Charles Sugiyama, DDS

Most procedures performed using a state-of-the-art surgical microscope which allows unprecedented attention to detail and precision for a longer lasting restoration.

Charles S.
Business Owner
Dr. Charles Sugiyama was born in Kohala, on the northern tip of the Big Island, to Dr. Francis and Fumiko Sugiyama. His father was a dentist and mother a nurse. He graduated valedictorian from Kohala High School. He earned a electrical engineering degree from Oregon State University in 1980 and moved to California. In California, he worked as an engineer at the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Missing Hawaii, he returned and was employed at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. In a few months he realized he needed to do more with his life, and followed his father’s footsteps into dentistry. After attending the University of Hawaii for a year he was accepted at the University of Iowa Dental School.

After graduating in 1988, Dr. Sugiyama settled in Hilo and practiced with the Kam Dental Group and Hilo Family Dental. In 1997 he established his own practice at the present location.