dental team in castro valley

Your Smile's Best Friends

Providing compassionate, gentle dentistry is the heart of our practice. By offering accessible insurance and financing options, we are able to lower barriers to superior dental care, which allows us to make real differences in our patients’ lives. Everything we do at Castro Valley Advantage Dental is with you in mind.

We love to have fun with our patients and hope that we will be able to form lasting friendships as we help maintain your smile.We always provide honest, straightforward advice and strive to keep you informed every step of the way.

Meet the Heart of Our Practice


dentist in castro valley Dr. Matthew Yuen

Dr. Matthew Yuen

DDS

Dr. Matthew Yuen grew up in Alameda, CA. He has an older sister and two younger brothers and loves his niece and nephew. He played almost every sport and growing up wanted to become a professional baseball player.

Pro sports weren’t in the cards for Dr. Yuen, so he went to UC Davis and majored in Exercise Biology and minored in Technology Management through the UC Davis Graduate School of Management


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Get to Know Our Dedicated Dental Team


Anali

Office Manager
Anali has worked in the dental field for over 10 years and became a team member of our office in early 2022 as a dental assistant. Her bubbly, outgoing personality has been a perfect fit for connecting with our patients and others within the community. She loves working in the dental field and aspires to become a Dental Hygienist. Always with a desire to help our patients with her knowledge of dental and insurance, she continues to take educational courses in the area of office administration. In her spare time, Anali bakes with her 2 daughters and spends time with their bunnies -Gus and Bella! Fun fact about her; she loves penguins and Disneyland!

Samantha

Treatment Coordinator

Samantha had taken courses for dental assisting prior to working in the dental office. After completing those courses she decided that the Treatment Coordinator position would be a great way to learn more areas in the dental field. Sam enjoys helping and building relationships with the patients in any way she can and tries to make their experience as memorable as possible. She also aspires to become a Hygienist.

On Sam's free time you will find her with her one-year-old son taking him to parks and hikes. She enjoys being with her family and exploring new places whether it's a new park, restaurant, or just a nice long hiking trail. Fun fact about Samantha is she loves to cook and tries different recipes or just freestyles in the kitchen. She also loves cooking and exploring new adventures.

Susie

Scheduling Coordinator

Susie has over 22 years of office experience with experience in orthodontics and the dental field in scheduling, insurance and treatment planning. She loves helping patients and providing them with the best experience every time they come in. She has lived in the Bay Area all her life with my husband and 5 wonderful kids. In her down time she loves to spend time with her kids, reading, relaxing and watching movies, and going for walks in the evening.

Kyla

Lead Dental Assistant

Kyla has been a dental professional for over 20 years, she has worked in this practice for 19. Kyla has made it a goal of hers to grow and learn and stay current with the latest technology. She loves to help her patients feel comfortable and smile so that their experience is more enjoyable. You can find Kyla spending her free time with her family. She loves traveling & visiting new places most of all she enjoys spending time with family & friends

Lucy

Dental Hygienist
Lucy S. Arrayga, a native of the Bay Area born and raised in Oakland, CA is a graduate of California State University East Bay with a degree in Health Science. Lucy received her dental hygiene training at Diablo Valley College and has been a practicing dental hygienist for over 17 years and counting. She is a member of the East Bay Dental Hygiene Society and the California Dental Hygiene Association and most recently landed a position as a substitute clinical instructor/professor at Chabot Jr College. Lucy has been married for 25 years and has three sons. She indulges in her embarrassing guilty pleasure of reality TV but balances the silliness with timepieces such as Downton Abbey, The Crown, and The Gilded Age. She loves to travel to tropical beach locations with friends and family and large ship cruising.

Kasia

Dental Hygienist

Kasia has been working in dentistry for about 33 years; started as an assistant, after a while went back to school and became a Dental Hygienist (20 years now).

Kasia enjoys her time with patients talking about their dental needs, also about their lives and experiences. She loves to travel, read (especially historical novels), gardening, and spend time with her family and friends. Kasia has been married for 36 years and has 2 adult sons.

Wen

Dental Hygienist
Wen received her dental hygiene degree from Chabot College and her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis. In her spare time, she enjoys taking yoga classes, painting, and trying new restaurants. She also likes to travel. Her favorite place to visit is Hawaii, and she would love to visit all the islands someday.

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