

WELCOME TO
ENDODONTIC CARE CENTER
Microsurgical and Microscopic
Restorative Root Canal Treatment
OUR VISION
Hello and welcome to our office. We look forward to the opportunity to meet and care for you. Please explore the rest of our website, but here's a summary of our practice philosophy as our Endodontic Care Center in a nutshell.
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My team and I do not treat teeth...instead, we take care of people who have a diseased or injured tooth. The pleasant and comforting environment of our office was designed with our patients' well-being in mind. We want your experience to be a positive one.
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Even though I am an endodontist, my primary job is not to just do root canal treatments. I believe that my main job is to accurately diagnose diseases of the pulp ("root canal"). Only then, do I recommend or perform any necessary treatment. I strive to ensure our patients' chief complaints are addressed. I want to get the diagnosis right! (because there is a financial consequence to our patients, if I am wrong).
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I believe that endodontic treatment is so much more than "just a procedure". I believe that endodontics is the foundation for all subsequent restorative treatment. I believe that modern-day endodontics should strive to follow what I call:
"THE 7 R's OF RETAINING TEETH"
1. Don’t Ruin
2. Rescue
3. Regenerate
4. Repair
5. Restore
6. Reinforce
7. Re-evaluate
Dr. James Ho
Founder and Owner
Endodontic Care Center
Dr. James Ho is an endodontist with 25+ years of experience specializing in microscopic and microsurgical techniques. He was among the first endodontists in the United States to adopt Cone Beam CT technology and has fine-tuned techniques for saving teeth from unnecessary removal which he terms “Hero-dontics” and “Second Opinion Saves" (SOS). In 2004, Dr. James Ho established his private practice Endodontic Care Center.


Cal Sports
Medicine Team
For the past 20 years, Dr. James Ho has proudly served as one of the Team Dentists for Cal, his alma mater.


Speaker
Dr James Ho has lectured at the International Academy of Endodontics (IAE), the California Dental Association (CDA) convention, the Dental Influencers Alliance (DIA) and for local dental associations including the San Mateo County Dental Society.
He has also committed to sharing his knowledge to doctors-in-training. He has lectured at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (his alma mater), at UCSF School of Dentistry and at the University of the Pacific (UOP).


Volunteer
Dental Missions
Since 2022, Dr James Ho has traveled annually with Great Shape! Inc's 1000 Smiles Project to Jamaica teaching UOP dental students and saving teeth from extraction.
Here are a few photos from his trips:




