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Rina Patel, DMD

  • General practice
  • 12+ 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, 54 of them sharing the 92108 ZIP code. Every fact below is from the public record, with its source shown.

Registry profile

Practice address

5638 Mission Center Rd, Suite 107, San Diego, CA 92108

Phone

(619) 220-0159

Specialty (primary taxonomy)

General Practice

Taxonomy code 1223G0001X

License state

CA

In the federal registry since

2013

Registry record last updated

2025-03-12

NPI number

1689002289

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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  • This practice
Grace Fedor, DDS — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center RdJonathan Gille, DMD — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center Rd Ste 107Junghun Kim, DDS — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center Rd Ste 107Brittany Mai — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center RdChristine Morgan, DDS — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center Rd Ste 107Dania Perez Perez — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center Rd Ste 107Theodore Slagle, DMD — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center Rd Ste 107Stuart Tani, DDS — General Practice, 5638 Mission Center RdPeter Vrontikis, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 7777 Westside Dr Apt 469Vinita Verma, DDS — General Practice, 1425 Frazee RdFarhoud Rastegar, DMD — General Practice, 1450 Frazee RdLeslie Strommer — General Practice, 7510 Hazard Center DrScott Strommer — General Practice, 7510 Hazard Center DrPatricia Campillo Peralta — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 8590 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 110Joy Lockwood, DDS — General Practice, 8590 Rio San Diego DrRaquel Reyes, DDS — General Practice, 8590 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 110Estela Caeg-Bustamante, DMD — General Practice, 8555 Station Village WayPayam Hooshmand, DMD — General Practice, 2195 Station Village Way Apt 1215Erina Lee, DDS — General Practice, 2020 Camino De La ReinaEllameh Allamehzadeh, DDS — General Practice, 1333 Camino Del Rio SJohn Frost, DDS — General Practice, 1333 Camino Del Rio SHenna Hussain, DDS — General Practice, 1333 Camino Del Rio SDuc Nguyen, DDS — General Practice, 1333 Camino Del Rio S Ste 202Nikou Rahbar — General Practice, 1333 Camino Del Rio SLinda Verin, DMD — General Practice, 1333 Camino Del Rio SDavid Bainer, D,D,S, — General Practice, 591 Camino De La ReinaJon Cassell, DDS — General Practice, 591 Camino De La ReinaShawyan Yazdanmehr, DDS — General Practice, 591 Camino De La Reina Ste 412Roslyn Joseph, DMD — General Practice, 575 Camino De La Reina Ste 100Siuman Fan, DDS — General Practice, 2020 Camino Del Rio NViet Le, DDS — General Practice, 2020 Camino Del Rio N Ste 108Christopher Hart — General Practice, 2221 Camino Del Rio S Ste 208Jorge Rocha Palafox, DDS — General Practice, 2221 Camino Del Rio S Ste 102Caitlin Caraballo — General Practice, 2333 Camino Del Rio S Ste 310Elmira Khodapanah, DDS — General Practice, 2333 Camino Del Rio S Ste 140Yasaman Sardari, DDS — General Practice, 2333 Camino Del Rio S Ste 40Robert Frey, DDS, MPH — General Practice, 8989 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 170Rebecca La, DMD — General Practice, 2171 Ulric St Ste 100Catherine Le, DDS — General Practice, 2171 Ulric St Ste 100Nader Ehsani, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 7695 Cardinal CtJohn Freda, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 7695 Cardinal Ct Ste 320Jocelyn Loya — General Practice, 7695 Cardinal Ct Ste 300William Carlo, DMD — General Practice, 9040 Friars RdEvelyn Huaman, DMD — Periodontics, 9040 Friars Road Suite #535James Isaacson, DDS — General Practice, 9040 Friars Rd Ste 105Joseph Wisnieski, DDS — General Practice, 2650 Camino Del Rio NPeter Mayer, DDS — Endodontics, 2655 Camino Del Rio N Ste 150Erik Stalder, DDS — Endodontics, 2655 Camino Del Rio NKenneth Storum, DDS — Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 2655 Camino Del Rio North #140John Weisenseel, DDS — Endodontics, 2655 Camino Del Rio NTai Huynh, DDS — General Practice, 2363 Ulric StBao Nguyen, DMD — General Practice, 6947 Linda Vista RdTomas Juska, DMD — General Practice, 6973 Linda Vista RoadSoha Hemmat, DDS — General Practice, 7011 Linda Vista RdValandra Sierra — General Practice, 7011 Linda Vista RdYessenia Valverde Ingersoll, DMD — General Practice, 7011 Linda Vista RdRocio Zaragoza Santacruz, DDS — General Practice, 7011 Linda Vista RdAdam Wells, DMD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 2634 Escala CirCharles Garrison, DDS — General Practice, 7345 Linda Vista RdYun Lee, DDS — General Practice, 2398 Fenton Pkwy Apt 115Amanda Effat, DDS — Pediatric Dentistry, 8110 Birmingham Way Bldg 282ndChristain Lin-Burns, DDS — General Practice, 8110 Birmingham WayFadra Whyte, DMD — General Practice, 8110 Birmingham WayChristiane Chammas, DMD — General Practice, 2050 El Cajon BlvdMaital Citron — General Practice, 2050 El Cajon BlvdPatrick Golez, DMD — General Practice, 2050 El Cajon BlvdHolly Hinderberger, DDS — General Practice, 2050 El Cajon BlvdJonathan Kim, DMD — General Practice, 2050 El Cajon BlvdJames Pierle, DDS — General Practice, 2050 El Cajon BlvdMark Bishop, DDS — General Practice, 7525 Linda Vista Rd Ste BKevin 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 160Mamoru Tanaka, DDS, FACP — Prosthodontics, 8008 Frost St # 800David Rens, DDS — General Practice, 4103 3rd Ave Ste AAnn Zimmerman, DDS — General Practice, 4103 3rd Ave # ADouglas Decker, DDS — General Practice, 2533 El Cajon BlvdTerry Mcclanahan, DDS — General Practice, 2533 El Cajon BlvdArash Qadeer, DDS — General Practice, 7625 Mesa College DrJennifer Hens, DMD, MSD — Endodontics, 1000 W Washington St Ste 2Jose-Julio Hernandez-Blouin, DDS — Periodontics, 1000 W Washington St Ste 1Stephen Munroe, DDS — Periodontics, 1000 West Washington StreetShin Ahn, DMD — General Practice, 7612 Linda Vista RoadCarson Hunt, DDS — Periodontics, 4076 3rd Ave Ste 201Christopher Peterson, DMD — Periodontics, 4076 3rd AveJon Peterson, DDS — Periodontics, 4076 3rd Ave # Su.201Robert Adler, DDS — General Practice, 920 Washington StEric Driver, DDS — Periodontics, 4060 4th AveKennie Kwok, DMD — Periodontics, 4060 4th AveDavid Richards, DDS, PHD — Periodontics, 4060 4th AveJoseph Zakowski, DDS — General Practice, 4060 Fourth Ave Ste 540Joseph Cave, DDS — Endodontics, 4065 3rd Ave Ste 300Eugene Hanson, DDS — Endodontics, 4065 3rd Ave Ste 300Patricia Feske, DDS — General Practice, 6929 Park Mesa Way Unit 123Pamela Macpherson, DDS — Prosthodontics, 4033 3rd AvenueAnthony Potente, DDS — Endodontics, 4033 3rd Ave Ste 303Omeed Toma, DDS — General Practice, 3530 Camino Del Rio NCraig Bowles, DMD — General Practice, 6110 Friars Rd Ste 104Arthur Miller, DDS — General Practice, 6110 Friars RdBruce Abe, DDS — Periodontics, 501 Washington St Ste 740Edward Kaenel, DDS — General Practice, 501 Washington St.Valerie Kaenel, DDS — General Practice, 501 Washington St.Anne Kim, DDS — General Practice, 501 Washington St Ste 740Sandra Chase, DDS — General Practice, 4410 30th StGlenn Hom, DDS — General Practice, 4410 30th StCarlo Moreno, DMD — General Practice, 1060 University Ave # A201Hae Rim Ryu, DMD — General Practice, 1060 University Ave Ste A201Mark Richey, DDS — General Practice, 1442 University AveShinyoung Goh, DDS — General Practice, 3200 Adams Ave Ste 202Guillermo Rodriguez, DDS — General Practice, 3200 Adams Ave Ste 202James Mebust, DDS — General Practice, 4367 30th StRandal Russ, DDS — General Practice, 3038 Meade AveNatasha Chandhoke, DMD — General Practice, 3900 Fifth Ave Ste 270Laura Souza, DDS — General Practice, 3900 5th AveDaniel Stuardo, DMD — General Practice, 3900 Fifth Ave Ste 270Gregory Wright, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3900 Fifth Ave Ste 270Peter Sadori — General Practice, 3340 N Mountain View DrXuan Lam, DMD — Pediatric Dentistry, 3823 8th AveNicholas Westwood, DMD — General Practice, 3823 8th AveRina Patel, DMD — 5638 Mission Center Rd
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 dentists10–14this practice’s bin15–19 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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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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