Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Claremont, CA
740 S Indian Hill Blvd, Claremont, CA 91711
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Opens today at 9:00am
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Monday9:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday9:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday9:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday9:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday8:00am - 4:30pm

We're here to make sure everyone has access to complete dental care of the highest quality. Not just check-ups and fillings: complete dental care including braces, implants and oral surgery. We have everything a healthy smile requires in one place.

We set our prices for people, not pop stars. Plus we accept almost every insurance plan, offer our own plans for people without insurance and help you cover the bill with CareCredit and in-house financing.

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Claremont, CA

Weve been making quality care more affordable since our founder, Dr. Curtis Beauchamp, opened his first office in 1903. Like a lot of visionaries back then in Los Angeles, he did a lot more than start a practice. He opened up dentistry to the people and championed the idea that everyone should have good oral health.

He did it by delivering excellent care at affordable prices and letting his patients pay over time. Back then, they called it 'Credit Dentistry.' These days, it 's how almost all of us afford the braces, root canals and implants we need.

By the 1930s Dr. Beauchamp and his son, Dr. Robert F. Beauchamp were treating thousands of patients at multiple locations. Fast forward to today, and we serve over 1 Million people a year in four states.

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Claremont, CA

At Western Dental, were all about teeth young ones, old ones, shiny ones, crooked or chipped ones. Thats why you can think of us as your Dental Home. Becauseno matter what your tooth issue, were here to resolve it.

Our general dentists, specialists and hygienists are all under one roof. Which means that treatment for implants, or braces, or periodontal care can take place in the same office. Panoramic x-rays, oral surgery, restorative work requires a visit to only one location. And families are welcome from young children to senior citizens because we have specialists for every age. That can save you time and expense plus assure you of quality care by one familiar, cohesive team.

Daniel D. Crowley began leading Western Dental in July 2015. He has been providing dynamic leadership to healthcare services companies, including dental payer and provider organizations, for more than 30 years.

Daniel D. Crowley served as Chairman of the Board of Foundation Health Systems, Inc., now known as Health Net. Before that, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of one of its predecessor companies, Foundation Health Corporation. Mr. Crowley came to Foundation Health Corporation from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio, where he led operations as the Executive Vice President.

Mr. Crowley built Foundation Health into a Fortune 500 enterprise, with 23 HMOs and more than 17,000 employees in 225 locations, serving the group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE health benefit markets with an array of integrated health benefit products.

In 1997, Mr. Crowley founded Dynamic Healthcare Solutions to invest and consult in the healthcare industry. Through Dynamic, he has served as a Senior Advisor to a number of major investment firms, served on boards of certain portfolio companies, performed due diligence on investment opportunities across the U.S., and served as a healthcare restructuring officer, senior management advisor, and chief executive.

Jeffs professional career has focused on supporting quality care at health care organizations including hospitals, dialysis facilities, and radiology practices. Prior to joining Western Dental, Jeff spent several years as Vice President Deputy General Counsel and was named Acting General Counsel at DaVita, a Fortune 500 provider of kidney care with more than 2,900 dialysis centers in the United States and internationally. At DaVita, he oversaw legal affairs and managed the companys 75+ member legal team, including oversight of M&A activity which included a merger that doubled the size of the company and approximately 30-40 practice acquisitions per year. He also had legal oversight of the companys first international expansion sites. More recently, Jeff served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Imaging Advantage, a radiology practice management company.

Before taking in-house legal roles, Jeff was an Associate with Latham & Watkins, where he represented large health insurance companies, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. He also worked at RAND Health where he advised state governments in connection with health care financing initiatives aimed at increasing access to care.

Prior to joining Western Dental, Dr. Luther served as the Chief Dental Officer & Senior Vice President-Dental Management for DentaQuest, the third-largest oral health enterprise in the country, and served as Chief Dental Officer for UnitedHealthCare Dental, where he was responsible for the development of consumer-driven solutions that support quality of care and managed costs. Dr. Luther also spent five years with the American Dental Association, where he served as Senior Vice President overseeing the division of dental practice, and spent several years with Delta Dental of California. Previously he owned and operated a successful private dental practice in Placentia, CA.

Preet Takkar has overall responsibility for operations, including regional field and clinical support, in the organizations dental practices in California, Texas Arizona, Alabama and Nevada. Preet also oversees the companys Information Technology, Revenue Cycle, Business Intelligence, and Patient Financing functions.

Preet began his career as a software developer for one of the countrys leading dental practice management software companies, and in the years following has run local dental offices, led regional and statewide operations, overseen practice and financial reporting for an orthodontic practice management firm, and headed IT for a multi-state group dental practice and dental HMO.

Prior to Western Dental, Preet served as Senior Vice President-Practice Financial and Reporting Services for OrthoSynetics, the leading provider of practice management services to orthodontic and dental clinics throughout the U.S., and Vice President of Billing, Collections, and Financial Services for Coast Dental, the fifth largest dental provider in the U.S. with 190 affiliated practices in Florida, Georgia, California, Nevada, and Texas.

Bill Dembereckyj is the head ofstrategic thinking and knowledge integration, leading growth initiatives, including all aspects of M&A and De Novo (new location) strategies. Bill also supported Western Dental as the former Chief Financial Officer.

Bill has nearly 30 years of financial and operational experience in the healthcare and insurance industries. Prior to assuming responsibilities as Western Dentals CSO, Bill served as the CFO, leading the firm through financial stability despite COVID health barriers. Beforejoining Western Dental, Bill served as COO and CFO at HealthSmart, leading the firm through a vigorous business development program that completed 16 acquisitions over a 30-month period and made HealthSmart the largest independent administrator of self-funded health plans in the nation, according to Business Insurance Magazine. Before joining HealthSmart, Bill also had expanding responsibilities as CFO, COO and President at New Life Treatment Centers, a national, venture-capital backed, behavioral healthcare firm. Bill began his career in the Chicago office of KPMGs audit practice.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Biola University and a Master of Science in Organizational Behavior and Strategy from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a licensed CPA through the California State Board of Accountancy and a member of the AICPA.

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Claremont, CA

Paul Holt heads all financial operations for the organization, including internal and external financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, and purchasing. He is also the interface with the Companys equity and lending partners and credit reporting agencies.

Mr. Holt comes to Western Dental with more than 20 years of experience as a chief financial officer, including 18 years with healthcare companies that were publicly traded NextGen Healthcare, Inc. and NantHealth, Inc. where he helped lead an initial public offering. He has also held financial leadership positions in companies engaged in waste management and recycling, manufacturing and distribution. He began his career in public accounting, where he was a Senior Staff Accountant for McGladrey & Pullen, LLC, now known as RSM US LLP.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, cum laude, from University of California, Irvine, and a Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He was named the Orange County Public Company CFO of the Year in 2012 by the Orange County Business Journal.

Dr. Meng joined Western Dental in 1994 as an Associate Dentist. She was a practicing dentist for 12 years before taking a leadership role in operations as a Clinical Director. She later led the development of the organizations extensive orthodontic program now the largest in the United States and then, as Senior Vice President, Specialty Services, developed and operationally supported the extensive network that serves the specialty needs of patients in 325 Western Dental, Brident and Vital Smiles offices in California, Texas, Arizona, Alabama and Nevada.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Meng taught at UCLA Dental School, where she also conducted oral cancer research, and at UCLA Medical School as an Oral Pathology Specialist. Dr. Meng has been a licensed dentist in the state of California since 1994.

Bob Eisen has more than 25 years of human resources leadership experience, including 20 years in healthcare-related organizations. He has held HR positions at Quest Diagnostics and several hospital groups, including Hospital Corporation of America and, most recently, spent five years with St. Joseph Health in Irvine, Calif., where he was Vice President, Talent.

During his career, Bob has successfully built and led strong HR departments that helped organizations succeed. He has created career ladders with training and development that helped team members build rewarding, long-term careers, and he has created programs to compensate and reward fairly for performance, while fostering cultures that attracted talented individuals and fueled organizational energy and chemistry.

Bob received a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Southern California. Bob is also certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Eric comes to Western Dental with nearly 20 years of healthcare compliance, privacy, regulatory, accreditation and legal experience. He was recently Vice President Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer for KPC Healthcare, Inc. in Orange County, California, where his responsibilities included seven acute care hospitals one with a Level II trauma center eight long-term care facilities, an urgent care center, an ambulatory surgery center, and a physician group. Before that he was Director of Compliance and Revenue Integrity for Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, an organization with 500 hospital beds, a Level I trauma center, an academic medical center and 11 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the community. He was also Corporate Compliance Manager for Parkland Health and Hospital System, a major academic and trauma center in Dallas; an Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Medical Hearings and Appeals in Miami; an Accreditation Specialist for the Council on Education for Public Health; and an Assistant Public Defender in the First Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Erics career in dentistry started at Western Dental nearly 30 years ago. He subsequently pursued his career in operational roles at dental service organizations that included Pacific Coast Dental, SmileCare Family Dentistry, West Coast Dental and OrthoSynetics. Since rejoining Western Dental in 2015 as Vice President, Orthodontics, he significantly expanded the organizations orthodontics program, which made more confident smiles possible for thousands of individuals with both traditional braces and the companys ClearArc orthodontic aligners.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Clinical Care, Patricia is expanding her role to include responsibility for operational support of all dental specialties, including oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics and pediatric dentistry.

Patricia joined Western Dental in 2015 as Vice President of Soft Tissue Management, a role in which she developed a hygiene program and recruited and deployed nearly 150 hygienists across the company. She has also developed and launched key initiatives for dental implants and a variety of other oral health care products and services. Earlier in her career, Patricia launched and led a number of dental product and service initiatives at SmileCare and SmileBrands. Before that, she started and led a sales team at Orapharma to serve dental service organizations.

Vikash has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting, including 12 years with publicly traded companies, including Aramark Corporation and Republic Services, Inc. Prior to Western Dental, he served as Vice President of Finance for Athens Services, a leading Southern California environmental services firm, where he built a strong team while working closely with the leadership to support effective decision-making. He has extensive experience in financial modeling, pricing, contract negotiations, strategic planning, acquisitions and annual budget preparation, and he is adept at making financial analysis easy to understand and helpful to Operations.. He began his career in public accounting, in India, with M.G. Todi & Co., where he was a senior auditor.

Western Dental attracts some of the best and brightest dentists from top dental schools across the country and around the world. And every one of them is dedicated to helping you chew, nibble, gnaw, smile and help you keep those pearly whites for a lifetime.

Our dentists are passionate about providing patients with the best possible dental care. Thats why every Board-certified Western Dental dentist stays on top of the latest technical training in their area of expertise by completing an ongoing series of clinical education courses throughout their employment. It keeps them up to date on the most effective clinical practices and technologies available in the industry. We not only demand that of our dental professionals, but we make it our pledge to you.

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Rating 3.7 out of 5 based on 219 reviews

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kristina foley
a year ago
I haven't been to a dentist in 10 years. My teeth were beyond horrible. This dentist office was very welcoming and made me feel very comfortable. The work that I had done on my teeth was perfectly done and I couldn't have expected anything else.


Nem Ro
a year ago
Gentle hands! Dentist and assistants are amazing! Araceli went beyond to exceed I was ok. Feeling ok and that all my needs were met. Dentist he always had answers to my questions that's key.


Holly Lindblom
2 years ago
I felt so comfortable and Everyone was a pleasure in this office. I'm so glad I changed dentists and came here. I felt rest assured they will take care of me.


Yolanda Ricks
2 years ago
WONDERFUL DENTIST OFFICE BEAUTIFUL STAFF I FELT THE LOVE CONCERN AND CARE I WAS THINKING AS I LEFT THAT IT WAS SUCH A NICE VISIT AND ATMOSPHERE I LOVE THIS WESTERN DENTAL GREAT OFFICE LOCATION


Lexx Y
2 years ago
I've been coming here for years and I'm a satisfied patient, But I was especially extra satisfied with my teeth cleaning preformed by Nancy (RDH). She was so sweet and especially careful and gentle when doing my cleaning. Thank you Nancy, I will definitely be requesting you from now on to perform All my future cleanings.


Chloe Brown
2 years ago
I'm very disappointed with this dental office. I booked it as a recommended location from my insurance's website. I got to the office and was told I'll have to wait an hour to see a dentist even thought I had scheduled an appointment. After waiting I was told my insurance didn't cover the dentist who is in and I will have to return tomorrow to see the other dentist who is covered by my insurance. I will never go back here I hope you find a better dentist for yourself.


Brian Bender
2 years ago
Although it can get quite busy at times, the employees at the front desk are always kind & helpful. Cynthia & Isabella are wonderful. Nancy, the hygienist did a wonderful job with my follow up cleaning after my deep cleaning.


Eman Ahmed
2 years ago
Very nice staff . Very nice doctor. Good job


Angie Lopez
2 years ago
Mike, Crystal and Fernanda were wonderful with my daughter. Customer service was the best.


Rixin Wen
2 years ago
I have no detail knowledge on dental service quality in LA region; though I'm unable to say Western Dental is more superior to other same-kind service providers I myself feel it is adequately good and satisfactory!


Robin Porter
2 years ago
I had did a review 2 months ago bragging how wonderful the staff n dr we're and I stand by that as far as day of visit! But here we are months later they have issued referral/ authorization 3 times to medical with same response that there not coding it correctly. I call weekly and they just keep telling me same thing every time I call" ok we are gonna call medical now and find out how to code it they say they will call me following have not recieved one call from them just keeps giving me run around I'm very sadend because I really need to be able to smile in a picture with my grand babies and very few teeth I can't do that! I'm just confused why they assured me it was covered but here we are


Leslie
2 years ago
I'm very disappointed. I called weeks ago to make an appointment to remove my wisdom teeth and when I arrived for the day of my appointment, they made me wait for an hour! That's not even the worst part, they made an error saying you're only here for a cleaning. Made me wait for an hour and overall rude women, very unprofessional. I was patient and didn't even bother to argue just upset. Not even an apology wasn't given just "oh yeah this happens client gets mad."


Pat Andrews
2 years ago
I am very pleased with the work so far the girls that work out front are very nice and professional


Desiree Brannon
2 years ago
Great service, friendly staff and calm environment to alleviate my anxiety in and out quickly


Kelly Lobato
2 years ago
Saw Alexis today, great customer service, super friendly and professional.


ryan skinner
2 years ago
Allexis & Tran are wonderful employees. My first visit went very smooth. I will visit again in the future. Thanks for everything!


Jaelyn Koster
2 years ago
Very good


DJ Ray Ray
2 years ago
Unprofessional and rude customer service!! Don't waste ur time here!! No respect for customers. Have alot of pain in a tooth they told me they can't help me at all was beyond an emergency and they had no care the receptionist should be replaced with a professional that cares instead of getting treated with no opportunity and hung up on! Don't waste ur time with western at all better goin anywhere else !!!


C C
2 years ago
Very unprofessional and irresponsible dental office and staffs, once they got your payment, they don't take care of you at all. Service has been requested for half year, and they still not able to properly submit a correct Medi-Cal claim request to Medi-Cal, and we have contacted the office for numerous times and even visited the office and talked to the doctor; however, the staff never return your call as promise, and given you the attitude that they don't care. Horrible service, especially the coordinator and supervisor. Stay away from this dental office!!!


Marisa Somvichian
2 years ago
STAY AWAY from this place (Claremont Western Dental) if you have any love or respect for yourself; if you don't want to hear phrases like "Now are you going to keep your mouth open so I can finish my exam" as you sit in pain. This was verbatim from Dr Ye, like Ye for Yeti? He made me feel ashamed for asking for alleviation of pain. This dentist should not be allowed to continue practicing. Dr Ye needs minimal sensitivity training, or to just catch up with the evolution of man in general if he doesn't want to get sued in the future. Not only was my pain trivialized but he quoted me inaccurate information as to usage of antibiotics and above all was rude and condescending. I have gotten 2nd opinion from an Urgent Care Dr right after leaving who was flabbergasted at why I wasn't given pain meds and antibiotics for my gums' swelling before procedures such as root canal. Shocked doesn't begin to convey how I felt walking away from that experience. Please STAY AWAY!!!!!


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