Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Ventura, CA
2750 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93003
Open
Closes at 6:00pm
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 Ventura, 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 Ventura, 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 Ventura, 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.

Reviews

Rating 3.2 out of 5 based on 142 reviews

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Vanessa Monroy-Reyes
a year ago
My x ray tech Diana was such a sweet heart I hadn't been to the dentist in a while and she made me feel much better took very good care of me


nestor g
a year ago
Luz and all the staff at Western Dental here at Main Street location and Dr Hashimi were so amazing , family Friendly and I can suggest to the company to give them more in salary they were all great people . Since started having appointments with this dental office all the staff from the front and inside they were all so welcoming and respectful can't get anything more than that this suck an amazing experience


lleimi gomez
a year ago
Today i saw dr hashemi i had a great experience with him due to my past traumatizing experiences at other offices.. i really recommend western dental!!


Jenny Tron
a year ago
great service from the reception desk and all staff as well edith very kind and helpful all were friendly and professional.


Berenize Alonso
a year ago
Edith in the front greeted me and introduced herself when I checked in. She was very helpful while I was doing my registration. The assistant in the back when she called me in she greeted me as well. Overall my experience with western dental was good because I felt welcomed. Definitely returning to get my treatment don't with dr. Hashimi he explained my treatment well so I can understand.


Roseli Muradyan
a year ago
The only good thing about this place is Dr. Hashemi. Other than that this is the worst place of all dental offices literally on this earth. Everyone they hire is incompetent. They are rude, disrespectful and mean. I want to emphasize more about the woman who work front desk. You call to make an appointment for a specific thing and when you go in it's for something else. Don't waste your time and money here or any western dental. Stop lying to patients when they leave real true reviews that you "strive to provide good, quality service" or that your sorry you've missed your mark. Don't even reply to this review because it's worthless. Western Dental will never change and only get worse.


Gregorby Jacobs
2 years ago
It was calm and relaxing. Nice staff pleasing very cool.


Ozzy Hernandez
2 years ago
Accountability is not their strongest asset. They don't care if you've been given wrong information and saw the WRONG specialist. They also don't care if the dentist walks out on you and waste precious work days. This place is being reported to the dental board for gross incompetence.


Gabriel Rude
2 years ago
To the owner that replied. That would be great I'm still waiting on a call back from the office manager, so I won't Hold my breath. Very Poor & inconsiderate service. I CAN NOT EVEN GIVE 1 star, but they deserve about -4 stars for the way they have treated me. 4 or 5 years ago I went here and it was GREAT service. Now in 2022 it's the worst service possible. I would tell everyone who is considering going here, DO NOT GO HERE, they will up sell you and exploit you for your insurance. Bill you and then refuse to see you without a negative covid test. They don't explain anything, and then they'll rip you off. They UP SOLD me on work, didn't explain any of it, and then REFUSED to see me without a Negative Covid test with a days notice. When I called them back to cancel/reschedule, the girl at the desk told me that I would be refunded for the work they billed me for but that I did not receive within 30 days. 30 days past and nothing, I kept waiting for the refund to show on my credit card and nothing. I call the office to follow up and they tell me that the office manager will call me back next week and guess what, NO CALL BACK. I don't know what else to do at this point except consider the $2,000 I paid them as STOLEN a maybe report them. I don't even know who you report this kind of thing to. I contact the corporate office and they don't return calls or reply to emails either. If they cared or considered me a customer at all, they'd have reached out to me by now, they must be tired of exploiting me for my insurance. Maybe I can follow up with my insurance, since they no doubt have billed them as well for work which I DID NOT RECEIVE. WESTERN DENTAL you deserve the lowest rating possible. YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO COME BACK NOW. VERY DISAPPOINTED in this.


Hessam AL
2 years ago
Dr. Somaye & her assistants did a great job


Marie Smith
2 years ago
The dentist and the hygienist were gentle and efficient my filling was done quickly and painlessly.


howard delong
2 years ago
very nice staff thank you


Barbara Bear
2 years ago
I would give negative stars if I could. They say they will charge one amount pre-appointment, then jack up the price a LOT on the day of the appointment (over-charged me by more than $1,000). They charged me for an hour's worth of sedation and I was only there for half an hour total. Went through the grievance process and they said they would refund some of the money, but then refused to after all. Very snide woman I had to deal with on the phone hung up on me. Original visit I came in 15 minutes early for my appointment and had to wait for 4 hours to get in... I should have run away at that point. BEWARE of this dental practice. I'm reporting them, but it may take a while for authorities to take action. AN UPDATE ON MY REVIEW: I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY USUAL DENTIST WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME OF MY GOING TO WESTERN DENTAL. SHE WAS HORRIFIED THAT I HAD GONE TO WESTERN DENTAL IN HER ABSENCE AND SAID SHE WOULD *NEVER* HAVE SENT ME THERE. ON THE UPSIDE, SHE SAID THAT I MAY STILL GET THE FEELING BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY MOUTH WHICH HAS BEEN NUMB FOR 9 MONTHS SINCE MY VISIT TO WESTERN DENTAL. I GUESS THERE'S HOPE THAT THEIR RUSH JOB WON'T LEAVE ME UNABLE TO USE THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF MY MOUTH PERMANENTLY.


Nicky Garcia
2 years ago
Had a great experience Anay and the other girls were all so nice and friendly. I got a teeth cleaning it was painless and quick thank you Dr.Hashemi !


Carol Ricks
2 years ago
All of the staff were helpful andpleasant


david shapiro
2 years ago
I'm getting 11 crowns. 7 have completed the grinding down and I've been fitted with temporary crowns. The dentist snd his assistant are exceptional. From injecting the Novocain to completing the grinding it's been painless. There have been no after effect pain after the painkiller fades. I wholeheartedly recommend this facility for crowns and deep cleaning


Madame Futura
2 years ago
My kids retainer broke, not because of something she did, but because the retainer had a week spot in the "plastic" ( the retainer was thin flimsy and the fire poked out of the plastic, compared to her sister's retainer by a more reputable orthodontist) they REFUSED no matter how I practically begged them to replace her retainer ( I'd pay extra) In a matter of weeks her teeth re-opend and after $4000 on braces we are back to square one. Why would they refuse?? It was in her contact she could get one replacement. Well, Her lisp is back and our money is down the drain. They do this so kids HAVE to come backed and pay another $4000. (**It's true some kids DO have to come back, but it's guaranteed if they don't get a retainer) I will not be going back to this filth for round 2. Do yourself a favor and go to any other orthodontist.


Frankie Marc Anthony
2 years ago
The staff was professional and courteous


Michelle Geving
2 years ago
This place is a JOKE!! Every time I come here there is a 45 minute to an hour wait when Connie shows up and doesn't flake on me and reschedule. This has happened 5 times where I got up early to accommodate Connie's schedule only to have my appointment cancelled 15 minutes before my appointment time. I stopped seeing Connie because of this and started seeing Dr. Hashemi. I'm here for my first appointment with Dr. Hashemi and there is a 45 minute wait AGAIN!! At least I wasn't flaked on with this appointment but having me wait 45 minutes for my appointment is ridiculous!! My advise and recommendation is to go somewhere else! I wish I did!


Mary Galati
2 years ago
On 2/19/22 at 8am I had root canal #2 & I am really happy with the good Dr. & oops forgot his assistants name but she was very good to me too. The service treatments & professionalism is top notch & I am recommending my children to this Western Dental. Excellent dentistry! I had Western Dental in Santa Monica on Lincoln 8 years ago & chose them due to my sister living 1 mile from there! I had my upper teeth extracted & my first denture there! Had I known how much better my new denture IS! I wish I would have done that in Ventura. They are that good:) THANK YOU so much! A happy customer. Mary Galati


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