Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Visalia, CA
828 S Mooney Blvd, Visalia, CA 93277
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Opens tomorrow at 9:00am
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Monday9:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday9:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday9:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday9:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday8:00am - 4:30pm

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

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

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Visalia, 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 Visalia, 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 Visalia, 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 4.0 out of 5 based on 180 reviews

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Alexis jade
a year ago
Such amazing service it's unbelievable I highly recommend Dr. Kumar and the world's best tech and assistant Justine & Sarahthe dental service with this trio of a team absolutely a blessing no pain no irritation with staff just the best service that can be provided!!!!!!!! I recommend going no where else besides Western Dental at 828 S. Mooney Visalia Ca 93291 if you want the best dental service possible!!!!! Love these guys!!! you will not regret it!!!


Alondra Guerrero
a year ago
Esme and Justine did an amazing job on my clean. They are very nice and making sure I'm doing ok!


dillon wadkins
a year ago
Friendly


Bernice Medina
a year ago
My experience was great. I had a small issue with an appointment but after I spoke to the manager Yanelly I was able to be seen that day. She was very understanding and attentive. She was a sweetheart. Great customer service !Will definitely be back.


Javier Alvarado
a year ago
If I can put ten stars I would, The manager yanely was very helpful in explaining a procedure to me and taking care of my concerns, along with the patient care coordinator informing me about options on how I can pay for my treatment. im happy to have a great dental team like western dental a lot has improved in the office since I last came in a month ago. I did not wait more than 10 minutes to be roomed and get started on my exam Thank you guys.


Veronica Camacho
a year ago
Yanelly the manager there was great help she help me with all my paper work and dental insurance. She Super nice and made me feel comfortable.


Cameron Garcia
a year ago
Unprofessional and incompetent staff. I was referred out for a root canal and told I needed to schedule my crown here within 2 weeks. The very next day I went in and told the front desk lady Vanessa that I just had a root canal the day before and needed to schedule my crown. She scheduled me 10 days out and then when I came in for that appointment they only did x-rays. I was told I needed to wait for insurance approval for 2 to 3 more weeks. The lady doing the x-rays told me I should have been scheduled for the x-rays sooner so I could have gotten approved sooner. Even that lady agreed that Vanessa should have had me do the x-rays the day I scheduled the appointment instead of waiting. Now I am at risk of more damage to my original root canal as I wait longer for the crown I need. Another incompetent mistake was when I had an extraction done and the doctor that did the extraction said he was going to prescribe antibiotics for me. I gave them my pharmacy location and expected to wait for the pharmacy to get it. The pharmacy never received my prescription for days and I had to call the front desk to see what happened. I spoke with Vanessa again and she informed me there weren't any notes stating I needed a prescription or that one was prescribed to me. After talking with the general doctor she told me I did in fact need the prescription but could not give me any reason why it was not prescribed in the first place. I told Vanessa my pharmacy location to have the prescription sent to. After going to the pharmacy the next day my prescription was still not there. I went back to the front desk and spoke again to Vanessa who told me they sent my prescription to a different pharmacy than the one I told them to send it to. The customer service at the front desk is completely incompetent and lacks any concern for the public. The staff and especially Vanessa at the front desk do not listen to what customers are telling them and can't seem to efficiently do their job. I've been put at extended unnecessary risk because the staff shows no care about the wellbeing of their customers. If at all possible I would recommend getting dental services somewhere else as the risks from getting serviced here are too high to be safe.


Delia Garza
2 years ago
Every staff member is so nice, caring, and eager to listen to any concern and if one does not know the answer to a question asked, the answer will be answered before leaving Western Dental.


Maria Phillips
2 years ago
Dr Kumar is very gentle and sweet. The staff took its time to talk and go over everything with me. Thank you western dental!


Evelina Regalado
2 years ago
Reception here is nice. However I most likely will not be a returning customer. Today I had my wisdom tooth pull. The dentist that did it was quick and was able to get my tooth out BUT he did not numb me properly before giving me the shots in my mouth he seemed like he was in a rush. Regardles of how busy you are I am a live patient! I felt every poke and screamed! Then during the time he was putting in stitches he cut my lip with the with the siscors because again he was in a hurry! After he was done with that the dental aid gave me a paper for post surgery information that was almost unreadable! We're customers! We deserve to be treated kindly while under the care there. And it only takes a min to recopy the instructions for after we leave there. I'm sorry but it's laziness and being in a rush that would make customers not want to return. Take a min and show us you care by taking your time and handing us a readable paperwork. This was literally just an hour ago.


209tammy
2 years ago
My experience today was excellent you couldn't ask for a better dentist thank you.


D O G E
2 years ago
Very professional and courteous appts are on time everything explained in detail they take time to answer any questions you may have


Destiny Morgan
2 years ago
Katrina and Dr.Vidal were very friendly and made our experience really good. Katrina was so kinda and helpful. Dr.Vidal earned extra points with me for knowing who the band system of the down is :) also the dental assistant in the back was also kind and was great with my daughter.


Laura Turner
2 years ago
Dr. Kumar was AWSOME! The whole staff is AWSOME! I was so nervous and they made my root canal easy! The girls in the front were AWSOME and Sarah was the sweetest she took care of all my worries about the financial part! Thank you WESTERN DENTAL


Bryan Cervantes
2 years ago
It was fast and great working team they make you feel comfortable


Amber Fowler
2 years ago
The worst place to go for any dental services. The staff are extremely rude and unprofessional. Will never come back to this dental office again. The dentist are in such a hurry that they barely talk to you or explain anything to you. Also the hygienist look extremely unhappy and angry every time you go in there. They show no emotion.


Arturo Aceves
2 years ago
My experience at western Dental was really bad . The Dr. numb me and walk away for 30-40 mins with another patient. I got four fillings done and one filling got infected and I end up the emergency room during the weekend. The DR. Didn't had no experience and I will never go back to western Dental again!


Elvis Young
2 years ago
All of the staff are greatly welcoming and overall super amazing. I had to get 4 wisdom teeth extracted and the oral surgeon Dr. Lim made the whole experience much much better. He was super friendly and just an overall awesome surgeon.


Sely Roman
2 years ago
(Translated by Google) Lizet treated me very well, very attentive to the patients, I would return to be treated again (Original) Lizet me atendio muy bien muy atenta con los pacientes yo regresaria para que me atienda de nuevo


Alex Sanchez
2 years ago
Friendly staff! Liz did a great job. Friendly, professional and knowledgeable.


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