Seal Beach residents, including many from Leisure World, drive 15 to 20 minutes along Westminster Blvd or Pacific Coast Highway to Safari Dentistry and Implants in Huntington Beach. The office is led by a board-certified periodontist, which matters for dental implants, loose dentures and gum disease, and it also provides everyday cleanings, crowns, emergency visits and cosmetic dentistry.
Dental services for Seal Beach residents
Safari Dentistry and Implants covers the full range of care for Seal Beach families in one Huntington Beach office: routine exams, cleanings and X-rays, fillings and crowns, and the specialist work that most general offices refer out, because a board-certified periodontist leads the practice.
- Dental Implants for Seal Beach: single teeth, implant dentures and full-arch All-on-4, placed by the periodontist with in-house CT scanning and bone grafting.
- Cosmetic Dentistry for Seal Beach: veneers, bonding, whitening and smile makeovers designed on a scan, with the gum line treated first.
- Invisalign for Seal Beach: clear aligners for adults and teens, planned after a periodontal check.
- Porcelain Veneers for Seal Beach: porcelain and composite veneers designed on a scan, with a trial smile before any enamel is touched.
- Dental Bridges for Seal Beach: fixed bridges that replace one to three missing teeth in two visits, priced next to the implant alternative.
- Emergency dentist: same-day appointments Monday to Thursday for toothache, broken teeth, swelling and lost crowns.
- Periodontist and gum disease treatment: deep cleanings, gum grafting, crown lengthening and laser treatment by the specialist.
- General dentistry: exams, cleanings, digital X-rays and fillings for children and adults.
- Crowns and dentures: ceramic crowns, partials, full dentures and implant-retained dentures.
Why Seal Beach patients drive to Goldenwest and Heil
Most Seal Beach patients are past the age where a general dentist is enough for the questions they have: whether an implant will hold in thinning bone, whether a denture can be locked onto implants, whether gum recession needs a graft. A periodontist answers those from the CT scan at the first visit. The office also writes down the cost before treatment and offers monthly payment plans, which matters when dental work is not covered by Medicare.
Seal Beach has one of the largest retirement communities in the county, and a good share of the patients who come from there are asking about replacing dentures or single missing teeth with implants. That is periodontist work, and the office does it in-house, including bone grafting for jaws that have shrunk after years without teeth. The drive is 15 to 20 minutes without a freeway.
Getting to the office from Seal Beach
Safari Dentistry and Implants is at 16511 Goldenwest St, Unit 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, about 7 miles from Seal Beach and usually 15 to 20 minutes by car. From Seal Beach take Westminster Blvd east to Goldenwest St and turn south; the office is at Heil Ave, about two miles down. From Old Town, Pacific Coast Highway south to Warner Ave, then east to Goldenwest and a short hop north to Heil, is the coastal route. From Leisure World, Seal Beach Blvd to Westminster Blvd is the quickest.
- Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Same-day emergency time is held each open day.
- Parking: free, in the lot at the door, with a level entrance.
- Patients come from: Leisure World, Old Town and the pier, College Park East and West, the Rossmoor border and Sunset Beach and Surfside to the south.
Insurance and payment for Seal Beach patients
The office accepts Medi-Cal Dental, most PPO dental plans, most HMO dental plans and private pay, and offers monthly payment plans. Benefits are verified before the first visit, and the fee for any treatment is written down at the consultation, including the follow-up visits, so nothing is added later.