Dentistry for Laguna Niguel

From the La Paz Road and Moulton Parkway side of Laguna Niguel we are about nine minutes away. You never touch the freeway to get here. If the drive now matters as much as the dentistry, that is the sentence worth reading twice.

What is the route?

Moulton Parkway or Alicia Parkway north, then Paseo de Valencia. No merging onto the I-5.

• About nine minutes from La Paz Road.
• Street parking is free and there are free spaces behind the building.
• The parking structure charges, so most people skip it.
• Suite 450 is reached by elevator. No stairs between the car and the chair.

What dentistry does Laguna Niguel actually come here for?

Replacing teeth properly

• Single implants for one missing tooth, without touching the teeth either side.
• Full arch treatment for a whole jaw on fixed implants.
• Implant-secured dentures, for people tired of adhesive.
• When all of that has run together and the bite has dropped, it becomes full mouth reconstruction. One sequenced plan, with the cost in writing before any work starts.
• Replacing crowns and bridges placed decades ago that are now failing.

Keeping what you have

• Periodontal care and gum maintenance. This is what decides whether teeth are kept.
• Root decay, which behaves differently from the cavities you had at thirty. It gets far more common once gums recede.
• Dry mouth caused by medication. It quietly accelerates everything else.

Fuller detail sits on the dental implants and periodontics pages. We see a lot of the same work from Laguna Woods Village.

For routine care, see dental cleanings and exams, fillings, crowns and tooth extractions. If dental visits make you anxious, sedation dentistry is available, and same-day emergency appointments are held daily.

Who will I see?

Dr. Nojan Jahedmanesh, DDS. He earned his dental degree at Loma Linda University. He holds a certificate in prosthodontics from UCLA and practices as a general dentist.

Prosthodontics is the area of dentistry concerned with replacing missing teeth: crowns, bridges, dentures and implants. That is most of what this page is about.

What will it cost?

We accept Delta Dental, Aetna, Cigna, MetLife, Guardian, Humana, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare and other major PPO plans, and the Delta Dental, Guardian and MetLife HMO plans (full list).

For anything past an exam and cleaning you get a written estimate first, itemized. It shows what your plan is expected to pay and what it leaves you.

If that is more than you want to pay at once, there is third party financing through Cherry, CareCredit, Sunbit and Happen Bank. The practice is not the creditor.

The dental plans we are in network with, including the HMO and Medicare Advantage plans, are listed on the insurance page.

Can I bring a treatment plan from another dentist?

Yes, and a good number of people from Laguna Niguel do exactly that.

They arrive holding a plan from somewhere else and want to know whether it is reasonable. That is a sensible thing to ask for. Bring it in.

You will get an honest answer about what needs doing, what can wait, and what does not need doing at all.

We are in Laguna Hills ourselves. There is a page for Laguna Hills with the neighborhoods, parking and the elevator to Suite 450.

Pearl32 Dentistry and Wellness also has pages for patients coming from Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, Laguna Woods Village, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo, Laguna Beach, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, Tustin, Dana Point, San Clemente, Newport Beach and South Orange County. The office is the same one, at 24022 Calle De La Plata, Suite 450, Laguna Hills.