Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Vista, CA
1450 N Santa Fe Ave Ste A&C, Vista, CA 92083
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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 Vista, 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 Vista, 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 Vista, 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 4.8 out of 5 based on 693 reviews

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Deane Moon
a year ago
My experience at Western Dental Vista was amazing Eileen (DA) did such an awesome job taking my x-rays


Fransen Dcosme
a year ago
This western dental location is the best! Dream team staff! Hilda was great with deep cleaning my teeth!


Jason
a year ago
Ms. Hilda C did an excellent job!


Lucio Robles Jr
a year ago
The staff is always friendly and helpful. They greet you with a smile and brighten you day.


Alondra Garcia
a year ago
Always have a good experience here with staff and Dr recommend this place


Mg Qi
a year ago
WORST services I have ever encountered - first cleaning appointment took FOUR hours wait until I was able to see the dentist, but have to make another appointment to have my teeth cleaned. Second appointment received two reminders from text, I arrived on time for the appointment, but being told I didn't have an appointment made, I told them I made the appointment and received text reminder; then being told that I went to the wrong office, I showed them the text messages with the office address; then they told me that my dentist was not in today; I said it's fine I just need my teeth cleaning, any dentist would be fine; then they told me NO services for my insurance on that day but I can make another appointment!!! NEVER going back to this hell!!!!


paulette meza
a year ago
(Translated by Google) I went to this office because I had a lot of pain in a tooth that was extracted in another office and I had been in pain for a month. I went to this office since I had been to the other three times and they told me that it was nothing that I took the painkillers and the pain was normal. I thought that in this office they were going to help me with my discomfort that I had. But they make you sign a piece of paper so that they hide behind bad practice which I didn't sign because of what was happening to me, which they didn't say anything to me, they attended to me. When I was seen they took an x-ray. And they asked me if they had pulled my tooth there and I told them that it wasn't in another office and they asked me where I just told them that I didn't know but that it was on sight. Which they told me that I had nothing that was normal. I had to go to another office the next day because the pain was very strong. There I had to tell them that they took them out of me in Mexico for fear that they would tell me the same thing because these clinics lack ethics and what I have seen is that if they know that they did a bad practice they do not say it, they protect themselves among their entire indiligent circle. There they took more X-rays and they told me that I had an infection, I had an abscess that was already damaging the other tooth and it is impossible that it would be gone from one day to the next and that the dentist had not noticed. (Original) Yo acudi a este consultorio por que tenia mucho dolor en una muela que me extrajeron en otro consultorio ya tenia un mes con dolor. Yo acudi a este consultorio ya que en el otro ya eran tres veces que iba y me decian que no era nada que tomara los analgesicos y era normal en dolor. Yo pensando que en este consultorio me ivan ayudar a mi molestia que tenia. Pero te hacen firmar un papel para que ellos se escudan por mala practica la cual yo no firme por lo que me estaba pasando lo cual no me dijeron nada me atendieron. Cuando me atendieron me sacaron radiografia. Y me preguntaron que si alli me habian sacado la muela y les dije que no fue en otro consultorio y me preguntaron donde yo solo les dije que no sabia pero que era en vista. Lo cual me dijeron que no tenia nada que era normal . Tube que ir a otro consultorio al dia siguiente por que el dolor era muy fuerte. Alli tube que decirles que me las sacaron en mexico por miedo que me dijeran lo mismo por que estos consultorios les falta etica y lo que e mirado que si saben que hicieron una mala practica no lo dicen se protegen entre todo su circulo indiligente. Alli me sacaron mas radiografias y me dijeron que tenia infeccion, tenia un abseso que ya estaba perjudicando la otra muela y es imposible que se me alla echo de un dia para otro y que no se alla dado cuenta el dentista .


Kristina Fiske
a year ago
My experience at W.D.&.O has been great! The staff is very friendly and professional. My appointment with Hilda C. was amazing! She's extremely pleasant and made me feel comfortable every step of the way. I will be back and refer everyone I know.


Alma Valdez
a year ago
i felt so comfortable with tricia being my hygienist made me feel calm during the treatment


Thomas Malone (DrScientific)
a year ago
Eileen and Dr. Avanish are very kind and were very diligent when putting in some fillings for me.


HowToSimple
a year ago
Staff are friendly but I give them 1 star because it took so long 4 hours just for the x-ray and meet the dentist for recommendation. I have appointment at 9am but arrive 15 mins before my appointment, I have to wait in front as the office does not open yet. After that I have to wait in the main waiting room about 1 1/2 hour , they call me in and put me in a room, ( there is walk in patients all the time while I waiting) they tell me to rinse my mouth then they leave me wait there for about 30 mins then they take me to another room to check blood pressure and leave me there another about 30-45 mins then they come x-ray my teeth. The staff is nice but lack of practice/knowledge, so she keeps put the tools in my mouth again and again because the pictures do not show on the screen, sometimes it shows but not clear so a couple of times it hurt my gum & teeth bad (my tear run down my cheek automatically and a couple time I have to cough as she put too deep- the tools is not small) if you go through x-ray here before you know what I'm talking about it 's uncomfortable. After finished with x-ray I have to wait for the dentist to see my x-ray and give me recommendation. I have to wait another 1 & 15 mins (I think they already forget about me - and trust me I think about walk out of the dentist office so many times) then the dentist come and give me 10-15 mins recommendation to do deep clean. This all I have done today is x-ray and meet dentist. I walk into the dentist office at 9am and walk out at 1pm. Staff are friendly but is it worth it if you have to wait this long. No problem if you have plenty of time but not reccomend for those who want to walk in / walk out in reasonable time.


Duane-Susan Pennington
a year ago
Everyone was very professional, felt at ease, Thank you!!


Shannon Miranda
a year ago
I thought Saturday would be a good day to go to this dentist and it was. The staff was amazing, I was in and out with the rest of the day to enjoy!


Heidy Cruz
a year ago
Hilda C took care of me today I felt comfortable and she explained everything well


Johnny Lopez
2 years ago
Hilda C took care of me today she did really good!


Sabrina Domrique
2 years ago
Hilda C. is a great hygienist! She is super personable, while still being a very effective hygienist! She cleaned my teeth while being being gentle. I would definitely go back to her!


Mao u
2 years ago
Hilda C did my cleaning, she did an amazing job. Carol and Betzy were very helpful as well.


Mel F
2 years ago
Hilda C. was very kind and attentive, answering all my questions and reassuring me throughout the cleaning.


jordan
2 years ago
Hilda c did my cleaning today and did a great job


Gerardo Carreno
2 years ago
(Translated by Google) Hilda C did the cleaning for me, an excellent job. Thank you (Original) Hilda C me hizo la limpiesa, un exelente trabajo. Gracias


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