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Tae Chung, DDS

  • General practice
  • 19+ 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, 66 of them sharing the 92126 ZIP code. Every fact below is from the public record, with its source shown.

Registry profile

Practice address

8997 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92126

Phone

(858) 536-5550

Specialty (primary taxonomy)

General Practice

Taxonomy code 1223G0001X

License state

CA

In the federal registry since

2007

Registry record last updated

2007-07-08

NPI number

1053467514

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.

  • General practice (101)
  • Specialist (19)
  • This practice
Lilit Balayan, DMD — General Practice, 8997 Mira Mesa BlvdBashar Dalloul, DDS — General Practice, 8997 Mira Mesa BlvdJin Yom, DDS — General Practice, 8997 Mira Mesa BlvdQuyen Huynh — General Practice, 10617 Caminito MansoJames Brodfuehrer, DDS — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa BlvdDaniel Harrigan, DDS — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa BlvdHoanganh Huynh, DMD — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 103Vivian Huynh, DMD — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 103Yen Le, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 9225 Mira Mesa BlvdBrian Luong, DMD — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 103Jessica Marie Manzano, DDS — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 104Hoang Nguyen, DDS — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa BlvdJulia Nguyen, DDS — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 218Ruby Reyes, DDS — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa BlvdShira Shasho, DMD — General Practice, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 210Jennifer Xa, DDS — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 9225 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 103William Britton — General Practice, 9292 Mira Mesa BlvdWilfred Baltazar, DDS — General Practice, 9329 Mira Mesa BlvdTim Le, DDS — General Practice, 9330 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste BChristopher Tong, DDS — General Practice, 9330 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste BLea Maria Zolina, DDS — General Practice, 9330 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste FManimanjari Mallempalli, DDS — General Practice, 9359 Miramesa BlvdEric Ferrer, DMD — General Practice, 9373 Mira Mesa BlvdGian Ferrer, DDS — General Practice, 9373 Mira Mesa BlvdAllen Davis, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 9420 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste JMitra Javidan Mazdyasni, DMD — General Practice, 9420 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste GRonald Johnson, DDS — General Practice, 9420 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste DShalini Thatte, DMD — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 9420 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste GKhanh Nguyen, DDS — General Practice, 8605 Andromeda RdAntonio Lao, DMD — General Practice, 9280 Pebblestone LnPaulo Cortes, DMD — General Practice, 10737 Camino Ruiz Ste 120Kwang Kim, DDS — General Practice, 10737 Camino RuizGracia Lumang, DMD — General Practice, 10737 Camino RuizRobert Meyerson, DDS — General Practice, 10737 Camino Ruiz Ste 120Steve Pai, DDS — General Practice, 10737 Camino Ruiz Ste 225Joseph Phillips, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 10737 Camino Ruiz Ste 210Gary Pulsipher, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 10737 Camino RuizYumin Tu, DDS — General Practice, 10737 Camino RuizApril Ambrosio, DMD — General Practice, 10717 Camino RuizFlorabel Oliver Badillo, DMD — General Practice, 10717 Camino RuizVincent Nguyen, DDS — General Practice, 8270 Mira Mesa BlvdRenee Park, DDS — General Practice, 10255 Black Mountain RdNghia Pham, DDS — General Practice, 9831 Mira Mesa BlvdCarolyn Wang, DDS — General Practice, 9831 Mira Mesa BlvdJossein Shahangian, DDS, MS — Pediatric Dentistry, 9840 Hibert St Ste B4Joseph Appelbaum, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RdMichael Gable, DDS, — General Practice, 9855 Erma RdWilliam Gable, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RoadRichard Giglio, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RoadKatherine Lackner, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RdNasrin Mojaverhosseini, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RdMario Olivotto, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RdShaheen Tourian, DDS — General Practice, 9855 Erma RdAurea Crisostomo-Reyes, DMD — General Practice, 9844 Hibert StArleen Crisostomo-Weeks — General Practice, 9844 Hibert StBilal Chaudhary, DDS, MS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 9870 Hibert St Ste D9David Gilmore, DDS, MSD — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 9870 Hibert StKevin Jahng, DDS — General Practice, 9870 Hibert St Ste D9Benjamin Lin, DDS — General Practice, 9870 Hibert St Ste D12Kevin Lin, DMD — Periodontics, 9870 Hibert St Ste D12Kyle Lin — General Practice, 9870 Hibert St Ste D12Shervin Moshashaei, DDS, MBA — General Practice, 9878 Hibert St Ste 105Danny Truong, DDS — General Practice, 9878 Hibert St Ste 105Jennifer Caruso, DMD — General Practice, 11279 Camino RuizChristopher Cremer, GENERAL DENTIST — General Practice, 11279 Camino RuizJose Paterno, DDS — General Practice, 11295 Camino Ruiz Ste 1Suramya Sharma — General Practice, 11653 Westview PkwyPeggy Ram, DDS — General Practice, 11326 Vela DrLam Chittaphong, DDS — Endodontics, 9888 Carroll Centre RdPirouz Salehi, DDS — General Practice, 11760 Westview Pkwy #181Nguyen Le, DMD — General Practice, 11437 Miro CirAjitesh Singh, DDS — Periodontics, 9870 Carroll Canyon Rd Apt 115John Jerome, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 11462 Miro CirMelinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS — General Practice, 8901 Activity Rd Ste 203Niloufar Eghlimi — General Practice, 11412 Miro CirYam Gan, DMD — General Practice, 9524 Kearny Villa RdShadi Kastenholz, DDS — General Practice, 9484 Black Mountain Rd Ste EAvo Fronjian, DMD — General Practice, 9636 Tierra Grande St Ste 105Arshdeep Kaur, DDS — General Practice, 10913 Breckenridge DrVivian Szeto, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 9663 Tierra Grande StAli Sadduk, DDS — General Practice, 11183 Scripps Ranch BlvdNguyen Tran, DDS — General Practice, 8174 Torrell WayElsa Dembinski, DDS — General Practice, 19871 Mitscher WayFrancis Im, DMD — General Practice, 19871 Mitscher WayDavid Jackson, DMD — General Practice, 19871 Mitscher WayKaren Lynch, DDS — General Practice, 19871 Mitscher WaySteven Nytko, DDS — General Practice, 19871 Mitscher WayJanice Nazareno, DDS — General Practice, 8163 Rimridge LnSean Daniels, DDS — Endodontics, 9750 Miramar Rd Ste 375Haider Faris — General Practice, 9750 Miramar Rd Ste 260Richard Johnson, DDS — General Practice, 9750 Miramar RdTina Martinez, DDS — General Practice, 9750 Miramar RdFritzi Perez, DMD — General Practice, 9750 Miramar RdMuzmml Raufy, DDS — General Practice, 9750 Miramar Rd Ste 380Sara Siraj — General Practice, 7720 Tyrolean RdKemia Zeinali — General Practice, 10585 Stony Ridge WayBhawna Gupta, DDS — General Practice, 7611 Flower Meadow DrMichael Scrydloff, DDS — General Practice, 9932 Mercy Rd # 104-105Jeng-Kang Shih, DDS — General Practice, 8226 Miramar RdRoxana Ramezani, DDS — General Practice, 11721 Ridge Run WayStephen Tuttle, DDS — General Practice, 9982 Scripps Ranch BlvdJoanne Vargas-Velasco, DMD — General Practice, 12580 Ragweed StreetElyse Miller, DDS — General Practice, 9135 Buckwheat StWeiwei Lu, DDS — General Practice, 11029 Caminito AlvarezAndy Tieu, DDS — General Practice, 6790 Top Gun StSahil Amin-Patel, DDS — General Practice, 10672 Wexford St Ste 285Anthony Hatch, DDS — General Practice, 10672 Wexford StreetAnthony John, DDS, MS — Endodontics, 10672 Wexford StTina Mayo, MS, DDS — Periodontics, 10672 Wexford St. Ste 220Jolene Nguyen-Zin, DDS — General Practice, 10672 Wexford StSharynne Isys Alfonso, DDS — General Practice, 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd Ste 142Reza Kasiri, DDS — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 6755 Mira Mesa BlvdLinh Phan — General Practice, 11735 Wills Creek RdHeena Pandya, DDS — General Practice, 12636 Via Las LenasSamara Alghazali — General Practice, 6650 Flanders DrThomas Bierman, DDS — General Practice, 6635 Flanders Dr Ste EQuan Ma, DMD — General Practice, 6635 Flanders DrCarol Summerhays, DDS — General Practice, 6635 Flanders DrSamuel Lee, DDS — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 6727 Flanders Dr Ste 220Tae Chung, DDS — 8997 Mira Mesa Blvd
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 dentists15–19this practice’s bin20–24 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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