Western Dental & Orthodontics

16842 Devonshire St, Granada Hills, CA 91344
Closed today
Opens tomorrow at 9:00am
SundayClosed
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 Granada Hills, 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 Granada Hills, 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 Granada Hills, 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 3.8 out of 5 based on 41 reviews

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Jonathan Sanchez
a year ago
I came here based on a referral from a friend. My wife needed braces so we got that taken care of. I needed work done also and got that done the following month. My wife and I have 2 different accounts here and both are up to date and paid on time. My account was paid in full 5 months back and I got a call from a collection agency a few days ago saying I owe over $1000. When I reached out to western dental they treated me as if I was lying about the whole situation. I told them to look up my records and they said it's paid in full on my end but my insurance didn't cover the last $1200 . Not once did I get a phone call from them, they confirmed that! No emails either. I get emails and text from them on the daily about their promotions but not once could they say my insurance didn't cover some of my dental work. Very disappointed with this place , I referred a few friends to this place and wish I didn't! Now I have to deal with a problem that should have never happened if they just simply called or emailed about this.


james spradlin
a year ago
Evangeline and Dr. Asha are great people.


Sandra Richardson
a year ago
I've had the best teeth cleaning, with a very gentle doctor.


Arlene Cabeza
a year ago
The communication is horrible here. They made an appointment for my mom to extract 10 teeth. They had already took X-rays and was very aware of how old she was. I called and confirmed 3 times they would be taking 10 teeth and they confirmed each time. I also asked are you sure you can do 10 teeth all at once? And they said yes. The day of they decided she was too old to have all 10 teeth extracted as if they didn't already know her age. This office closes by 3pm not 4:30 on Saturdays. I believe they just didn't want to do it as they wanted to go home early on Saturday or was just too busy to do it. Why did they schedule her for a 10 teeth extraction in the first place if they felt she was too old? Again, they were very aware of her age from the beginning. Now we have to wait 5 weeks for the second extraction. I spoke to the front desk who told me October 5th and instead scheduled her for October 31 now stating she has to wait a month. The communication between the front desk and the dentist is all over the place. Proceed at your own risk. By the way I can never reach this office. I am always being transferred to a 24 hour line.


Cinthia Cruz Cinthia Cruz
2 years ago
(Translated by Google) The truth is that it is almost impossible to make an appointment for a general consultation. They are only interested in putting on braces. I have been trying to make an appointment for more than 2 weeks and it is impossible. Only if it's about the brakes it's easy to make an appointment otherwise lousy service (Original) La verdad es casi imposible poder hacer una cita para una consulta general. Solo les interesa poner frenos tengo mas de 2 semanas tratando de hacer una cita y es imposible . Solo si se trata de los frenos es facil hacer cita de lo contrario pesimo servicio


Jose Mena
2 years ago
EVERYTHING IS ON POINT.. CANT COMPLAIN!! FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER WESTERN DENTAL HAS ALWAYS HAD MY BACK..AND WITH BETTER DEALS THAN OTHERS..


Bridgette Deleon
2 years ago
Western dental is awesome great with explaing everything.Still have more appointments let you know the outcome thanks


Lizette Becerra
2 years ago
Office was busy so I understand the hour wait but to ask me to reschedule after I did the waiting is unacceptable to me.


Alyssa Lee
2 years ago
Terrible scheduling and poor communication. My first appointment it took 45 minutes to be seen. But I gave them the benefit of the doubt. My second appointment they call a couple hours before letting me know that all their appointments are being delayed, so I rescheduled. I come for my scheduled appointment but I see that I missed a call 15 minutes before my scheduled appt (please note it takes me 10 minutes to drive there) telling me that their appointments are pushed back AGAIN and that their hygienist isn't there today. Definitely avoid this place if you care about your personal time. UPDATE: they left me sitting in the waiting room for 45 min. Then told me that they wouldn't be able to see me and said I would have to reschedule.


Louie Fernandez
2 years ago
Bryan Is an amazing assistant he was so nice to me and my beautiful family the kids were so comfortable in the dental center :)!


Miguel Anguiano
2 years ago
Clean and sanitary office Wonderful customer service. Front desk staff are friendly , professional and welcoming. Very helpful with great attitude . Doctor at this location has a Lot of experience. Highly recommend!!


Christina M
2 years ago
It's weird to see reviews saying the staff is rude or they waited for hours to be seen. This was my first time and it was nothing but a wonderful experience. Everyone was really friendly. I didn't have to wait long either.


KELLY COADY
2 years ago
The dentist is great but customer service is not so good.


Nicole Gomez (Nikki)
2 years ago
After multiple mix up with appointments and waiting for over an hour to be seen the receptionist is very rude. Her attitude is like I was an inconvenience. I already suffer from extreme dental anxiety any experience today made it even worse.


Victor Orlando
2 years ago
An amazing experience


elim fdl
2 years ago
Amazing experience. The staff was attentive, friendly and professional. Great atmosphere. Very clean and welcoming. Definitely recommend this dental office.


S C
2 years ago
Office provided excellent service recommended by Northridge office as they didn't have the specialist my mother needed for her emergency consultation visit. Providing assistance on new patient forms and answering all my questions. The wait time wasn't long forms needed to be filled out and processed. We understood the reason for the waiting period looking forwarded to our next visit. I've recommended family members to this location. I myself have made the change as well. First impressions matter thank you Cynthia and Jocelyn hope this review reaches the staff.


ENK ENK
2 years ago
THIS PLACE IS HORRIFIC!!!!! THIS LOCATION IS UNPROFESSIONAL RUDE AND LACK OF INTEGRITY!!!!! AND FOR THE UNKNOWN OUT THERE EVERYTHING IN THIER FILES BELONGS TO THE PATIENT WE PAY FOR IT WITH OR WITHOUT INSURANCE! RECEPTIONIST CYNTHIA IS A LIAR OFFICE MANGER JOCELYN IS A LIAR AND RUDE UNPROFESSIONAL AND DISRESPECTFUL!!!!! WESTERN DENTAL IN GENERAL A JOKE! NO CALL BACKS NOT EVEN THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THIS LOCATION NAMED VERONICA CARES ABOUT US THE PATIENT! LOOK UP THE PROTEST FROM MARCH 21, 2022 ON KRNV NEWS 4! THAT SHOULD EXPLAIN ENOUGH SAID!


Vandana Soni
2 years ago
They always behind in time, they waste so much plus service is poor too .


Mariam Tendo
2 years ago
I love the fact that this office is close to me and I don't have to go through the hustle of driving far away! First day I came to their office was for an exam . They took my X-rays and all that and tell me why they ask me to come back at 11:30 am (initially was in at 9am) because the doctor wasn't there yet and will be in at that time . I come back and they tell me sorry the doctor is not here come back at 2. I tell them I'll just reschedule and leave. I come back for an orthodontist and this lady doesn't even mind checking me in , she's like just have a sit! I wait for a good 30 mins and one of the workers asks what I'm there for , I'm like I have an appointment but she the receptionist just told me to have a sit . She checks me in . At this point I'm already frustrated! If you need better care, I'd suggest you go else where because they just won't do it !


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