New Santa Clara Western Dental Makes Appointments Convenient

ORANGE, Calif., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Dental Services, Inc., is bringing its trademark affordable and superior-quality dental care to a new high-tech office in Santa Clara.

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Located in the western suburbs of San Jose, the Santa Clara office at 2825 El Camino Real bundles general, cosmetic and specialty dentistry and orthodontics under one roof for easy scheduling and treatment.

Conveniently located near the San Tomas Expressway, the new office will host a grand opening celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The family friendly event will feature free food, children's activities such as face painting, free T-shirts, prizes, dental goodie bags and a remote broadcast by San Francisco radio station KYLD (94.9-FM).

During the event, parents of children ages 1 to 8 years old can make appointments for free dental screenings.

Like all Western Dental offices, Santa Clara'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. "Western Dental's proprietary and industry-leading ORION technology supports our bilingual check-in kiosks, low-dose digital X-rays, electronic dental records and back-office tracking systems that ensure careful and attentive service."

Twelve experienced dental and administrative staff members will provide comprehensive oral health care such as periodontics, Invisalign® braces, pedodontics, oral surgery and cosmetic dentistry, including white fillings, veneers, crowns, dental implants and ZOOM!® whitening. Managing Dentists Drs. Wesley Chiang and Kelly Konczal will oversee the new office.

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

Family dentistry office hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday. Office hours for orthodontics are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday. Call (408) 343-4170 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 Arizona, Nevada and Texas affiliates, 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.

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