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Esha Patel, DDS

  • Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • 1+ years in the federal registry
  • NPI-verified

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics specialist practicing in San Diego, California — one of 1,436 active dentists in the city’s federal registry roster, 43 of them sharing the 92123 ZIP code. Every fact below is from the public record, with its source shown.

Registry profile

Practice address

9737 Aero Dr Ste 210b, San Diego, CA 92123

Phone

(858) 336-8478

Specialty (primary taxonomy)

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Taxonomy code 1223X0400X

License state

CA

In the federal registry since

2025

Registry record last updated

2025-01-17

NPI number

1780495879

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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  • Specialist (23)
  • This practice
Mitra Heidari Mohammad Abadi, DMD — Pediatric Dentistry, 9737 Aero DrBrittany Koncz, DMD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 9737 Aero Dr Ste 210Juan Moya, DDS — General Practice, 9737 Aero Dr Ste 210Huy Nguyen, DDS — General Practice, 9737 Aero Dr Ste 210Marzieh Salehitazangi, DMD — General Practice, 9737 Aero Dr Ste 210Nicholas Dietz — General Practice, 3737 Murphy Canyon RdPaola Gonzalez Gutierrez, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Murphy Canyon Rd Ste C-2Raymond Wright, DDS — General Practice, 3737 Murphy Canyon Rd Ste C-2Yuridia Avalos, DDS — General Practice, 3755 Murphy Canyon Rd Ste DWilliam Larson, DMD — General Practice, 3755 Murphy Canyon RdSara Nazco, DDS — General Practice, 9325 Sky Park Ct Ste 100James Harris, DDS — General Practice, 2705 W Canyon AveJoseph Sparrow, DDS — General Practice, 3292 Sandrock RdHiba Alabdullah — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 6482 Ambrosia Dr Apt 5106Rhett Baynes — General Practice, 3268 Greyling DrArielle Canoza, DDS — General Practice, 3268 Greyling DrKyle Elmore, DDS — General Practice, 3268 Greyling DrIren Mkrtychyan, DDS — General Practice, 3268 Greyling DrKelsey Murphy, DMD — General Practice, 3268 Greyling DrPaul Koepke — General Practice, 4926 La Cuenta Dr Ste 100Afshin Habashi, DDS — General Practice, 10405 Tierrasanta BlvdAndrew Kalman, DDS — Endodontics, 10405 Tierrasanta BlvdJeremy Nagle, DMD — General Practice, 10405 Tierrasanta BlvdJulia Ng, DDS — General Practice, 10405 Tierrasanta BlvdKamran Pirastehfar, DDS — General Practice, 10405 Tierrasanta BlvdNatalie Saldivar, DMD — General Practice, 10405 Tierrasanta BlvdAdam Brand, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 10425 Tierrasanta BlvdLarry Okmin, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 10425 Tierrasanta BlvdEphraim Tabornal, DDS — General Practice, 10850 Baroque LnAllison Tran, DDS — General Practice, 10850 Baroque LnGuy Sutton, DDS — General Practice, 5075 Ruffin RdBrian Wu — Endodontics, 5075 Ruffin Rd Ste CKristian Cabugao, DDS — General Practice, 10645 Tierrasanta BlvdLinda Chan, DDS — General Practice, 10715 Tierrasanta BlvdHoward Dambrose — General Practice, 10715 Tierrasanta Blvd Ste CAmanda Grau, DMD — General Practice, 10715 Tierrasanta BlvdJohn Mobilia, DMD — General Practice, 10715 Tierrasanta BlvdRalph Raya, DDS — General Practice, 10715 Tierrasanta Blvd Ste CD. Cassat, DDS — General Practice, 10789 Tierrasanta BlvdLillian Liberto, DDS — General Practice, 10789 Tierrasanta Blvd Ste 110Sherin Johnson, DDS — General Practice, 10343 San Diego Mission RdChad Brown, DDS — General Practice, 6616 Mission Gorge RdJonathan Haynie, DDS — General Practice, 6616 Mission Gorge RdJohn Neuenswander, DDS — General Practice, 6616 Mission Gorge RdThomas Doleski, DDS — General Practice, 9340 C Clairemont Mesa BlvdJoseph Maldonado, DDS — General Practice, 10471 San Diego Mission Rd.Daniel Vinograd, DDS — General Practice, 10450 Friars Rd Ste GPaige Woods, DDS — General Practice, 10450 Friars RdFred Kamansky, DDS — Prosthodontics, 6529 Mission Gorge RoadAdina Manolescu, DDS — General Practice, 6529 Mission Gorge RdJames Berry — General Practice, 4540 Kearny Villa RdIsrael Ismaj, DDS — General Practice, 4540 Kearny Villa Rd Ste 116Evelyn Ascough, DDS — General Practice, 8953 Complex DrWilliam Meester, DDS — General Practice, 3444 Kearny Villa RdMel Olafsen, DDS — General Practice, 3444 Kearny Villa RdRobert Bey, DDS — General Practice, 8787 Complex DrGloria Tengonciang, DMD — General Practice, 8787 Complex Dr Ste 100Anthony Tai Pham, DDS — General Practice, 4240 Kearny Mesa Rd.Allan Dovigi, DDS — Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 9520 Chesapeake DrJessica Roeber, DDS — Endodontics, 5375 Kearny Villa Rd Ste 103Hangama Sadat, DDS — General Practice, 5375 Kearny Villa Rd.Juan Bosque, DDS — Endodontics, 3760 Convoy StGeoffrey Kopecky, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3820 Convoy StCarlos Rivero, DMD — General Practice, 5625 Ruffin Rd Ste 200Ronald Layton, DDS — General Practice, 3750 Convoy St Ste 307Michael Mahaffey, DDS — General Practice, 3750 Convoy StKazuhiro Kato, DDS — General Practice, 3707 Convoy St.Adam Wells, DMD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 2634 Escala CirMamoru Tanaka, DDS, FACP — Prosthodontics, 8008 Frost St # 800Rebecca El-Khoury — General Practice, 8031 Linda Vista Rd Ste 210Wayne Gonzales, DDS — General Practice, 8031 Linda Vista Rd # 210Madeleine Tawadros, DMD — General Practice, 8031 Linda Vista Rd Ste 200Yun Lee, DDS — General Practice, 2398 Fenton Pkwy Apt 115Maggie Guan, DMD — General Practice, 6101 Mission Gorge RdKevin Menzie, DMD, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 7930 Frost St Ste 101Shay Mushet, DDS — Pediatric Dentistry, 7930 Frost StTony Chammas, DMD — Prosthodontics, 7910 Frost St Ste 160Mark Browne, DDS — General Practice, 5995 Mission Gorge RdRobert Drury, DDS — General Practice, 5995 Mission Gorge RdSasson Brumand, DMD — General Practice, 4242 Camino Del Rio NHenry Kim, DDS — General Practice, 4242 Camino Del Rio N Ste 24Amanda Effat, DDS — Pediatric Dentistry, 8110 Birmingham Way Bldg 282ndChristain Lin-Burns, DDS — General Practice, 8110 Birmingham WayFadra Whyte, DMD — General Practice, 8110 Birmingham WayChaur-Chou Cheng, DMD — General Practice, 4194 Convoy StMei-Wen Kuo, DDS — General Practice, 4194 Convoy StJackline Pham, DDS — General Practice, 4344 Convoy StreetOmeed Toma, DDS — General Practice, 3530 Camino Del Rio NWilliam Carlo, DMD — General Practice, 9040 Friars RdEvelyn Huaman, DMD — Periodontics, 9040 Friars Road Suite #535James Isaacson, DDS — General Practice, 9040 Friars Rd Ste 105Najeeb Frangool, DMD — General Practice, 4428 Convoy St Ste 230Gee Kim, DDS, MAGD — General Practice, 4428 Convoy St Ste 230John Kim, DMD — General Practice, 4428 Convoy St Ste 230Luc Huynh, DDS — General Practice, 4488 Convoy StMai-Phuong Huynh, DDS — Dentist Anesthesiologist Speciality, 4488 Convoy StArash Qadeer, DDS — General Practice, 7625 Mesa College DrShin Ahn, DMD — General Practice, 7612 Linda Vista RoadDenise Handler, DDS — General Practice, 7914 Ronson RdGerald Handler — General Practice, 7914 Ronson RdHana Rosen, DMD — General Practice, 7914 Ronson RdGeorge Damerji — General Practice, 4620 Convoy St Ste FChung-Ling Hsieh, DDS — General Practice, 4620 Convoy StShohreh Tourian, DDS — General Practice, 7451 Mission Gorge RoadHeeseon Ko, DDS — General Practice, 7825 Engineer RdMingi Kim, DDS — General Practice, 7750 Dagget St Ste 104Claudette Chaikin, DDS — General Practice, 4698 Convoy StJustin Seng, DENTIST — General Practice, 4698 ConvoyLisa Danh — General Practice, 7440 Beagle StLevi Powell, DDS — General Practice, 7440 Beagle StMark Bishop, DDS — General Practice, 7525 Linda Vista Rd Ste BRobert Goehl, DDS — General Practice, 7675 Dagget StRichard Lindsay, DMD — General Practice, 7675 Dagget StTimothy Christian, DDS — General Practice, 6030 Santo RdRobert Frey, DDS, MPH — General Practice, 8989 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 170Dragoslav Milosavljevic, DDS — General Practice, 5465 Camino Playa MalagaRobert Jacob, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 4617 Ruffner St Ste 200Maria Dulce Vargas-Loo, DMD — General Practice, 7878 Clairemont Mesa BlvdNader Ehsani, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 7695 Cardinal CtEsha Patel, DDS — 9737 Aero Dr Ste 210b
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 dentists0–4this practice’s bin5–9 years: 202 dentists5–910–14 years: 191 dentists10–1415–19 years: 737 dentists15–1920–24 years: 130 dentists20–2425+ 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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