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Dr. Robert F. Beauchamp is the founder of Western Dental. At the present time, Western Dental is one of the oldest and most experienced staff model dental health maintenance organizations in California, commonly known as an HMO. The company employs more than 560 licensed dentists, orthodontists, and specialists in more than 170 offices throughout California and Arizona.

Western Dental is also affiliated with a network of over 1,700 additional independent dentists in 1,400 more offices throughout California. Western Dental offers complete family dentistry and specialty services to over 90,000 patients each month. The company accepts DentiCal and private insurance. They provide convenient no interest payment plans and individual and group plans. Please try to contact Western Dental Customer Service directly prior to posting any complaints on this site.

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Anonymous
Western Dental - Do Not Trust and Incompetent

Western Dental is the worst place you can go to get dental work done. I went there in December of 2010 and have nothing but problems with them since. First their office staff is ...

#292520
Jan 27, 2012
5

Mariaher...
Western Dental Murrieta Assaulted my son!

Western Dental Murrieta assaulted my son! My son had an appointment here today. When we saw the dentist (Dr. Fayoumi) he started cussing and screaming at us. He called me foul name...

#291573
Jan 24, 2012
50

Grace si...
Western Dental - While in pain I was misinformed

I went to Western Dental in San Jose, CA. I had been experiencing EXTREME pain and needed to have the tooth pulled. The dentist looked at ALL the X-rays that were taken (...

#291368
Jan 23, 2012
46

Anonymous
Western Dental

Our family has needed to go to western dental for over a year because our insurance had changed to get routine cleaning for 3 people in my family it took 4 hours! Another time my d...

#288328
Jan 11, 2012
100

Lorralop
Western Dental - Bad service & Quality of work on Children!!

I have to say that up to a few days ago I always spoke wonderful of WD, until now!!! I never believed family and friends complaints. I took in my 4 yr old for a check up and foun...

#287419
Jan 08, 2012
172

Rascal54
Western Dental in Lancaster, CA

I went to Western Dental back in Oct to get new upper dentures and lower partials. They still haven't come in yet. I'm getting the run around. The beginning of the week I c...

#286939
Jan 06, 2012
108

The bala...
Western Dental Westminster CA.

*Please read this whole thing* I have no credit so I did not know where to turn, the western dental web site said they take people with any credit, I was ov...

#285842
Jan 02, 2012
212

MySonSuf...
Western Dental-Murrieta, CA is Horrible!

I signed a contract for my son to get braces at Western Dental. They told me it would be $100 per month and at the time I was working full time and could afford it. He has all his...

#284070
Dec 26, 2011
192

Anonymous
Western Dental SUCKS *** IN VENTURA

My mom went to the Western Dental in Ventura, Ca and they were terrible and RUDE!! At the time of service she made payment arrangements with one of the customer service reps and th...

#282955
Dec 20, 2011
167

Irenegar...
Western Dental IN MERCED CALIFORNIA SCAM

I went in to have my tooth extracted today they took xrays, said i was eligible on dentical insurance, now today just before my appointment while i waiting to go in, they say i am ...

#282792
Dec 20, 2011
230

Anonymous
Western Dental - Misreprentation of payoff agreement

I went to western dental in Chandler, az to have a tooth capped. I lived fifty miles away at the time and due to their shoddy work, i had to return three times for them to complete...

#281977
Dec 16, 2011
143

Ashleydu...
Western Dental in Phoenix AZ HORRIBLE

I am a former patient of Western Dental for my orthodontic care. I signed a contract with Western Dental to receive an 18 month care and treatment for braces. When I first went in ...

#281484
Dec 14, 2011
222

Anonymous
Western Dental - Bad denture, pulled the wrong tooth, bad charges

They agreed on a pay date for my lady friend. She went to pay & they had a different pay date. Now they want to charge a $25 late fee.(1 day late too)They pulled a tooth that...

#280072
Dec 08, 2011
218

Anonymous
Western Dental of Yuba City

I got a cleaning at western dental and planned to get my wisdom teeth pulled but after findng a cheaper dentist i never went back. The billers called me repeatedly even though my i...

#277800
Nov 28, 2011
161

Anonymous
Western Dental - Response to crediting credit card run twice in error

Husband went for treatment and ran his card for payment. They stated there was issue and ran card again. Next day the bank showed two withdrawals both equal to the amount credited ...

#277758
Nov 28, 2011
146

Jxs6982
Western Dental - Pay $20 more,go somewhere else

Western Dental is a disgrace! They should have their license pulled and I intend to report them to the Better Business bureau. The customer service is the worst I have ever experie...

#277254
Nov 25, 2011
188

Rblaze@y...
Western Dental - Useless and inefficient!!

I will never come to Western Dental in Merced. They are slow and everyone goes in front of you when you are a new patient. I have been here since 11 am. It is now 1:40pm. As for or...

#276096
Nov 19, 2011
189

Anonymous
Western Dental has the worst service ever

Why does it take over an hour and a half to even be called especially if you were the first patient through the door before the dentist and 90% of the staff even got there I just c...

#275805
Nov 18, 2011
184

Anonymous
Western Dental = FAIL!

My girlfriend went to western dental to have root planing and wisdom teeth pulled out. The root planning went well and she was scheduled for her wisdom to be removed. She ended up ...

#274660
Nov 12, 2011
287

Csmith01
WILL NEVER USE Western Dental AGAIN

Took my daughter to western dental for an orthodontic consultation for braces, scheduled my daughter for braces and paid the $150.00 down payment. the orthodontist put the braces ...

#273664
Nov 08, 2011
355

Andi33
Western Dental - Western in Tempe AZ, annoying and unprofessional

So my mom made an apt. for me, was happy that she was able to get it right away. What a mistake it was to go there. My apt was on a Sat. for 1145, did not get seen until 1240, was ...

#272776
Nov 04, 2011
114

Anonymous
Western Dental - Office management talking loudly of firing and employees in front of us clients

The western dental is the worst dental services ever. As a client sitting there listening to the office manager brag how she fired an employee in. Front of other employees and cust...

#272595
Nov 03, 2011
129

Spongebob9
Western Dental - Collecting bill that was not due lied to me

Had dental work done at western dental, the devils playground. they called repeatedly saying that my husbands account was past due and going to collections. They were told repeat...

#272220
Nov 02, 2011
188

Anonymous
Western Dental fresno did me right today

Western dental in fresno did me right today. I had 4 extractions and they were very hard to do and those two Drs. handled their business. for for for for for for for for for for fo...

#271227
Oct 28, 2011
202

Dentalbu...
Western Dental - Faulty Dentures

My mom had dentures made through Western Dental, not even 3 years ago and already, three teeth have come off. Called their corporate office and was given the run aro...

#270683
Oct 26, 2011
157

Anonymous
Redding Ca, Western Dental

Western Dental is the biggest joke of a denistry i've ever seen, well at least the one located in Redding California. My boyfriend got his wisom teeth pulled there and went thr...

#270634
Oct 26, 2011
205

Alteredd...
Burre Dental Center should not recommend Western Dental

Burre dental center SHOULD not recommend people to Redding! Worse apt ever. Waste of gas, time, and $. Those people were highly unprofessional except the manager. It took 3 woman t...

#269372
Oct 20, 2011
121

Shesharp...
Western Dental On Katella in Anaheim will intentionally fail to post Payments

Do not go to this or any location. I have twins with dental insurance. One twin had a procedure done that was completely covered by ins. Weeks later, I took the other twin in for ...

#268373
Oct 15, 2011
250

Shesharp...
Western Dental abuses Children

I have 8 yr old twins. I took all 3 of my children in for a simple cleaning. But Western Dental insisted that twin 1 had to have her top tooth pulled because it was stopping growth...

#267385
Oct 11, 2011
273

Poorpenm...
Beware Western Dental santa maria,ca.

My wife worked at western dental for about 5 months and would come home miserable, having had to work too many hours,(theyre open till seven)in unsafe conditions. before she quit, ...

#267007
Oct 09, 2011
280
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Dental Services
Dentists diagnose, evaluate, prevent and/or treat disorders, diseases, and/or conditions of the oral cavity - teeth and tissues. They also give advice and administering care to help prevent future problems. The dentists provide instruction on flossing, brushing, diet, the use of fluorides, as well as other aspects of dental care. These doctors remove tooth decay, examine X rays, fill cavities, straighten teeth, place protective plastic sealants on children's teeth, and repair fractured teeth. They also perform corrective surgery on gums and supporting bones to treat gum diseases. Dentists extract teeth and make measurements and models for dentures in order to replace missing teeth. They also write prescriptions for antibiotics and other medications as well as administer anesthetics. Dentists use a variety of equipment, which include x-ray machines, mouth mirrors, drills, forceps, probes, brushes, and scalpels, to name just a few. They wear gloves, masks, and safety glasses to protect themselves and their patients from infectious diseases. Most dentists are general practitioners they handle a number of dental services. Other dentists practice in any of nine specialty areas. They may be orthodontists; pediatric dentists; oral and maxillofacial surgeons; prosthodontists; endodontists; periodontists; public health dentists; oral pathologists; as well as oral and maxillofacial radiologists.

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