Albert Klitzke DDS

Albert Klitzke DDS - General dentist in Santee, CA
8790 Cuyamaca St suite E, Santee, CA 92071
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Opens Thursday at 9:00am
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Monday10:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday10:00am - 6:00pm
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Thursday9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday8:00am - 4:00pm
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Albert Klitzke DDS - General dentist in Santee, CA

Dr. Klitzke graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistryin 1982. He served in the Navy as a dentist for three yearswhere hereceived advance training with dental specialists. He received the Meritorious Service Award while serving his country.

Dr. Klitzkeprovided dentistry and served as the dental director of a non profit clinic for 20 yearsandnowownsa private practice in Santee. He was the first dentist in Santee to own a Waterlase MD Laser allowing himto provide many gum treatment proceedures with faster healing than traditional gum surgery.

He was voted one the top dentists in San Diego County in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 , 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 by his fellow dentists. Dr.Klitzkewas in San Diego Magazines May edition each one of those years.

He provides a wide range of services for adults and children,including: cosmetic, general restorative and laser dentistry. In addition to dentistry with the traditional drill, the dental laser allows him to do many procedures that are normally referred to specialists, saving patients time away from work and money. He is married with one son and enjoys swimming, stamp collectingandlearning about advancementsinthe field of dentistry so he can provide his patients the latest in dental care.

Albert Klitzke DDS - General dentist in Santee, CA

Our exceptional, friendly staff is our greatest asset. Our dental staffare licensed professionals who pride themselves on staying on the cutting edge of dentistry and patient communication. Theyhave many years of experience treating patients and have high standards of quality and integrity. We welcome new patients and look forward to taking care of their dental needs.

Our dedicated staff's goal is to provide your dental care in caring manner. We feel its important that you understand the treatment that youll be receiving so that you can relax during the procedure. We offernitrous oxide and laser gum therapy to take the stress out of dentistry. Our staff is eager to answer any questions regarding your dental care. Please feel free to share with us your needs and concerns. We will send in insurance claims for you.

We love what we do, and it shows on our facesit seems were always smiling around here. Youll find our staff is friendly and up-beat and well do our best to make your visit comfortable. And all the while well be providing you with the highest quality dental care.

She is a native of San Diego and graduated from Santana High School. She received her Associate Degree in Dental Assisting from Grossmont college and continues to educated herself on the current changes in dentistry.

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Rating 4.6 out of 5 based on 15 reviews

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Julian Raheema
2 years ago
Great dentist, and staff. A lot of experience and great skills, and makes you feel like a family. Love to take my family there. Thank you all for the great work.


Mystique McCormick
2 years ago
I absolutely love Dr. Klitzke and staff! I've been going here since I was a young girl. I have yet to go anywhere else , even in my adult age! They have always taken care of me , and done an amazing job. Dr. Klitzke is also VERY knowledgeable and takes pride in his work! I trust him to never pressure me to do any unnecessary work , and I appreciate that! Thank you Dr Klitzke for being so amazing.


Emily
2 years ago
I was working in the area temporarily, unable to visit my home dentist as planned due to covid, so went to Dr Klitzke for routine cleanings and to get a cavity filled. It was my first cavity- he was very patient and explained everything to me step by step. I had a great experience, he was very thorough and did excellent work, the cavity filling was basically pain free. You can tell he has a lot of skill and experience. I would go back to his office again if I am in the area again.


Mystique McCormick
3 years ago
I absolutely love Dr. Klitzke and staff! I've been going here since I was a young girl. I have yet to go anywhere else , even in my adult age! They have always taken care of me , and done an amazing job. Dr. Klitzke is also VERY knowledgeable and takes pride in his work! I trust him to never pressure me to do any unnecessary work , and I appreciate that! Thank you Dr Klitzke for being so amazing.


Emily
3 years ago
I was working in the area temporarily, unable to visit my home dentist as planned due to covid, so went to Dr Klitzke for routine cleanings and to get a cavity filled. It was my first cavity- he was very patient and explained everything to me step by step. I had a great experience, he was very thorough and did excellent work, the cavity filling was basically pain free. You can tell he has a lot of skill and experience. I would go back to his office again if I am in the area again.


Arnold Cutler
3 years ago
I have been a practicing dentist since 1974, with an office in Lakeside California opened in 1984. I had some silver fillings placed by a senior dental student, when I was a freshman student in 1971. It was still functional to this point, but had a large crack in the enamel part of the tooth on the biting surface. As a practicing Dentist, I have seen many of these cracked teeth split in half, needing extractions and expensive implants to replace them. I also had other dental school silver fillings that were showing their age and breaking down. I knew I needed to replace the fillings, and place a crown on the cracked tooth. Since I don't know how to clone myself, I had to find another dentist to do this treatment. I met Dr. Klitzke, at a Implants study club meeting many years ago. We had many conversations over the dinner preceding the lectures, about different ways of restoring our patients problems smiles to ideal smiles, and he always had great ideas on achieving those goals. He seemed to put his patients dental care and treatment at the top of his list. San Diego county has hundreds of dentists that could have done my treatment, but Dr. Klitzke was at the top of my list! The first appointment was to remove some of the older silver fillings that were showing their age and replacing them with new silver fillings. I know many people like tooth colored composite resin fillings, because they look very nice, and they are actually bonded to the tooth structure, but they don't have the compressive biting strength of the silver fillings, and as my silver fillings have lasted almost 50 years, I figured a new set of silver fillings will last me until I leave this earth, hopefully at 100 years old or later. The local anesthetic injection was 100% painless, the dental treatment likewise painless, with no postoperative sensitivity to hot or cold foods or chewing! His dental assistant was very careful to remove all the water and leftovers so I wouldn't be choking or gagging, and she was very careful not to poke me with the end of her suction tip. A few weeks later, I returned to have the crown preparation on the cracked tooth, which luckily didn't break in half, as I was chewing on the other side. Again the injection was painless, all the treatment was painless, his assistant was excellent in keeping my mouth relatively clean, and Dr Klitzke was informing me of what was going on, so I wasn't left in the dark. After he removed the old silver filling only 20% of the original tooth was left. He Used a high tech procedure to bond a rebuilding material to replace the missing 80% of tooth structure. He then reshaped that rebuilt tooth so it could have a zirconia crown later placed on it after it was fabricated in a lab. He took very accurate impressions and made a very nice temporary crown, and spent a lot of time discussing the shade of the new crown, instead of just picking a single color and saying there you go. Again there was zero postoperative pain, I can eat any temperature food, and no pain on biting on the temporary crown either! If you need any dental treatment at all, and you don't want to go to my office in Lakeside, then Dr. Klitzke is the one you should see! All his staff greets you with smiles, and you genuinely know that your ideal dental care is very important to them. If I need any other dental treatment in the future, it will be done by Dr. Klitzke. As it turns out, today he found another small cavity on one of my lower teeth. You wouldn't think that a dentist would get a cavity, because I brush and floss, but cavities can attack ANY tooth! As it is on the small side, he mentioned he can use his high tech laser, to remove the decay. I am looking forward to my next appointment. You can't go wrong having Dr. Klitzke help you with any dental problem!


Arnold Cutler
4 years ago
I have been a practicing dentist since 1974, with an office in Lakeside California opened in 1984. I had some silver fillings placed by a senior dental student, when I was a freshman student in 1971. It was still functional to this point, but had a large crack in the enamel part of the tooth on the biting surface. As a practicing Dentist, I have seen many of these cracked teeth split in half, needing extractions and expensive implants to replace them. I also had other dental school silver fillings that were showing their age and breaking down. I knew I needed to replace the fillings, and place a crown on the cracked tooth. Since I don't know how to clone myself, I had to find another dentist to do this treatment. I met Dr. Klitzke, at a Implants study club meeting many years ago. We had many conversations over the dinner preceding the lectures, about different ways of restoring our patients problems smiles to ideal smiles, and he always had great ideas on achieving those goals. He seemed to put his patients dental care and treatment at the top of his list. San Diego county has hundreds of dentists that could have done my treatment, but Dr. Klitzke was at the top of my list! The first appointment was to remove some of the older silver fillings that were showing their age and replacing them with new silver fillings. I know many people like tooth colored composite resin fillings, because they look very nice, and they are actually bonded to the tooth structure, but they don't have the compressive biting strength of the silver fillings, and as my silver fillings have lasted almost 50 years, I figured a new set of silver fillings will last me until I leave this earth, hopefully at 100 years old or later. The local anesthetic injection was 100% painless, the dental treatment likewise painless, with no postoperative sensitivity to hot or cold foods or chewing! His dental assistant was very careful to remove all the water and leftovers so I wouldn't be choking or gagging, and she was very careful not to poke me with the end of her suction tip. A few weeks later, I returned to have the crown preparation on the cracked tooth, which luckily didn't break in half, as I was chewing on the other side. Again the injection was painless, all the treatment was painless, his assistant was excellent in keeping my mouth relatively clean, and Dr Klitzke was informing me of what was going on, so I wasn't left in the dark. After he removed the old silver filling only 20% of the original tooth was left. He Used a high tech procedure to bond a rebuilding material to replace the missing 80% of tooth structure. He then reshaped that rebuilt tooth so it could have a zirconia crown later placed on it after it was fabricated in a lab. He took very accurate impressions and made a very nice temporary crown, and spent a lot of time discussing the shade of the new crown, instead of just picking a single color and saying there you go. Again there was zero postoperative pain, I can eat any temperature food, and no pain on biting on the temporary crown either! If you need any dental treatment at all, and you don't want to go to my office in Lakeside, then Dr. Klitzke is the one you should see! All his staff greets you with smiles, and you genuinely know that your ideal dental care is very important to them. If I need any other dental treatment in the future, it will be done by Dr. Klitzke. As it turns out, today he found another small cavity on one of my lower teeth. You wouldn't think that a dentist would get a cavity, because I brush and floss, but cavities can attack ANY tooth! As it is on the small side, he mentioned he can use his high tech laser, to remove the decay. I am looking forward to my next appointment. You can't go wrong having Dr. Klitzke help you with any dental problem!


lauren sib
4 years ago
I suffer from cold sores and my regular dentist (Larry R. Pawl) was closed so I needed some ASAP. From walking in, the staff was not friendly or welcoming. With the laser portion of the treatment I was in extreme pain and had numbing medicine on which is something I've never had to have done when I get a laser treatment. When I visited my regular dentist today I told them about my experience. They had never heard of there being any pain for treatment or having to use numbing medicine. The treatment only was about a minute long and constant which is supposed to be a pulse so in theory he was using a water laser to almost cut my lip. I would not recommend going here for laser treatment.


Pete Paisley
4 years ago
Dr Klitzke and his staff are very compassionate and sensitive to patients needs. I've been a patient for about 10 years now and the Dr has always done excellent work!


Anna Ulloa
4 years ago
Dr. Klitzke and the team are friendly. They make you feel line family and work great with insurances. If you want that perfect smile, then come see Dr. K. He's the BEST! He takes pride in being a perfectionist in fixing your teeth to give you the perfect smile.


lauren sib
4 years ago
I suffer from cold sores and my regular dentist (Larry R. Pawl) was closed so I needed some ASAP. From walking in, the staff was not friendly or welcoming. With the laser portion of the treatment I was in extreme pain and had numbing medicine on which is something I've never had to have done when I get a laser treatment. When I visited my regular dentist today I told them about my experience. They had never heard of there being any pain for treatment or having to use numbing medicine. The treatment only was about a minute long and constant which is supposed to be a pulse so in theory he was using a water laser to almost cut my lip. I would not recommend going here for laser treatment.


Pete Paisley
5 years ago
Dr Klitzke and his staff are very compassionate and sensitive to patients needs. I've been a patient for about 10 years now and the Dr has always done excellent work!


Anna Ulloa
5 years ago
Dr. Klitzke and the team are friendly. They make you feel line family and work great with insurances. If you want that perfect smile, then come see Dr. K. He's the BEST! He takes pride in being a perfectionist in fixing your teeth to give you the perfect smile.


Katie Brownlee
5 years ago
Awesome Doctor and staff! So polite and incredibly professional, would reccomend to anyone!


Russell
6 years ago
My wife and I drive here from Arizona for all of our dental needs. Dr. Klitzke is the best dentist I have ever had.


Jan Evans
6 years ago
Comfortable, friendly atmosphere; upfront about what needs done & thoroughly explains the procedure. Couldn't be more pleased.


Katie Brownlee
6 years ago
Awesome Doctor and staff! So polite and incredibly professional, would reccomend to anyone!


Audra Patch
6 years ago
Awesome dentist! I have been going to him for three years. He was able to fix some shoddy dental work that I had done by another dentist. He is very knowledgeable and gentle. I wouldn't go anywhere else.


Jan Evans
6 years ago
Comfortable, friendly atmosphere; upfront about what needs done & thoroughly explains the procedure. Couldn't be more pleased.


Russell
6 years ago
My wife and I drive here from Arizona for all of our dental needs. Dr. Klitzke is the best dentist I have ever had.


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