Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Santa Ana, CA
1575 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705
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Opens Monday 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 Santa Ana, 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 Santa Ana, 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 Santa Ana, 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 4.1 out of 5 based on 56 reviews

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Robin Brown
2 years ago
Always pleasant and professional service. The staff is amazing from the front to the back...


gigi
2 years ago
June R. She was very professional and she did a really good job


Beth Sebbo (Bloomin beth)
2 years ago
Wonderful office!! Very caring!!


Beth Sebbo (Bloomin beth)
2 years ago
Wonderful office!! Very caring!!


Ruben Ramirez
2 years ago
(Translated by Google) Excellent care in all aspects. Many thanks to all the staff. (Original) Excelente atencion en todos los aspectos. Muchas gracias a todo el personal.


Nathaly Escobar
2 years ago
Staff is very helpful doctors are very nice as well good care .


Miriam Martinez
2 years ago
I'm giving a 5 star plus to the Dentist and assistant that attended me. Also the front desk this time they all delivered exceptional service back and front office Thank you all!


Lilia Martinez
2 years ago
My mother had the worst dental experience of her life at this location. She recently moved from out of state and had pain due to a tooth that needed to be extracted. Well, this office did not care about her current situation but they sure did offer other services $$$ Being in pain and in distress, my mother signed a contract for a treatment. They started her treatment that very day but still did not address her initial problem. She went home that day with the same problem and pain. She also suffered through the first part of the treatment because the dentist did not wait for the area to numb. The treatment was fast and patient care was not a priority. The took advantage of an older woman in distress. Needless to say, she did not want to continue with the treatment but did come back to get the tooth extracted. Now, she is left left paying for a treatment that wasn't completed and still without a tooth. The office manager was disrespectful and told her they would not finish job simply because she became bothered that my mother complained. Avoid this place!!! Money over patient care!!!


Crystal Arellano
2 years ago
They were very thorough and kept pushing to get my insurance to approve it it was a great experience but I do wish that they had wider selection of color of teeth for the dentures


Rossy Ss
2 years ago
(Translated by Google) Terrible service, do not trust the treatment contracts that they give you, I went because I needed to, they made me an account of what I would have to pay in total and the person assured me that everything was included, that they were some fillings, a cleaning, an implant, they gave me the option of pay in installments but then they call you and give you a discount to pay for everything in full I paid everything for the discount they gave me and now that only the crown is missing after waiting 7 months with the implant already in place they tell me that I have to pay more than 1000 dollars for the crown and it is not possible that they deceive people like that It is supposed that when the implant is placed it goes with a crown it will not leave like that because they do not speak and really say what they are going to charge in reality like that one think better or in another type of cheaper treatment that fits the budget that one could pay I don't know if they do it so that people sign and then have to pay more money they must be honest from the beginning I still ask about 3 times to the person and the 3 times he repeated to me that that was all I would have to pay, I trusted that it is supposed to be an honest company and now they say that I have to pay more that it is not possible that way of working with people for Please, before signing any contract, make sure that it is correct according to what they tell you. I wanted to recommend this place, but after this, now if I don't pay, they will leave me like this. with only the implant in the craving. Not really, I have to pay more for them to put the crown, it's too bad on their part that they don't have a staff that explains things well or if they work that way to hook people and then collect more money (Original) Pesimo servicio no confien en los contratos de tratamientos que les den yo fui porque necesitaba me hicieron la cuenta de lo que tendria que pagar en total y la persona me aseguro que estaba todo incluido que eran unos rellenos una limpieza un implante me dieron la opcion de pagar en pagos peros despues te llaman y te dan un descuento para pagar en todo en su totalidad yo pague todo por el descuento que me dieron y ahora que solo falta la corona despues de esperar 7 meses con el implante ya puesto me dicen que tengo que pagar mas de 1000 dolares por la corona y no es posible que enganen ala gente asi Se supone que cuando se pone el implante va con una corona no va a dejar asi porque no hablan y disen en verdad lo que van a cobrar en realidad asi uno piensa mejor o en otro tipo de tratamiento mas economico que se ajuste al presupuesto que uno pude pagar nose si lo hacen para que la gente firme y despues tengan que pagar mas dinero deben ser honestos desde un principio yo todavia le pregunto como 3 veces ala persona y las 3 veces me repitio que eso era todo lo que tendria que pagar yo confie se supone que es una compania honesta y ahora salen que tengo que pagar mas eso no es posible esa forma de trabajar con la gente por favor antes de firmar cualquier contrato asegurense que sea correcto a lo que les dicen yo queria recomendar este lugar pero despues de esto ya no ahora si no pago que me van a dejar asi. con solo el implante en la ansia. No verdad tengo que pagar mas para que pongan la corona hay que mal de su parte que no tengan un personal que explique bien o si asi trabajan para enganchar ala gente y despues cobrar mas dinero


ME PA
2 years ago
Do not waste your time going here my appointment was at 2pm I got there early sign in just for them to say they can't see me and do my treatment because of "short staffing" they have been open since 9AM they could've called before I wasted my time and gas to drive there for my appointment knowing damn well they had been short staffed all day! I've had pain in discomfort in my mouth for weeks this was my 3rd visit to them in the last 3 weeks just for her to be like oh the doctor has an injury and we can't make her work to much like that's my fault how????


Laurie "Harley Quinn" Swett
2 years ago
Great staff and very welcoming to their quests. Extremely knowledgeable.


Clark Forbes
2 years ago
I have never encountered a problem with this Santa Ana location. I can not comment on the other locations because Santa Ana is the only dental office that I have been treated at. Everyone at this location is Very Professional, Very Friendly and Go Above and Beyond to ensure that you are comfortable with every procedure that has been requested!! Let me just add, that this is the First Dental Office that has not been demanding but has allowed me to make my own decisions!! And they working with me to get the work done that was suggested!! Thank You to All of the Staff at the Santa Ana Western Dental Office!!! Special Thanks to Tiffany Venegas, Office Manager!


Karin Heather
2 years ago
Very quick and efficient. Created a plan for my dental health care


Daisy Caneda
2 years ago
I usually don't write bad reviews but I have to share my experience I had my appointment at 2pm the waiting room was so full you would think they would limit there pts due to the pandemic, I waited 2 1/2 hrs I had to walk out I didn't even get my full exam because they were so busy . They did try to offer my braces with is something I didn't go for in the first place . They need to coordinate properly. Horrible experience


Feras Affani
2 years ago
They are more focused on how much money they want to charge you than your actual well being. They like to put you on the spot and force you to get expensive procedure done with out giving you Time to spent. My advice do not go there it is not worth the financial stresses


Maria Flores
2 years ago
(Translated by Google) My appointment today was at the exact time, they treated me with great professionalism, they helped me with my dental problem and I left the office very happy. I recommend them 100%. (Original) Mi cita de hoy fue a la hora exacta , me atendieron con gran profesionalismo,me ayudaron en mi problema dental y sali del consultorio muy feliz. Los recomiendo al 100%.


Renee Ramirez
2 years ago
I went in for tooth pain, they gave me an exam etc, said i needed to get all my wisdom teeth pulled out, and that i needed other few things as well. They only gave me a quick cleaning and told me since i have medi-cal they need to get the procedure approved before doing anything to me. I told them how long is that gonna take? She said maybe a month. I was like wth are you serious, am in pain and they couldnt do anything about it. Unlessss i paid for the procedure in payments than they can help me right away, its true they do pressure you, without giving you a chance to think about it. I never went back, luckily i found a better dentist place who helped me that same day. Oh also an update, i get a call 8 months later that they approved my procedure TOOO LATE! RIDICULOUS!!! NOT WORTH COMING HERE.


Russell Culross
2 years ago
The lady taking my appointment could barely speak english. And then they are rude when they call to reschedule. Dont waste your time.


Jordan Noguera
2 years ago
You can tell a place is all about money when they won't even let you park in their shady parking spots despite there being a whole empty parking lot. At least the security guard was cool. Kinda.


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