012.
‘‘Dr. Benca gives superior dental care, is always ready to inform and educate us and couldn’t be a better partner in our dental care.
- Nancy, Actual Patient
AEGD Residency Program
The Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Program is a one-year residency program whose objective is to improve and intensify the didactic knowledge, clinical abilities, and associated professional interests of newly graduated dental students, while simultaneously emphasizing the overall dental care of complex medically imperiled and developmentally disabled hospitalized patients.
Dr. Laura Benca completed her AEGD in Juneau, Alaska, at a SEARHC facility with a focus on General Dentistry, Root Canals, and Oral Surgery.
SEARHC is a non-profit tribal health consortium comprised of 18 Native associations that assist the health concerns of the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Native people of Southeast Alaska. They are one of the earliest and biggest Native-run health organizations in the nation.
