Dr. Pasquinelli received his doctorate in dental surgery from the University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry and completed a general practice hospital based residency at Mount Zion Medical Center and remained on the hospital dental and training staff while also practicing restorative dentistry in San Francisco.
He received his periodontal training at the University of Washington in Seattle and has maintained a private practice in downtown San Francisco, dedicated to periodontics, esthetic and pre-prosthetic oral surgery, as well as dental implants since 1988. He is also a consultant for the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry as well as the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry.


Dr. Pasquinelli has taught continuing dental education at both UCSF and the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry. He is on the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy as well as the Foundation for Advanced Continuing Education. On th other hand, Dr Pasquinelli continues to teach select groups nationally and internationally and has writen several articles related to the periodontal and restorative dentistry.