Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Oakland, CA
1616 Franklin St #100, Oakland, CA 94612
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Opens today 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 Oakland, 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 Oakland, 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 Oakland, 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 3.0 out of 5 based on 235 reviews

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Mike Kim
a year ago
Had to cancel the appointment. It took 9 month to reschedule. Finally got in only to find a newbie young dentist. He inflicted more pain than tooth ache. I wished I hadn't pay in advance.


Latonya Picou
a year ago
My visit to Western Dental was an good and informing visit and the dentist consider my concern and question's. The visit was professional and the suggestion's for treatment was several option that made it easier to chose what would be the most practical solution.


Oliver Do
a year ago
This is one of the worst experiences I have had at a dentist. I made an appointment and still had to wait nearly 2 hours. What's the point?


Yihao Liu
a year ago
There's almost no communication, made an appointment at 4, didn't get to see a nurse until 5:10, no cleaning was available, the closest treatment appointment was not available for another 2 month, I would not recommend this dental service at all to any other ppl


Adel Esgah
a year ago
Very unprofessional service,I had appointment at 1:00pm and I had to wait for 3 hours until they call me in and I have to stay 45min again after that they said I need medical and the will send it to the pharmacy and it will be ready in 2 house it has been the next day and they didn't send anything to the pharmacy.they are the worst dental


Marcus Pea
a year ago
Great care for customers or clients! The services from the dentist and the dental assistants were excellent. Thank you for helping me! A customer, Marcus Pea. August 4, 2022 My visit on August 25, 2022 provided me with my true expectancy from a good dentist at Western Dental Oakland. I wanted to thank the staff for a great customer satisfaction visit on this particular Thursday from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. A returning customer, Marcus Pea. August 25, 2022 It was a sunny Monday! Due to an urgent need for teeth adjustment, Western Dental receptionist gave me a well deserved opportunity to have them, my teeth, adjusted between 2pm to 2:45pm after my request at 9:30am. Great job staff and dentist for an attempt at a correct teeth adjustment. A returning customer, Marcus Pea. August 29, 2022 This inpeculiar Tuesday, a dental appointment date, gave me another stab to correct my teeth problem unlike the other failed attempts. My teeth appeared okay after meeting my appointment time at 10am in this morning. But, now, at 7:39pm, there appeared a little painful irritation in the left upper gum area. I hope another visit to the dentist upon the Western Dental Oakland property on Broadway doesn't require my attendance very soon. A possible returning customer or dental patient, Marcus Pea. September 20, 2022


YoungBae Kim
a year ago
Worst place to make appointment. Kept postponing since April. It's now September


brkti zegergish
a year ago
They VERY UN PROFESSIONAL WORKER her name ANA she is playing with our time.1st day she said tome there is no doctor. 2nd day she said you have appointment but something happen to the system. We leave our everything to come to our appointment.Time is GOLD but Ana is playing with our golden time.At last Ana work properly or give the chair to someone who can work nice and properly.


Agnes Hollie
2 years ago
Always professional with excellent customer service. No long wait time. I would recommend Western Dental to anyone.


Marcus Pea
2 years ago
Great care for customers or clients! The services from the dentist and the dental assistants were excellent. Thank you for helping me! A customer, Marcus Pea. August 4, 2022 My visit on August 25, 2022 provided me with my true expectancy from a good dentist at Western Dental Oakland. I wanted to thank the staff for a great customer satisfaction visit on this particular Thursday from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. A returning customer, Marcus Pea. August 25, 2022 It was a sunny Monday! Due to an urgent need for teeth adjustment, Western Dental receptionist gave me a well deserved opportunity to have them, my teeth, adjusted between 2pm to 2:45pm after my request at 9:30am. Great job staff and dentist for an attempt at a correct teeth adjustment. A returning customer, Marcus Pea. August 29, 2022


Claude Young
2 years ago
Awesome


BIG One9
2 years ago
VERY UNPROFESSIONAL SERVICE!! They scheduled an appointment for removing a tooth of mines. They also sent me a reminder confirming my appointment. I requested time off from work to be excused for that day when I showed up to the office they were closed without notification. I now have to deal with unbearable pain and reschedule and hope they'll be open next month when they have another availability super inconvenience I suggest you use another dental company. I've been on hold for 40 minutes trying to reschedule


Tina H
2 years ago
Come at least 1hr before your appointment time. Their front desk is extremely out of staff. Check in can take half an hour. Then there will be xray for new patients. If you haven't finished your check in and x ray before your appointment time they will cancel your appointment with the dentist and you will need to reschedule


Maureen Leith
2 years ago
Dr Sodhi and her staff Anna, Maria and Sandra were excellent. Dr Sodhi explained everything to me regarding my treatment she was very professional and kind.


Moe Ibb
2 years ago
Worst treatment and they ignore people and don't want to help The worst treatment I've ever had in my life in this place


Bleuu Macc
2 years ago
The staff are nice but the office can definitely use some cleaning I don't think it should be this of a mess and also they need to figure out the timing better I have waited an hour and a half both visits...


K Edwards
2 years ago
Dingy facility, unwelcoming staff, old equipment. The actual dentist that came around seemed fine but it's the assistants that do the actual procedures and it was not a positive or routine experience. Also, I got a basic teeth cleaning and left with my mouth waxy somehow. I think they messed up on some polishing or something. Never in my life have I had that happen! I've always loved the dentist but this one cannot be recommended. Terrible experience. Terrible outcome. Left worse than I went in.


Naz Rafael
2 years ago
Terrible Place and Terrible people


Katy Turner
2 years ago
Waited almost 3 hours even though I had an appointment before I realized there were still multiple people in line in front of me. I ended up having to reschedule and leave. I asked multiple times for a time estimate and the receptionist was beyond rude. Now I'm back for an 8am appointment. I am one of 3 people with 8am appointments, even though you only have one doctor working and they aren't even set up yet! We're all still waiting! I don't care what the service is like, this is the worst customer service I've ever had. UPDATE: went back for a second appointment and after 45 minutes I had an exam done, and they then informed me that they only maybe would have time for my scheduled cleaning. They then asked me to wait until the receptionist came to talk to me about finances and after being constantly told that it would only be a few more minutes at 8:45 I walked out.


Isis Dorley
2 years ago
The dentist and the assistant did an incredible job it was so seamless and painless.


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