Coastal Dental Arts
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#853/100
- Best for Expats#750.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#746.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#935.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#854.8/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ? General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — Not verified Site repeatedly offers 'sedation options' for anxious/surgery patients but never specifies depth (conscious vs asleep) or names IV/general anesthesia.
Summary
Downtown San Diego multi-dentist practice offering cosmetic dentistry, Invisalign, implants and All-on-4, oral surgery and periodontal treatment, using digital (iTero) impressions. Four named dentists.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s-coastal-web] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Drs. David Chotiner, Frank Mac, Bowen Zhou, Ariana Wetzstein. [s-coastal-web] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Names listed; individual specializations not detailed. [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s-coastal-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [s-coastal-web] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ✓ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) as of 2026-08-25 [coastal-dental-arts-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [coastal-dental-arts-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [coastal-dental-arts-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s-coastal-web] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp, Birdeye, BBB (accredited since 2006). [s-coastal-rev] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital iTero scanning; imaging in-office. [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Implants and All-on-4. [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign. [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery, periodontal treatment. [s-coastal-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s-coastal-web] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s-coastal-web] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s-coastal-web] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri, opens as early as 7am some days. [s-coastal-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist San Diego", "English speaking dentist San Diego", "dental implants San Diego", "emergency dentist San Diego", "San Diego dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist San Diego [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist San Diego | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants San Diego [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist San Diego | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: San Diego dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s-coastal-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: NPI 1326800129 — David C Chotiner DMD (NPPES organizational registration) (NPPES — searched organization_name 'Coastal Dental Arts' (CA, NPI-2), 2026-08-25: matched NPI 1326800129 at the clinic's exact address, the legal entity behind the DBA. No separate CA facility license number is shown on the org record (CA does not license dental offices as facilities).) [coastal-dental-arts-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Chotiner, DDS [s-coastal-web] [coastal-dental-arts-doclic] | — | 48442 (CA) |
| Dr. Frank Mac, DDS [s-coastal-web] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Bowen Zhou [s-coastal-web] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Ariana Wetzstein [s-coastal-web] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No procedure prices published on the site. [s-coastal-web]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist San Diego
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist San Diego
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: San Diego dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://www.coastaldentalarts.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-619-858-8080 |
| https://www.facebook.com/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 1230 Columbia St, Suite 870, San Diego, CA 92101 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s-coastal-web | https://www.coastaldentalarts.com/ | Name, address, phone, dentist names, services, hours, photos. | 2026-07-12 |
| s-coastal-rev | https://www.yelp.com/biz/coastal-dental-arts-san-diego | Rating and review count. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:dentist San Diego | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| coastal-dental-arts-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Coastal+Dental+Arts/@32.7181883,-… | most recent review 3 weeks ago, marked NEW (as of 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| coastal-dental-arts-lic | https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&organization_name=… | NPPES returned 1 result: NPI 1326800129, organization name 'DAVID C CHOTINER DMD', address 1230 Columbia St Ste 870, San Diego, CA 92101-8539 — exact match to Coastal Dental Arts' address. | 2026-08-25 |
| coastal-dental-arts-doclic | https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&first_name=David&l… | NPPES returned NPI 1578625745, Dr. David C. Chotiner, D.M.D., address 1230 Columbia St Ste 870, San Diego, CA 92101-8539 (exact match to clinic address), CA state license number 48442. | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against NPPES NPI Registry: clinic's legal entity (David C Chotiner DMD, NPI 1326800129) found at its exact address. Dr. David Chotiner confirmed with CA license 48442; Drs. Frank Mac, Bowen Zhou and Ariana Wetzstein not found in NPPES under the name variants tried (CA Dental Board direct search remains blocked/403 for both scripted and browser-automation access). |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website (coastaldentalarts.com) live, address and phone unchanged, clinic operating (open). Google rating reconfirmed at 4.8; review count changed from stored 312 to 349; recorded Maps place URL, geo coordinates, and review recency. Note: Google Maps listing shows phone +1 619-786-3635, differing from the site's/worklist's +1-619-858-8080 (likely a call-tracking number); stored phone left unchanged since the clinic's own site confirms +1-619-858-8080. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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