Kathleen Saturay, DDS

Sleep Apnea Specialist in Seattle, WA

Please accept my sincerest appreciation and gratitude for visiting us at Healthy Sleep by Dr. Saturay. My team and I are grateful for allowing us to assist you in your journey in discovering how sleep can be beneficial to overall health.

Many times I had been asked “Why Sleep medicine? “Why as a dentist are you doing sleep and TMJ treatment when you can keep doing fillings and crowns?” My answer to that questions is simple: because I am passionate about how the gift given to me can be used for the betterment of those I took an oath for.

After graduating dentistry from the University of the Philippines, Manila in 1996 I immigrated to Seattle Washington. I was blessed to have a family and a daughter.
My journey to becoming a dentist in America was very challenging but my family , many friends and doctors were instrumental in giving me the opportunities to thrive and achieve my calling. Working as a lead dental assistant in a cosmetic dental practice in Bellevue, WA for 8 years molded me to be a great listener and empathetic to the needs of the patients while strengthening my skills in dentistry where I have over the years applied to become the dentist I am now.

In 2006, I graduated from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry.
The succeeding years allowed me to practice in California and in Washington states. Seattle is my home, thus I elected to open up my start up dental practice in 2012 in West Seattle under Healthy Smiles by Dr. Saturay with the goal of an affordable, comprehensive, advanced and nurturing-type of dental practice. It started as a children-only practice but with overall long term goal of overall health-focused care I learned different treatment modalities to offer to my community.

The Healthy Smiles by Dr. Saturay is now a well established general dental practice but I never stopped learning nor did my desire to be an ever-progressing health care provider. Thus, I elected to learn and expand my knowledge and services to Sleep, TMJ and Guided Growth for children and young adults. After seeing the correlations over the years of the root cause of dental decay and craniofacial pain and discomfort I elected to continue this professional growth and open up a separate dental medicine practice in my same community, West Seattle.

The commitment to progressively learn and develop for the betterment of humanity will always be embedded in my principles. My humble beginnings taught me well in understanding people, elevating people and caring deeply for people…this is why I give back to my community.

I hope to meet you all soon. Say hello when you see me around West Seattle!