Natalie Hastings, DMD
Professor
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
School of Dentistry

Dr. Natalie Hastings practices and teaches general dentistry with an emphasis in prosthodontics. She provides reliable, trustworthy comprehensive dental care to patients and role models her strong work ethics and attention to details to elevate the next generation of dentists to be safe and caring dental professionals.

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She strives to make a difference by being a dependable dental educator who patients and students know that she has their best interest at heart. Delivering healthy smiles to patients and demonstrating the importance of developing a solid clinical foundation that builds confidence in students are what bring her joy at the end of the day and keep her going. Dr. Hastings is originally from Southern California. After completing her DMD at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, she graduated with honors in restorative dentistry and prosthodontics. Dr. Hastings relocated to San Francisco to complete a residency in Prosthodontics at the UCSF School of Dentistry. During her residency, she was designated as Chief Resident and given the Scuitto Award as the top resident in prosthodontics. After residency, she joined as a full-time faculty member teaching general dentistry and prosthodontics at the predoctoral level and treating patients in the Faculty Group Practice. For seven years, she served as the Division Chair of Clinical General Dentistry. She is currently the Predoctoral Director of Fixed Prosthodontics.

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
Genes, LethalElectrophysiologyAluminum SilicatesEyeEmbryonic DevelopmentDental VeneersMuscle, SkeletalLasers, Solid-StateDrosophilaX ChromosomeLarvaEmbryo, NonmammalianDental DebondingMovementDental Porcelain

• A novel approach for effective integration of new faculty leadership.
  Journal of healthcare leadership 2018 Hastings NB, Centore LS, Gansky SA, Finzen FC, White JM, Wong E, Marshall GW, Chung L, Kalenderian E
• Er:YAG laser debonding of porcelain veneers.
  Lasers in surgery and medicine 2011 Morford CK, Buu NC, Rechmann BM, Finzen FC, Sharma AB, Rechmann P
• The emergence of patterned movement during late embryogenesis of Drosophila.
  Developmental neurobiology 2007 Pereanu W, Spindler S, Im E, Buu N, Hartenstein V
• Genomewide clonal analysis of lethal mutations in the Drosophila melanogaster eye: comparison of the X chromosome and autosomes.
  Genetics 2007 Call GB, Olson JM, Chen J, Villarasa N, Ngo KT, Yabroff AM, Cokus S, Pellegrini M, Bibikova E, Bui C, Cespedes A, Chan C, Chan S, Cheema AK, Chhabra A, Chitsazzadeh V, Do MT, Fang QA, Folick A, …
• Discovery-based science education: functional genomic dissection in Drosophila by undergraduate researchers.
  PLoS biology 2005 Chen J, Call GB, Beyer E, Bui C, Cespedes A, Chan A, Chan J, Chan S, Chhabra A, Dang P, Deravanesian A, Hermogeno B, Jen J, Kim E, Lee E, Lewis G, Marshall J, Regalia K, Shadpour F, Shemmassian A, …