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David Smith, DDS FAGD

  • General practice
  • 20+ years in the federal registry
  • NPI-verified

General-practice dentist practicing in San Diego, California — one of 1,436 active dentists in the city’s federal registry roster, 36 of them sharing the 92122 ZIP code. Every fact below is from the public record, with its source shown.

Registry profile

Practice address

5573 Sandburg Ave, San Diego, CA 92122

Phone

(858) 450-9222

Fax

(858) 453-2110

Specialty (primary taxonomy)

General Practice

Taxonomy code 122300000X

License state

CA

In the federal registry since

2006

Registry record last updated

2008-08-22

NPI number

1821017872

View the authoritative record at NPPES

CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) NPI Registry, live registry (individual providers, county). Retrieved 2026-07-23. Providers self-report NPPES records, so an address or phone number can lag a practice move — confirm details directly with the office. An NPI is a federal enumeration, not a license status, quality rating, or endorsement.

The market around this practice

San Diego County runs 59.2 dentist offices per 100,000 residents — about 2% more than California overall (58.1). That is the competitive backdrop this practice operates in. Full county detail is on the San Diego County market page.

Where this practice sits in San Diego

The 120 practices nearest this one, of 1,310 geocoded citywide. Hover a dot for the name; click through to the profile.

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William Barton, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3202 Governor DrMirna Nguyen, DMD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3202 Governor DrAndrew Firtel, DDS — General Practice, 3222 Governor DrKirandeep Panatch, DDS — General Practice, 3222 Governor DrSanjay Dhir, DDS — General Practice, 3226 Governor DrRobert Henderson, DDS — General Practice, 3226 Governor DrJoanne Copps, DDS — General Practice, 5181 Argonne CtClaudia Florescu, DDS — General Practice, 7748 Regents Rd Ste 301Haley Deloach, DDS — General Practice, 3939 Governor Dr Ste ALarry Hovey — General Practice, 3957 Governor DrSuryadeep Mankatala, DDS — General Practice, 4731 Clairemont Dr Ste 101Hemamalini Srinivasan, DDS — General Practice, 4921a Clairemont DrMansoureh Yavari, DMD — General Practice, 8028 Camino JonataAli Fakhimi, DMD — General Practice, 3735 Clairemont Mesa BlvdIndra Sharma, DDS — General Practice, 3735 Clairemont Mesa BlvdJing Lee, DDS — General Practice, 4341 Clairemont Mesa BlvdWesam Altamimi, DDS — General Practice, 3802 Clairemont Mesa BlvdMelissa Ruff, DMD — Endodontics, 3802 Clairemont Mesa BlvdGerald Massimei, DDS — General Practice, 5750 Erlanger StQuan Liu, DDS, PHD, DMD — General Practice, 7506 Charmant DrDavid Hellerud, DDS — General Practice, 4444 Manitou WayRawan Hamati — General Practice, 8550 Costa Verde Blvd Apt 5439Serena Kurt — General Practice, 4453 Clairemont Mesa BlvdRobert Levine, DMD — General Practice, 4453 Clairemont Mesa BlvdBahareh Dadresanfar, DDS, ENDODONTIST — Endodontics, 4458 Via PasearGregory Allen, DDS — General Practice, 3535 Lebon DrCarolyn White, DDS — General Practice, 8910 University Center LaneJarrod Goldberg, DDS — General Practice, 8915 Towne Centre DrRoland Goldberg, DDS — General Practice, 8915 Towne Centre DrRebecca Sokol, DDS — General Practice, 8915 Towne Centre Dr Ste 100Ivan Teran — General Practice, 8775 Costa Verde BlvdBailey Chelemedos, DDS — General Practice, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 245Stephen Doan, DMD — General Practice, 8899 University Center LnDavid Eshom, DDS — General Practice, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 245Duncan Eshom — General Practice, 8899 University Center LnShivi Gupta, DMD — General Practice, 8899 University Center LnRichard Harmetz, DSS — General Practice, 8899 University Center LnAlex Kim, DMD,MAGD,FICOI — General Practice, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 180John Lofthus, DDS — Periodontics, 8899 University Center LnRobert Mcfarlane, DMD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 100Marie Moeckel, DDS — General Practice, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 110Christine Rhee, DMD — General Practice, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 190Carl Smith, DDS — General Practice, 8899 University Center Ln Ste 185Lily Marucci, DMD — General Practice, 4664 Clairemont Mesa BlvdDivya Patel, DMD — General Practice, 4664 Clairemont Mesa BlvdXusheng Mu, DDS — General Practice, 4716 Clairemont Mesa BlvdAlexis Hurst, DDS — General Practice, 4690 Genesee AveBridget Hurst, DDS — General Practice, 4690 Genesee AveSteven Hurst, DDS — General Practice, 4690 Genesee AveGeorge Stratigopoulos, DDS — General Practice, 4808 Clairemont Mesa BlvdDipalee Kabade — General Practice, 9135 Judicial Dr Apt 3318Anisha Sudan, DDS — General Practice, 9135 Judicial DrGordon Rick, DDS, MS — Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 5190 Governor DrLee Slater, DDS, MS — Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 5190 Governor DrMartin Abelar, DDS — General Practice, 4510 Executive DrFen-Hui Chen, DDS — General Practice, 4510 Executive DrMichael Do, DDS — Endodontics, 4510 Executive DrGeorge Georgaklis — General Practice, 4510 Executive Dr Ste 106Cindy Ko, DDS — General Practice, 4510 Executive Dr Ste 101Cameron Kohani, DDS — General Practice, 4510 Executive Dr Ste 205Kambiz Kohani, DDS — General Practice, 4510 Executive DriveJeff Muehl, DDS — General Practice, 4510 Executive Dr Ste 201Paul Styrt, DMD,MPH,MS — Pediatric Dentistry, 4510 Executive DrMario Alberti, DDS — General Practice, 4520 Executive DrGerman Trujillo, DDS — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 4520 Executive Dr Ste 220Ernest Wong, DDS — General Practice, 4520 Executive DrKaely Kantaris — General Practice, 4435 Eastgate Mall #125Jay Akef, DDS — Periodontics, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B212Robair Aldaya, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B307Stanley Baquial, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveChristina Bartsch, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveMichael Carter, DMD — Endodontics, 3737 Moraga AvenueAntony Christensen, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveDouglas Christiansen, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveMark Emerson, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveMichelle Espinoza, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga Ave.Alexandra Hansen, DMD — General Practice, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B400Victor Israel, DMD — General Practice, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B206Edmund Jay, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveMin Lee, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveDavid Lockwood, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B414Valencia Luckman, DO — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveJames Misla, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveKhanh Nguyen, DDS, MSD — Periodontics, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste A104Melanie Parker, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3737 Moraga AveJustin Polance, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveHarriet Seldin, DMD — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveFaye Tada, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveAlan Tengonciang, DMD — Endodontics, 3737 Moraga Ave Ste B313Russell Toppi, DMD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3737 Moraga AveRandy Wolff, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Moraga AveAli Aldabe, DMD — General Practice, 5189 Clairemont Mesa BlvdStephen Baral, DMD — General Practice, 5189 Clairemont Mesa BlvdHarold Block, DDS — General Practice, 5189 Clairemont Mesa BlvdGeorge Copoulos, DDS — General Practice, 4241 Balboa AveThomas Acierno, DDS — Endodontics, 3867 Clairemont DrDaniel Stragier, DDS — General Practice, 4340 Genesee AveRaymond Carpenter, DDS — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 207Paul Davis, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee AveShivali Garg, DMD, MSD — Periodontics, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 203William Halligan, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 207John Holman, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 4320 Genesee AveLinda Lukacs, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee AvenueRussell Mccalley, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee AveAnton Misleh, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee AveCourtney Misleh, DMD — General Practice, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 204Jann Ramos, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 101Niknam Refahi, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 106James Sinks, DDS — Periodontics, 4320 Genesee AveJieyi Zhuang, DDS — General Practice, 4320 Genesee Ave Ste 103Eldridge Smith, PERIODONTIST DDS — Periodontics, 3804 Clairemont DriveTina Fariba, DDS — General Practice, 3805 Clairemont DrRussell Haag, DDS — General Practice, 3805 Clairemont DrMichael Spilotro, DDS — Periodontics, 3805 Clairemont DrEmmanuel Aguilar, DMD — General Practice, 5382 Clairemont Mesa BlvdJin Yang, DDS — General Practice, 4310 Genesee Ave #108-BNellie Tazbaz, DDS — General Practice, 3796 Clairemont DrWilliam Briggs, DDS — General Practice, 3782 Clairemont DrRaymond Moga, DDS — General Practice, 3774 Clairemont DrDavid Smith, DDS FAGD — 5573 Sandburg Ave
Positions from the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder (public domain) applied to NPPES practice addresses; grid lines are 0.02° of latitude/longitude. Not a routing map — a market map. Showing the nearest 120 practices; the full city is on the San Diego roster page.

How long San Diego’s dentists have been in the registry

1,436 dentists by years since NPI enumeration — a lower bound on time in practice.

03697370–4 years: 176 dentists0–45–9 years: 202 dentists5–910–14 years: 191 dentists10–1415–19 years: 737 dentists15–1920–24 years: 130 dentists20–24this practice’s bin25+ years: 0 dentists25+
Source: NPI enumeration dates, CMS NPPES. Dentists licensed before the NPI system launched in 2006 all enumerated around then, so the top bins understate long careers.

Dentist offices per 100,000 residents

The competitive backdrop: establishment density, county vs state vs nation.

San Diego County: 59.2 offices per 100k residentsSan Diego County59.2California: 58.1 offices per 100k residentsCalifornia58.1United States: 40.6 offices per 100k residentsUnited States40.6
Derived from U.S. Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 621210 establishments) and ACS population. Establishments are business locations, not individual dentists.

San Diego County — the numbers

Dentist offices (NAICS 621210 establishments)

1,943

U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2022 (establishments, county). Retrieved 2026-07-22. Source

Population

3,282,782

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2023 (population, county). Retrieved 2026-07-22. Source

Offices per 100,000 residents

59.2

Derived from U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2022 (establishments, county). Retrieved 2026-07-22. and ACS population. Establishments, not dentists.

General dentist mean annual wage

Not available in the cached dataset for this geography.

Paid employment (dentist offices)

12,576

U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2022 (employees, county). Retrieved 2026-07-22. Source

Every figure counts establishments (business locations) or wage-and-salary workers — not individual dentists, and not licenses. Suppressed values reflect real source disclosure limits, never zero. See our methodology.

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This is a data profile assembled from public sources — the CMS NPPES NPI Registry and U.S. Census market data — not the practice’s own website, and not a ranking. Inclusion is automatic for every active registered dentist in a covered city; no practice can pay to appear, disappear, or rank. Patients should verify hours, availability, and insurance participation directly with the office. See our methodology.

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