Promenade Dental Care · Date Street, Murrieta
Murrieta Dentist — Our Office, Hours, and How to Reach Us
Same dentist, same suite, same phone number since 2010.
Everything you need before you come in: where we are, when we are open, what the first visit costs, and what to bring. Dr. Bao Nguyen, DDS answers the clinical questions himself, so if you call with a problem you will be talking to someone who can actually tell you whether it can wait until next week.
How to Reach Us
Contact Promenade Dental Care in Murrieta
The fastest way to get an answer is the phone. That number rings at the front desk during office hours, and it is monitored after hours for urgent problems, so a swollen jaw at 8:00 on a Saturday night does not have to sit until Monday. You can also text the same number or send the form on our contact page, which the front desk works through every morning.
- Practice
- Promenade Dental Care — Dr. Bao Nguyen, DDS, owner and general dentist
- Address
- 26957 Date St, Suite B4, Murrieta, CA 92563
- Phone / Text
- (951) 412-0127
- yourpromenadedentist@yahoo.com
- Starting Prices
- $20 comprehensive exam with digital X-rays · $95 ultrasonic cleaning
- Insurance
- All PPO plans accepted; in-network with Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, MetLife, Guardian, Aetna, United Concordia; CareCredit financing
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Vietnamese
- Parking
- Free, ground level, directly in front of the suite — no stairs and no elevator
Office hours
| Monday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Saturday | By appointment and emergencies |
| Sunday | Closed |
Call before you drive over if you are in pain. Not because we will turn you away, but because two minutes on the phone lets us set aside the right amount of chair time and have the room ready. Describing what hurts also tells me whether you need to be seen today or whether it is safe to wait for a proper appointment.
Finding the Suite
Where We Are in Murrieta, and How to Get Here
We are on Date Street near the Murrieta Hot Springs Road corridor, close enough to the I-215 and I-15 split that most of Murrieta reaches us in well under fifteen minutes. From California Oaks and Copper Canyon it is a straight run down Murrieta Hot Springs Road. From Alta Murrieta and Central Murrieta, figure seven or eight minutes. Greer Ranch, Los Alamos Hills, and Bear Creek are all inside ten. French Valley patients come down Winchester Road, and folks from Menifee and Wildomar use the 215.
Suite B4 is on the ground floor. Park in front, walk in on the flat, no stairs and no elevator hunt, which matters more than people expect when someone is coming in after oral surgery or bringing a parent in a wheelchair. If you get turned around in the complex, call from the parking lot and someone will walk out and wave you down.
Walk-ins and short notice
We hold openings every day rather than booking the schedule wall to wall, which is how a broken tooth at 10:00 AM usually becomes an appointment that afternoon. Walking in without calling works, but you may wait while we finish with a scheduled patient. If you are not sure whether your problem qualifies as urgent, our walk-in visit page spells out what we can and cannot do on no notice.
We also see plenty of patients from outside the city limits. If you are coming from farther out, the pages for Temecula, Menifee, and Fallbrook have drive times and route notes for each.
What Actually Happens
Your First Appointment, Start to Finish
A first visit here runs about forty-five minutes to an hour. It is an exam, not a sales presentation, and you will not be handed a treatment plan by someone who never looked in your mouth.
1Paperwork
A short health history and your insurance card. Medications matter more than people think, so bring the list, including anything for blood pressure, blood thinners, or bone density.
2Digital X-rays
Taken in the chair, on screen in seconds, at a fraction of the radiation of old film. I take them myself on most first visits so I can see what I am asking about.
3The exam
Teeth, gums, bite, and an oral cancer screening. Then I turn the monitor toward you and show you what I am looking at.
4A written plan
What needs doing now, what can be watched, and what it costs, on paper before anything gets scheduled. Nothing gets started at that visit unless you ask for it.
What to bring
Photo ID and your dental insurance card
A current list of medications and supplements
Recent X-rays from a previous dentist, if you have them
Any quote or treatment plan you want a second read on
For a child, the parent or legal guardian at the appointment
Questions written down, because people forget them in the chair
If it has been ten years, say so on the phone. It changes nothing about how you get treated and it changes a lot about how much time I block off. Nobody here lectures adults about flossing. The patients who were most embarrassed walking in are usually the ones who end up on the recall list for the next decade.
One Office, One Dentist
What We Treat at the Date Street Office
Most of what a family needs happens in this building, which spares you the referral shuffle between a general dentist and three specialists across the valley. Where I do refer out, I say so plainly: full-arch implant cases go to a periodontist for placement while I plan the case and build the final teeth, and true jaw pathology goes to an oral surgeon. Informed consent, including a written estimate before treatment, follows the standards set by the American Dental Association.
$20 Exam & Digital X-Rays
The full new-patient workup for twenty dollars, with no records fee bolted on afterward.
About the $20 examCleanings & Gum Care
A $95 ultrasonic cleaning for healthy mouths, or a $320 full-mouth deep cleaning when the gums have gone past the point a routine visit can fix.
Deep cleaningFillings, Crowns & Root Canals
Broken and decayed teeth handled here, including CEREC crowns designed and bonded in the same appointment.
Restorative dentistryExtractions & Oral Surgery
Simple and surgical extractions, wisdom teeth, and socket grafting, with sedation available for the nervous.
Oral surgeryImplants, Bridges & Dentures
Replacing missing teeth, from a single implant to full dentures, quoted in writing before anything begins.
Dental implantsKids and Anxious Adults
Children are welcome in the same office as their parents, and nitrous oxide or oral sedation is there for anyone who needs it.
Care for childrenPrices Before Treatment
What Things Cost, and How Insurance Works Here
$20
Exam with digital X-rays
New patients, any age
$95
Ultrasonic cleaning
Same price insured or not
$1,200
Same-day CEREC crown
Cash fee, one appointment
We accept all PPO dental plans and are in-network with Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, MetLife, Guardian, Aetna, and United Concordia. Call with your member ID and the front desk verifies your benefits before you book rather than surprising you afterward. One honest limit: for insured patients I cannot quote a firm number over the phone, because the figure depends on your coverage percentage, your deductible, and whatever the plan has already paid this year.
No insurance is not a problem, and it does not put you on a different price list. The posted fees are the fees. On larger treatment, CareCredit spreads the cost out, with interest-free terms for applicants who qualify. The MedlinePlus dental health guide is a reasonable neutral read if you want to understand what routine care is actually for before spending anything.
Use the $20 exam as a second opinion. If another office handed you a plan that made your stomach drop, twenty dollars buys an independent read of your own X-rays. I have told people their four-figure plan was right, and I have told people to go home and do nothing. Both happen most months.
All PPO dental plans accepted
In-network: Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, MetLife
In-network: Guardian, Aetna, United Concordia
CareCredit financing on larger treatment
Written quote before treatment begins
Cash, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover
When It Cannot Wait
Same-Day and After-Hours Dental Problems
Toothache that woke you up, a broken tooth, a crown that came off, swelling in the jaw or face. Call (951) 412-0127 and describe it. Swelling that is spreading, or pain with fever, gets seen today, because a spreading dental infection is the one problem in this office that genuinely does not wait. Our emergency dentist page covers what to do in the hours before you get here.
| Situation | Call our office | Hospital ER |
|---|---|---|
| Toothache or broken tooth | Yes, usually same day | Pain relief only, then referred back to a dentist |
| Lost crown or filling | Yes, often a short visit | Not treated |
| Swelling in the jaw or cheek | Call immediately, seen today | Go to the ER if breathing or swallowing is affected |
| Knocked-out adult tooth | Call on the way, minutes matter | Reasonable if we are closed and there is facial trauma |
If an infection is already draining or the tooth is dying, the fix is usually a root canal or an extraction, not a course of antibiotics and a hope. Antibiotics quiet an infection down; they never remove the source. The CDC's oral health program makes the same point about untreated decay being a chronic problem rather than a one-off event.
Who Will Be Treating You
Dr. Bao Nguyen, DDS
UCLA-trained, Navy-tested, Murrieta since 2010
I graduated from the UCLA School of Dentistry and then spent ten years in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps, including an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton and deployments to Kuwait and Iraq. Military dentistry is a volume education: you treat whoever is in front of you, you get good at injections, and you learn to tell the difference between a problem that needs treating today and one that needs watching.
I am a general dentist, not a board-certified specialist, and I say that plainly because it matters for a few cases. What it means in practice is that one person does your exam, your X-rays, your filling, and your crown. If you have a favorite hygienist somewhere else, you will notice the difference here: there is one dentist and one patient at a time.
More on the practice, the staff, and how we ended up in this suite is on the about page. If dread is what has kept you away, the dental anxiety page is the honest version of what we do about it, which is mostly slower injections and telling you what is happening before it happens.
What Murrieta Patients Say
Reviews From Our Own Neighborhood
Promenade Dental Care holds a 4.9-star average across more than 230 Google reviews. The five below are published on the practice's Google Business Profile.
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 stars
“I was greeted immediately by name. They took me back immediately, no waiting at all! The dentist himself did the x-rays and explained what he was seen every step along the way I had a little cavity that I needed to have filled, he walked me personally from the x-ray room to the chair. Took care of the cavity, which was very reasonably priced. And I was in and out within 20 minutes!”
Ericka H. · Google review
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 stars
“I had a dental emergency and the dentist called me immediately and was able to get me in within an hour of speaking to him. The front desk was extremely welcoming and kind. They went over options with me and without having dental insurance they were very affordable. Would recommend to everyone!”
Brittani M. · Google review
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 stars
“Since starting with Promenade Dental Care I have had cleanings, fillings, teeth replaced, root canal and crown replacement yesterday. I have never gone to a more gentle caring dentist. Love my dentist!”
Lucille L. · Google review
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 stars
“Love this Dentist. Great office staff too. I had a minor chip on my bottom front tooth. It was a simple fix. I have HMO dental insurance, but I am using this office for my dental care. I will pay cash to see this Dentist. He is amazing.”
Valeria M. · Google review
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 stars
“I have been a patient of Dr. Nguyen now for over a decade at Promenade Dental. Doctor and staff are incredibly wonderful, so kind, caring and compassionate, yet professional. They go above and beyond to care for their patients, which includes painless treatments in a calming atmosphere.”
Debby L. · Google review · Patient for 10+ years
Before You Call
Questions About Visiting Our Murrieta Office
What is the exact address of your Murrieta dental office?
Promenade Dental Care is at 26957 Date St, Suite B4, Murrieta, CA 92563, just off the Murrieta Hot Springs Road corridor near the I-215 and I-15 interchange. Suite B4 is on the ground floor with free parking directly in front of the door.
Which Murrieta neighborhoods do you serve?
All of them, and the drive is short from every corner of the city. California Oaks, Copper Canyon, Alta Murrieta, Central Murrieta, Greer Ranch, Los Alamos Hills, Bear Creek, and Murrieta Hot Springs are all inside about fifteen minutes. We also see a steady stream of patients from French Valley, Wildomar, Temecula, and Menifee.
Can I text the office instead of calling?
Yes. The same number, (951) 412-0127, takes texts, and the front desk works through them during office hours. For anything urgent, call rather than text. If your face is swelling, a phone call gets you an answer in minutes instead of whenever someone checks the messages.
Is the office wheelchair accessible?
Yes. Suite B4 is at ground level with no stairs and no elevator, and the parking directly outside is flat and free. Tell us when you book if you are bringing a wheelchair or walker so the room we put you in has the space to maneuver.
How far ahead do I need to book a routine appointment?
Most new patients get in within the same week, and cleanings are often available sooner than that. We deliberately leave openings unbooked each day for urgent problems, so if you call on a Tuesday with a toothache you are usually in a chair that day or the next.
Do you see children and adults at the same visit?
Yes, and families often book back-to-back appointments to make one trip out of it. Children are treated here in the same office as their parents rather than being sent to a separate pediatric practice. A parent or legal guardian needs to be present for a child's appointment.
Can you transfer my records and X-rays from my old dentist?
We can request them, and it helps if you bring the previous office's name and phone number. That said, don't delay booking over it. Recent X-rays save you a set here, but if they are more than a year old I will usually want fresh digital images anyway before I tell you anything definitive.
What happens if I need to cancel or reschedule?
Call as early as you can and we will move it. A day's notice lets us give the slot to someone waiting with a broken tooth, which is the real reason we ask. Nobody is going to be scolded for a schedule change.
Do you take Medi-Cal or Denti-Cal?
No. We accept all PPO dental plans and are in-network with Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, MetLife, Guardian, Aetna, and United Concordia. For patients without PPO coverage, the published cash fees apply, starting with the $20 exam, and CareCredit is available on larger treatment.
My plan is an HMO. Can I still be seen here?
You can, as a cash patient. Your HMO will not pay toward treatment at an out-of-network office, so you would pay the posted fees. Some HMO patients decide that is worth it, as one of the reviews above says outright, but I would rather you know that going in than find out at checkout.
How long does the first appointment take?
Plan on forty-five minutes to an hour for a new-patient exam with digital X-rays. If you want a cleaning at the same visit, say so when you book so we can allow for it, because a cleaning is a separate block of chair time and cannot reliably be squeezed onto the end of an exam.
Are you open Saturdays or after 5:00 PM?
Saturdays are by appointment and for emergencies rather than a standing schedule. Weekdays we are open until 5:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and until 3:00 PM Wednesday and Friday. Outside those hours the phone line is monitored for urgent problems.
What if I need a specialist for something?
I will tell you, and I will tell you why. Full-arch implant cases go to a periodontist for the surgical placement while I plan the case and make the final teeth. Complex jaw pathology goes to an oral surgeon. Almost everything else, including extractions, root canals, crowns, and single implants, happens in this office.
Do you speak Spanish or Vietnamese at the office?
Yes, English, Spanish, and Vietnamese are all spoken here. It comes up often enough in Murrieta that it is worth saying: you can explain what hurts in the language you actually think in, which tends to produce a better description than a translated one.
Come See Us on Date Street
One dentist, published prices, and a written quote before anything starts. New patients are welcome, including the ones who have been putting this off for years.
Promenade Dental Care
26957 Date St, Suite B4, Murrieta, CA 92563
Mon, Tue, Thu 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Wed, Fri 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Sat by appointment
