Dr Victor Paul C. Valdez, Jr.

Dr. Victor Paul C. Valdez, Jr. came to the OC in 1988 at the encouragement of a pastor-friend after practicing in the Eagle Rock/Glendale area for three years. Dentistry is his life’s passion as both of his parents were dentists (now deceased). As a toddler, he tagged along after dinner when all his parents’ patients had left & they did their lab cases. In the old days, they did their own lab work. On weekends, he would wear his white dentist uniform & be in the dental office. When patients asked for Dr. Valdez, he proudly pointed to himself standing on a stool (in complete dentist garb) & responded, “I am Dr. Valdez!” At the University of the Philippines College of Dentistry (the premier university in the Philippines), he was the youngest in his class having started college at 14 years old, graduated from dental school age 20, waited for his 21st birthday to sit on the dental board exams & passed the dental board exams at age 21. He was later offered a World Health Organization post-grad scholarship in Australia but the funding ran out, so fortunately, he ended up in the U.S. instead. Dr. Valdez started his own private practice in the OC from scratch, just by word of mouth. Original patients are still in his practice & now there are four generations of patients coming to Cornerstone Family Dentistry for their dental work.