Everything here comes from the provider registry behind the listings: addresses, ZIP codes, provider type and registration dates. It does not include opinions about who is best, because that is not something registry data can support. It does show what is genuinely available within a short drive.
What is listed in Eastlake
The 44 listings split across two ZIP codes, 91914 and 91915, and cluster on a few roads. Eastlake Parkway is the biggest group with 18, once you combine the 13 filed as Eastlake Pkwy with the 5 filed as Eastlake Parkway, which are the same road entered two ways. Otay Lakes Rd has 10, Kuhn Dr has 7 and Harold Pl has 2.
Twenty eight of the 44 are registered to individual practitioners and 16 to organizations. You see both in the names, from Ana V Poggio, DDS and Carlos A Dongo, DDS through to larger practice entities. That split is about who holds the registration, not about the size or quality of the care.
Twenty of the 44 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration here dates to 2006. So roughly half the neighborhood has been operating under the same registered identity for fifteen years or more, and roughly half is newer than that.
- 44 practices listed, from 373 across Chula Vista
- 32 general dentistry, 12 specialist or clinic listings
- 18 on Eastlake Parkway, 10 on Otay Lakes Rd, 7 on Kuhn Dr
- Two ZIP codes, 91914 and 91915
- 28 individual practitioners, 16 organizations
- 20 registered before 2010, oldest in 2006
How to choose between them
For a family, this is a better than average mix. Thirty two general listings give you room to choose, and the 6 orthodontic and 4 pediatric listings mean braces and children's care can usually be handled without leaving the neighborhood. That matters when appointments are repeated over months.
The narrow parts are prosthodontics and endodontics, with one listing each. A single option is not a choice, and if that practice is not taking patients or is booked out, you are traveling regardless. Ask your general dentist where they refer for root canals before you need one.
None of the 44 listings publish a website or opening hours in the registry, so plan on phoning. The three questions worth asking every time are whether they are accepting new patients, whether they are in network for your plan, and how they handle a patient who calls in pain.
If you need something Eastlake does not have
Two specialties are absent. For periodontics, the nearest listings are elsewhere in Chula Vista, about 4.2 miles away, where 13 are recorded. For oral and maxillofacial surgery you are looking at San Diego, 15.6 miles out, which has 90 listings. Surgery is usually a small number of visits, so the distance is more tolerable than it looks.
For general care there are closer alternatives. Eastlake Woods is only 0.7 miles away and has 26 practices of its own. Rancho del Rey has 30 at 3.1 miles and Bonita Long Canyon has 22 at 2.1 miles. Millenia has 9 at 2.2 miles, while Otay Ranch at 1.6 miles and Eastlake Vistas at 1.9 miles have 3 each.
Insurance and paying
Start with network status. An in network dentist has agreed rates with your plan, so your share is calculated from a discounted fee. An out of network dentist has no such agreement, and you may owe the difference between the fee charged and the amount your plan considers allowable.
For anything beyond an exam and cleaning, ask for a written estimate listing the procedure codes and submit it for pre authorization. Two written numbers from two practices are comparable in a way that two phone conversations are not.
It is worth knowing what these listings can and cannot show. The registry behind them holds names, addresses, credentials and specialties, and holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance networks. Claimed listings are how a practice fills that gap in its own words. In Eastlake, none of the 44 have been claimed yet.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost crown or filling, or pain that is getting worse, call general dentistry practices on Eastlake Parkway and Otay Lakes Rd and ask directly for same day care. Since no hours are published for any listing here, calling is the only way to find who is open.
Go to an emergency room instead, not a dentist, if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop. Those signs mean the problem has outgrown a dental appointment.
If nothing in Eastlake has space, search outward by distance at dentist directory, which ranks practices by how far they are from you.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are there in Eastlake, Chula Vista?
There are 44 dental practices listed in Eastlake, out of 373 across Chula Vista. Thirty two are general dentistry, 6 are orthodontics, 4 are pediatric dentistry, 3 are dental clinics, and there is one prosthodontist and one endodontist. They sit in ZIP codes 91914 and 91915.
Is there a pediatric dentist or orthodontist in Eastlake?
Yes to both. Eastlake has 4 pediatric dentistry listings and 6 orthodontic listings, which is unusual for a neighborhood of this size and useful if you have children. What is missing locally is periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery, neither of which has a listing inside Eastlake.
What is the closest neighborhood with more dentists?
Eastlake Woods, just 0.7 miles away, has 26 listed practices of its own. Slightly further out, Bonita Long Canyon has 22 at 2.1 miles and Rancho del Rey has 30 at 3.1 miles. Between them and Eastlake's own 44, there is a large pool of general dentists within about three miles.