Sanford L. Ratner, D.D.S. has practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery in Orange County for the past 22 years

Dr. Sanford L. Ratner is a native of southern California, attending high school in the San Fernando Valley prior to matriculating to UCLA.  As an undergraduate at UCLA, he was enthusiastically involved in research in the chemistry department with Dr. Willard Libby, Nobel Laureate and Chairman of the chemistry department.  Dr. Ratner then attended Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago from which he graduated with OKU honors in 1977, receiving the Clive Hadlow award for excellence.  A one year surgical internship ensued at Highland General Hospital followed by three years in practice of general dentistry in Sunnyvale, California.  Dr. Ratner and his wife returned to Southern California to attend the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical residency program at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital/UCI Medical Center.  He graduated from this program in 1984 and maintained a teaching position at UCI in conjunction with developing his private practice.

Dr. Ratner practices the full scope of Oral and Maxillo-facial surgery, including skeletal deformity correction, cleft surgery, temporo-mandibular joint surgery, facial reconstruction, trauma, as well as dento-alveolar procedures, and dental implant placement.  He is a member of the Cranio-facial team at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and works in conjunction with team members to successfully treat children with cranio-facial deformities. 

Dr. Ratner is on staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange, where he presently holds the position of Chief of the Oral Surgery section.  He recently completed a four year term as the Chairman of surgical quality assurance for the hospital.  He also maintains privileges at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, UCI Medical Center, and UCLA Medical Center.  He is on the staff at UCLA School of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery where he devotes time to teaching the oral surgery residents, as well as performing research.

Over the past seven years, Dr. Ratner has participated in many medical missions, providing surgical care and professional teaching throughout the world.  These missions have taken him to Australia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, the Philippines, Israel, and Vietnam.