Western Dental opens August 13

The signs are up, the building is ready and a new Western Dental office will soon open in the former Apple Annie’s Restaurant, 1213 W. Henderson Avenue, home.

After totally renovating the building, Western Dental Services, Inc. is opening the combined family dentistry, specialty, cosmetic, and orthodontics office in Porterville on August 13. A grand opening celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 14, to introduce the facility and staff to local residents.

“We are very pleased to be opening a combined family dentistry and orthodontics office to serve the residents of Porterville,” said Samuel H. Gruenbaum, president and chief executive officer of Western Dental Services. “This is a special occasion for us not only because we are opening our first dental and orthodontics treatment center in Porterville, but also because it marks our expansion into Tulare County.”

The office will provide a full range of family dentistry services, specialty care, and cosmetic dentistry, including white fillings, veneers, crowns, dental implants, ZOOM!® whitening, oral surgery, periodontics, pedodontics, and complete orthodontic services. Grand opening festivities include free food, beverages, a bounce house and other amusements for children.

The new office, will be open evenings and Saturdays and will provide quality dental and orthodontic care at affordable prices. It will serve all residents living in and around the Porterville area.

Western Dental is known for extending credit to its patients with convenient installments at zero interest to make quality dental and orthodontics care affordable, even if the patient’s credit isn’t perfect. Western Dental is also a participating provider for most major dental insurers and welcomes Denti-Cal.

Office hours for the new family dentistry office are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Dr. Avinash will be the managing dentist. Marisa Garcia will be the office manager.

The orthodontics office will provide a full range of services to diagnose and correct orthodontic problems such as crooked and crowded teeth, overbites and tooth spacing and jaw protrusions. Braces, retainers and other such appliances are among the measures most commonly used to treat such problems. Western Dental’s ortho team offers both traditional braces and invisible aligners — Invisalign.

Office hours for the new orthodontics office will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Fridays of the month; and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Managing the orthodontics office will be Dr. George Clark. The office manager will be Gina Balesteros.

“We are proud to be part of the growing business community and to be a new neighbor to the residents there,” Gruenbaum said. “The full range of general dentistry and orthodontic services we provide, coupled with our office’s central location and convenient evening and weekend hours, should be especially helpful to the many working moms and dads living there, as well as the ever increasing number of families moving into the Porterville area.”

Headquartered in the city of Orange, Calif., Western Dental Services currently operates more than 200 dental centers throughout California and affiliated offices in Arizona and Nevada — many also offering orthodontic treatment.

To make an appointment or for more information call 800-466-5555.