New Western Dental Office To Open In San Mateo

ORANGE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Dental Services, Inc., California's neighborhood dentist and one of the nation's leading dental health maintenance organizations, is opening a combined family dentistry and orthodontics office in San Mateo in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Conveniently located at 4100 S. El Camino Real, the modern office will bring affordable, high-quality, general, specialty and cosmetic dental care to San Mateo's children and adults alike. 

The San Mateo staff invites the community to a family friendly grand opening celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 6. The festivities will include free food, drinks, games, whitening kits, prize giveaways, face painting and a live remote broadcast by radio station KYLD (94.9-FM). 

During the event, Western Dental will schedule appointments for free dental screenings for children 1 to 8 years old.

Experienced providers and certified specialists at the large new office will offer a complete range of family dental services including orthodontics, Invisalign®, periodontics, pedodontics, oral surgery, dental implants, ZOOM!® whitening, white fillings, crowns and veneers.

Like all Western Dental offices, San Mateo's was designed to make oral health care convenient and accessible. Our offices welcome patients of all ages, feature a waiting room play area and offer extended evening and weekend hours for busy families.

"Every office is supported by our state-of-the-art systems to electronically monitor medical and administrative procedures to enhance care," said Samuel H. Gruenbaum, Western Dental president and CEO. "To provide the ultimate in patient care, we developed ORION, a suite of high-tech systems that support our bilingual check-in kiosks, low-dose digital X-rays, electronic dental records and back-office tracking systems that ensure careful and attentive service," Gruenbaum said.

In keeping with its mission to make quality oral health care available to all, Western Dental extends generous credit terms to patients who may pay in convenient installments with zero interest. Western Dental is also a participating provider for most major dental insurers and welcomes DentiCal.

Dr. Ellis Fuller is the managing dentist for the dental office; Dr. Xiao Wu manages the orthodontics practice. Family dentistry office hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday. Office hours for orthodontics are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday. Call (650) 235-1460 for appointments or visit www.westerndental.com.

About Western Dental Services, Inc.

Headquartered in Orange, Calif., Western Dental Services, Inc., is California's largest staff-model dental HMO and clinical provider of dental services. With more than 4,000 employees and 280-plus company-managed dental offices in California, and affiliates in Arizona, Nevada and Texas, Western Dental is a leader in family and specialty dental care operations at convenient neighborhood locations. The company's strict quality oversight, affordable treatments, group and individual dental benefit plans and evening and weekend office hours help keep the smiles of nearly 750,000 patients healthy and bright every year.

SOURCE Western Dental Services, Inc.