Western Dental & Orthodontics

Western Dental & Orthodontics - General dentist in Whittier, CA
14880 Whittier Blvd, Whittier, CA 90605
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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 Whittier, 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 Whittier, 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 Whittier, CA

Paul Holt heads all financial operations for the organization, including internal and external financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, and purchasing. He is also the interface with the Companys equity and lending partners and credit reporting agencies.

Mr. Holt comes to Western Dental with more than 20 years of experience as a chief financial officer, including 18 years with healthcare companies that were publicly traded NextGen Healthcare, Inc. and NantHealth, Inc. where he helped lead an initial public offering. He has also held financial leadership positions in companies engaged in waste management and recycling, manufacturing and distribution. He began his career in public accounting, where he was a Senior Staff Accountant for McGladrey & Pullen, LLC, now known as RSM US LLP.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, cum laude, from University of California, Irvine, and a Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He was named the Orange County Public Company CFO of the Year in 2012 by the Orange County Business Journal.

Dr. Meng joined Western Dental in 1994 as an Associate Dentist. She was a practicing dentist for 12 years before taking a leadership role in operations as a Clinical Director. She later led the development of the organizations extensive orthodontic program now the largest in the United States and then, as Senior Vice President, Specialty Services, developed and operationally supported the extensive network that serves the specialty needs of patients in 325 Western Dental, Brident and Vital Smiles offices in California, Texas, Arizona, Alabama and Nevada.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Meng taught at UCLA Dental School, where she also conducted oral cancer research, and at UCLA Medical School as an Oral Pathology Specialist. Dr. Meng has been a licensed dentist in the state of California since 1994.

Bob Eisen has more than 25 years of human resources leadership experience, including 20 years in healthcare-related organizations. He has held HR positions at Quest Diagnostics and several hospital groups, including Hospital Corporation of America and, most recently, spent five years with St. Joseph Health in Irvine, Calif., where he was Vice President, Talent.

During his career, Bob has successfully built and led strong HR departments that helped organizations succeed. He has created career ladders with training and development that helped team members build rewarding, long-term careers, and he has created programs to compensate and reward fairly for performance, while fostering cultures that attracted talented individuals and fueled organizational energy and chemistry.

Bob received a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Southern California. Bob is also certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Eric comes to Western Dental with nearly 20 years of healthcare compliance, privacy, regulatory, accreditation and legal experience. He was recently Vice President Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer for KPC Healthcare, Inc. in Orange County, California, where his responsibilities included seven acute care hospitals one with a Level II trauma center eight long-term care facilities, an urgent care center, an ambulatory surgery center, and a physician group. Before that he was Director of Compliance and Revenue Integrity for Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, an organization with 500 hospital beds, a Level I trauma center, an academic medical center and 11 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the community. He was also Corporate Compliance Manager for Parkland Health and Hospital System, a major academic and trauma center in Dallas; an Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Medical Hearings and Appeals in Miami; an Accreditation Specialist for the Council on Education for Public Health; and an Assistant Public Defender in the First Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Erics career in dentistry started at Western Dental nearly 30 years ago. He subsequently pursued his career in operational roles at dental service organizations that included Pacific Coast Dental, SmileCare Family Dentistry, West Coast Dental and OrthoSynetics. Since rejoining Western Dental in 2015 as Vice President, Orthodontics, he significantly expanded the organizations orthodontics program, which made more confident smiles possible for thousands of individuals with both traditional braces and the companys ClearArc orthodontic aligners.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Clinical Care, Patricia is expanding her role to include responsibility for operational support of all dental specialties, including oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics and pediatric dentistry.

Patricia joined Western Dental in 2015 as Vice President of Soft Tissue Management, a role in which she developed a hygiene program and recruited and deployed nearly 150 hygienists across the company. She has also developed and launched key initiatives for dental implants and a variety of other oral health care products and services. Earlier in her career, Patricia launched and led a number of dental product and service initiatives at SmileCare and SmileBrands. Before that, she started and led a sales team at Orapharma to serve dental service organizations.

Vikash has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting, including 12 years with publicly traded companies, including Aramark Corporation and Republic Services, Inc. Prior to Western Dental, he served as Vice President of Finance for Athens Services, a leading Southern California environmental services firm, where he built a strong team while working closely with the leadership to support effective decision-making. He has extensive experience in financial modeling, pricing, contract negotiations, strategic planning, acquisitions and annual budget preparation, and he is adept at making financial analysis easy to understand and helpful to Operations.. He began his career in public accounting, in India, with M.G. Todi & Co., where he was a senior auditor.

Western Dental attracts some of the best and brightest dentists from top dental schools across the country and around the world. And every one of them is dedicated to helping you chew, nibble, gnaw, smile and help you keep those pearly whites for a lifetime.

Our dentists are passionate about providing patients with the best possible dental care. Thats why every Board-certified Western Dental dentist stays on top of the latest technical training in their area of expertise by completing an ongoing series of clinical education courses throughout their employment. It keeps them up to date on the most effective clinical practices and technologies available in the industry. We not only demand that of our dental professionals, but we make it our pledge to you.

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Rating 3.6 out of 5 based on 175 reviews

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Erica Paramo
a year ago
Cathy is awesome she did an amazing job on my teeth thank you Cathy from the whittier western dental office


Irene Kramer
a year ago
Lorraine Hernandez Floor Supervisor . She was very nice and understanding. She made me feel welcome and explained what she was doing . I really like that . Made me feel good. And Dr. NIK was very nice . And told me what was need to be done . Very nice Employees at western Dental in Whittier. Thank You so much . Cause last time I was there Dr. Born was not nice and didn't explain what I need done and walked away from . Not very nice . That i wasn't going to come back . But Thank you for today everyone.


Redda Romero (Daughter of the King)
a year ago
Very friendly staff. The dentist that did work on me, is very professional and very caring. I highly recommend Western dental !!


Gabby Garcia
a year ago
My Dentist Dr, Borna and her Assistant Terry were wonderful since my first visit. During my first visit I was nervous and scared since is been yrs I didnt go to the Dentist. They both give great patient care, and made me feel very comfortable. Dr Borna is very gentle and love the way she explains me everything so as her assistant Terry. Because I love their service I started bringing my kids here aswell. Thank you Dr Borna and Terry you both are a great Team. More people should be like you ladies caring to help patients feel comfortable


Charlene Arellano
a year ago
The only reason I am giving 5 stars is for the excellent communication that has always been given to me from Tony who works with Dr. Kim in the orthodontist department, she has been extremely helpful to me and always explain's everything that is being done to me. Thank you Tony


Robert Subia
a year ago
Very very professional as well as great customer service


Brian Cervantes
a year ago
Daisy was really helpful when I came in to get my prescription ready and set up my appointment at an earlier availability as well thank you so much 5 stars service all around.


Francisco Bonilla
a year ago
Very kind as well as generous and also they attend you quick.


Josie Contrera
a year ago
Tonie from ortho is amazing my son loves her and feels super comfortable.


Joanna Wankier
a year ago
Cathey RDA is very courteous and friendly. She talked my daughter through all the procedures and was very gentle. She was great on my teeth cleaning and the other receptionist ladies are very nice and helpful.


Angelica Murillo
a year ago
I'm very pleased with the oral surgeon. Fast process and no pain! I just wish, I didn't have to wait that long. Overall great work


Julian Ramirez
a year ago
Very happy with the service and the staff is amazing keep up the good work


Gabriela
a year ago
(Translated by Google) They treated us well, the staff was very nice and the nurse was very friendly and they finished my child's work (Original) Nos atendieron bien, muy agradable el personal y muy amable la enfermera y le terminaron el trabajo a mi nino


Danny Silva
a year ago
I don't recommend going to this location if you are going for dentures.first of all it took me over 3 months to get my dentures..3 whole months without teeth ...until finally I get my dentures and of course when u get home with them I really can look them and literally everybody who commented on them saw what I was seeing. Bottom denture is to wide you can tell as soon as you looked at them and when I bite down the top arent flush with bottom ones there a gap on right side .my gums were hurting first week wearing them till I I finally made appointment and told them they were hurting they adjusted them for that but as far as the bottom ones too wide and don't line up with bottom ones I'm out of luck ridiculous and I'm still paying for them and Wil be for next 6 months so if your going for dentures choose different location.


jonathan kaldas
a year ago
Great help from Cathy who explained my gum treatment clearly and thoroughly


Devynn Magallon
a year ago
Update: I came back to Western Dental, because I had such a great experience the first time. How disappointed I am in their staff now 2022. It is very unorganized. The make my appointments and ask me to leave because they are busy. Even though I had an appointment. Other days they make my appointment and can't work on me because I have braces (with them!) and they say the ortho isn't in. I'm like how am I supposed to know when the ortho is in and isn't in. I don't know why they made me an appointment when the ortho isn't in. Other times I come in on my lunch, for my appointments and they have me in the waiting room for a hour. (That is my entire lunch) I communicated that I was on my lunch and they simply don't care. I really want to just cancel everything and find a new place. I keep being hopeful but every time I return for another appointment it is always full of disappointments. I would rate this a negative 50! (This post below was from 3 years ago) Went in with horrible pain from my wisdom teeth. The same day they were able to remove all my wisdom teeth. I felt fine the same day and the following day. I have no insurance but they gave me a great payment plan.


Monica Hurtado
a year ago
Cathy Alvarado was so kind and helpful. You're lucky if she's the one taking your molds.


Aroche Aroche
a year ago
(Translated by Google) September 24/2022 On the mentioned day I attended this place for my brother to be treated Since he has 2 teeth which he has pain, they did the x-rays Then BORNA saw it She refused to provide service to my brother, with the reason that there is no document that says that I am the person in charge of my brother. 1 I have power of attorney, emigration documents, school documents They have accepted the legal documents and verified that I am legally Guardian of my brother. I had to return my brother with a lot of pain The good thing is that in California there are many dental clinics (Original) Septiembre 24/2022 El dia mencionado asisti a este lugar para que mi hermano sea tratado Ya que tiene 2 dientes los cuales el tiene dolor ,le hicieron los rayos x Luego ,Lo vio BORNA Ella se nego a prestarle servicio a mi hermano, con la razon que no hay ningun documento que dice q yo soy la persona encarga de mi hermano 1 tengo Carta poder,Documentos de emigracion documentos de la escuela Ellos an aceptado los documentos legales y comprobado que soy legalmente Guardian de mi hermano . Tuve que regresar a mi hermano con mucho dolor Lo bueno es que en California hay muchas clinicas dentales


Sloth World
a year ago
Cathy Alvarado was our RDA and was super amazing. This visit was for my 8 year old son who was nervous. Cathy helped my son relax with her kind words and our visit was easy because of her. Not only was she kind but within our wait we noticed what a hard worker she was.


Katherine Ceron
a year ago
I loved Daysy's attention, this place has an excellent staff and everything else, my husband had some implants here and everything went very well


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