Dr. Donald Call

Dr. Donald Call has been a dentist in Sunnyvale since 1967. He feels strongly about maintaining the integrity of his profession and has taken an active role in addressing the dental needs of our community. 

Dr. Call has also devoted his energies to keeping abreast of the latest dental technology and procedures developments and is excited about the choices they offer today's patients. 

Presently, he serves as chair of Santa Clara County Dental Society's (SCCDS) Ad Hoc Committee to get area water fluoridated and also chairs the SCCDS Ethics Committee. He served as SCCDS president in 2004 and has represented the SCCDS as a delegate to the California Dental Association for many years.

Dr. Call represented area dentists in a presentation to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in favor of water fluoridation and has represented area dentists on the Silicon Valley Oral Health Collaborative since its inception. He has volunteered dentistry to the underserved at San Martin and Franklin McKinley clinics, Give Kids a Smile, Dentistry with a Heart, and sealant programs, and participated in CDA Cares at the San Jose Convention Center. 

In 2006, Dr. Call was named Volunteer of the Year by the Salvation Army for service given to men in their addiction recovery program. He continues to serve and enjoys working with this group. Because of his activities with the Salvation Army, several local judges have sought Dr. Call's help in developing a similar volunteer program for patients in desperate need of dental care as referred by the Family Court and Drug Court in Santa Clara County. Now he spends additional time coordinating the efforts of dozens of other volunteer dentists to help meet this great need.

He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the San Francisco College of Physicians, now the University of Pacific, where he also earned his master's degree in 1994. 

Dr. Call and his wife, Sheila, recently celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary. They are the parents of six sons and two daughters and enjoy them as adults even more than when they were young; however, the best part is the 31 grandchildren they have been blessed with. Four of their grandchildren live in South Carolina, eleven in Utah, and six in Colorado. They feel incredibly fortunate to have four grandchildren living in the Bay Area.