Continuing-education credentials from the Pankey Institute, the Dawson Academy, the Kois Center, Spear Education and the UCLA School of Dentistry shape how Stephen Tornay DDS approaches general dentistry from Suite 23 of the medical office building at 306 Walnut Avenue in Hillcrest's 92103. Dr Tornay holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Emory University after undergraduate biology training at USC, and his stated conservative philosophy means borderline pulpal cases route to specialty colleagues at Hillcrest Endodontics in the same building rather than defaulting to crown-and-canal intervention. Single-visit composite restorations, sealants and remineralization protocols come ahead of indirect crown-and-bridge work whenever caries depth allows preservation of natural tooth structure. When teeth are unsalvageable, treatment-planning routes to oral-surgery teams at Center for Oral & Facial Surgery for atraumatic extraction and bone grafting before any implant restoration sequence begins. Full-arch reconstructive sequencing combining periodontal stabilization, occlusal analysis and segmented porcelain delivery is the highest-complexity workflow handled at the Suite 23 office.