The South Bay has a million people and almost no dedicated dental sleep medicine. Patients from San Jose, Santa Clara, and Campbell see Dr. Amin Samadian, DDS, at the San Francisco Center for TMJ & Sleep Apnea for custom oral appliance therapy — a quiet, mask-free alternative to CPAP for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Call 415-570-2841 to book.

Built for South Bay patients: few visits, real results

Nobody drives up from San Jose casually, so the therapy is structured around distance: the first consultation can happen virtually; impressions and fitting are consolidated into one visit; and because appliances are crafted in Dr. Samadian's in-house lab, adjustments don't wait on a shipping loop with a third-party manufacturer. Your sleep physician stays in the loop from diagnosis through verification, and jaw or clenching issues are handled in the same plan (see TMJ care for San Jose) — one coordinated treatment instead of two more referrals.

Getting here from San Jose

Caltrain runs from Diridon to San Francisco — about an hour on express trains — with a short hop to Union Square; by car, US-101 or I-280 reaches the Sutter-Stockton garage next door to the office in roughly an hour outside peak. Most patients need just two or three in-person visits total. Start with a virtual consultation.

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Serving San Jose — the South Bay — from 450 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94108. Same-week consultations are often available. Call 415-570-2841 or request an appointment online.

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South Bay Patients Two or Three Trips. That's the Whole Treatment.

Oral appliance therapy is naturally low-visit: consult (virtual works), fit, follow up. For South Bay patients that means treating sleep apnea costs less time than most people spend commuting in a week.

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Reconstruction-grade TMJ & airway care — with our own lab

Most dentists treat TMJ symptoms. Dr. Samadian is a reconstructive and cosmetic dentist who specializes in dental reconstruction for TMJ and airway patients — which means care doesn't stop at managing pain; it can go all the way to rebuilding a bite that years of grinding and joint strain have worn down. He is also one of the few in Northern California with an in-house lab, so orthotics and appliances are designed, crafted, and refined under one roof rather than shipped to a third-party lab.

His integrated method moves through four stages, each matched to what your CT imaging and exam actually show:

  1. Diagnose — CT-based imaging of the jaw joints and airway; no guesswork.
  2. Decompress & stabilizecustom orthotics from our own lab, regenerative PRF therapy, and Botox for overworked jaw muscles.
  3. Develop the airwayNightLase laser therapy, MSE palatal expansion and orthodontics, and oral appliance therapy.
  4. Reconstruct — when teeth have paid the price of years of clenching, full bite reconstruction restores function and esthetics together.

The symptom list we treat is long because the jaw–airway system touches all of it: locked jaw, clicking and popping, jaw deviation, grinding and clenching, ear pain and ringing, headaches and migraines, neck and shoulder pain, and snoring.

Amin Samadian, D.D.S.

Founder & Clinical Director Amin Samadian, D.D.S.

Dr. Samadian is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, with years of clinical hands-on training in full-mouth rehabilitation, cosmetics, implantology, and jaw dysfunction disorders. He taught at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, and treats jaw and airway as one connected system.

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Common questions

Is there a sleep apnea dentist in San Jose?

Can I do part of the process remotely from San Jose?

What if I've already failed with CPAP?

Do I need a sleep study first?

Is there a sleep apnea dentist in San Jose?

Dedicated dental sleep medicine is scarce in the South Bay. Most San Jose patients see Dr. Samadian — a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine — at 450 Sutter St in San Francisco, structured so only two or three visits are in person.

Can I do part of the process remotely from San Jose?

Yes. The initial consultation works well virtually, and progress checks between fittings can often happen the same way. In-person time is reserved for impressions, fitting, and verification.

What if I've already failed with CPAP?

You're the typical patient. For snoring and mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea, a custom oral appliance is an accepted alternative — and adherence is dramatically better because there's no mask, hose, or machine.

Do I need a sleep study first?

Yes — a physician-read sleep study establishes diagnosis and severity. If you haven't been tested, we help arrange a home sleep test through the appropriate medical channel before therapy begins.

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