Scripps Center for Dental Care

Positions by Rating Profile

• Overall Transparency & Trust#655.8/100
• Best for Expats#850.3/100
• Best for Dental Implants#549.5/100
• Best for Emergency Dental Care#652/100
• Best Price Transparency#737.1/100
• Best English-speaking Clinics#953.8/100
• Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
• Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#155.8/100

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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Offers General Anesthesia 'sleep dentistry' — site states patient is placed in a controlled unconscious/deep sleep state. [scripps-center-for-dental-care-sedation]

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Summary

Large multi-specialty La Jolla practice (XIMED building) with eight named dentists covering cosmetic, prosthodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, endodontics and oral/maxillofacial surgery. In-house implant placement and full-mouth rehabilitation.

Score Breakdown

Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).

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 1598095051 — Scripps Center for Dental Care (NPPES organizational registration) (NPPES — searched organization_name 'Scripps Center for Dental Care' (CA, NPI-2), 2026-08-25: matched NPI 1598095051 at the clinic's exact name and address.) [scripps-center-for-dental-care-lic]

Dentists & professional licences

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-scripps-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: Works with international patients
• Communication & Service: Response speed
• Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
• Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
• 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

Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.

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