Miramar Dental Excellence

My family and I have been Drs Vitins and McKee patients since ²⁰⁰¹⁄₂₀₀₂ and presently today. We absolutely love their service, staff, and location. We would highly recommend their services to our family, friends, and co-​workers. Both husband and wife are a great team and staff. My children always look forward going there to get their annual teeth cleaning and exams.
My personal experience with Miramar dental has been a very pleasant positive time. I always get so nervous and tense when I go to get my cleaning. Dr Vitins is very patient and knows how to comfort you. (If you’re like me I would recommend always getting the Nitrous.) Dr. McKee is great with children and always makes them comfortable with his childlike humor.
I always have good outcomes and its worth every cent. I have all positive things to say about this office and their staff. They’re always willing to accommodate you for office scheduling times as well. If the 5 star rating could go beyond I would give this practice 10 stars.

My wife and I have been seeing Drs. McKee and Vitins for years and have nothing but great things to say about them. They are honest, dedicated, kind people and provide excellent care to their patients. We have recommended them to anyone who has inquired about where to go for dental care.

I have had nothing but good experience with Dr. McKee. I am «chicken» when it comes to dental work and coming here is SOOO easy, painfree as possible, so thanks to the Dr. and staff.

I have been going to Miramar Dental for over 10 years now and have been very happy with the work and service of both dentists — Dr. McKee and Dr. Vitins — and their entire friendly staff.
I must disclose that I am someone who is always on time (typically 5 – 10 mins early even), so its a pet peeve of mine for customers/​patients to show up on time but then are ignored when their appointment may start 15 – 30 mins late. I understand things come up, but a professional courtesy would be to simply inform us. Some places treat customers like a number, not a person. Not Miramar Dental. Miramar Dental really do care for their customers.
The highest praise I can give them is that without hesitation I had my parents change their longtime (since late 80s) dentist to them. My parents are both retired, so change for them is slow, but they are both happy also.

I hate going to dentists. Used car salespeople could probably learn something from some of them. I would tell all of my friends about how much I hated my old dentist, and one day one of them referred me to Dr. McKee.
I’ve now seen him for about a year now, and I’ve been very happy. So far the work he’s done has just about been as painless as possible. He won’t push you towards anything that’s not essential, and he will take pictures of the cracks or broken areas to show you what needs to be done.
There’s also music from Pandora that you can listen to during the work, and it’s just a great way to distract you from the work being done.
Definitely recommend Dr. McKee’s work.

I love Dr. McKee. Seriously, who says they LOVE their dentist? Well, I do. I have been going to him for more than ten years now and I’ve referred colleagues who have also become regulars.
The office staff are wonderful and friendly. So is Dr. McKee. So friendly, in fact, that if you’re like me, you’ll end up trying to have a meaningful conversation while he’s cleaning your teeth, rendering YOUR half of it something like «Arghghl haolrlrr glrrroirrr rriiilllg.»
Amazingly, 99% of the time? He undertands what you just garbled and rolls along with the conversation.
Now, here’s the reason I’m REALLY a fan: He doesn’t believe in pain. If you want to be completely knocked out? That’s an option. Rather just get that nice three-​glasses-​of-​Chardonnay buzz? Ask for Nitrous Oxide.
Also, Netflix and Pandora.
I’ve had crowns, a root canal and fillings in the decade I’ve been going to Dr. McKee. No complaints about any of them.
Finally, I’ve never been offered any service above or beyond my x-​rays, cleaning, or necessary dental work, so I have a hard time believing anybody was pushed toward whitening or any other darned thing… unless, maybe, they had disgustingly stained teeth.
Which I often do, because I drink a lot of coffee, but again, Dr. McKee has the mad tools and crazy rocket-​science equipment to deal with nasty coffee stains… WITHOUT pushing me toward whitening. (If he were pushy, you’d think I’d have noticed sometime in the last decade. Maybe he’s just lulling me into a false sense of security… veeeerrrrry sloooowly… and one day, at the 15-​year mark, he’ll pounce!)
In short: Awesome dentist. A keeper. Check out the web site; there are promotions for new patients!

Been going to this dental office for years! They always have a friendly staff welcoming at the door. I haven’t had any problems with getting an appointment when I need one and they are good about calling and reminding me when my appointment time approaches.
Had a great visit this last time… I got to listen to my favorite Pandora station while having my filling replaced and teeth cleaned.
I always say… I have a hate/​love relationship with my dentist: I hate going, but I love the way my teeth feel when I leave!

I have been going to Miramar Dental Excellence for nearly 25 years. It started with an emergency on a weekend and I was seen on a Saturday morning. I called the service late Friday and then received a call within minutes and was scheduled in the morning. From that day on I have been going every three to four months.
I feel like they are my friends and then my dentists. They watched my kids growup and I wacthed their’s.
I would recommend them, and have, to anyone who asks.

My wife and I have been clients here for 5 plus years. We have always received quality and timely service from both dentists. All of the staff is very nice and they just remodeled the office. All of the stations have a TV available if you want to tune out, but why do that? Both Sandra and Mark are very nice family people that I have always found very engaging to speak with (as much as you can while getting your teeth cleaned).
I like the location as well, super easy to get to from work (Sorrento Valley) and there are some good food places to get a bite after your smile is nice and bright.

My family, including 4 children, have gone to Dr. Vitins and McKee for over 2 decades. In that time we have had nothing but top quality work from them. All of my children required orthodontia work which was performed by them with great results.
They clearly have a strong interest in their work since they both are involved with continuing education in dentistry.
Along with excellent work, they have a pleasant, caring, calm manner. They are very good about explaining options, and what will be experienced during procedures.
We live in Escondido, but gladly make the trip to Miramar to get their quality service.

Avoid this hack-​job dentist at all costs!
I was tired of getting ripped off at the La Jolla Dental Day Spa, so I went dentist free while I spent time trying to find a new dentist. A co-​worker suggested that I try his dentist, so I figured I would give it a shot. Man, was that a mistake.
The very first red flag I noticed when I went in for new patient x-​rays was that they didn’t want to accept x-​rays from my previous dentist in San Marcos. I paid my co-​pay and had them perform their check-​up and x-​rays.
The second red flag was them trying to up-​sell me with teeth whiteners and cosmetic dentistry. I’m cool with you asking me once, but each and every visit? Sure, you have a business to run (God knows you’re not a dentist because of the low salary and you just have it in your heart to help people) but selling shouldn’t be a part of oral care.
The third and biggest red flag was the quality of the two temporary crowns they put in my mouth. When they looked at my two molars, I was told that the teeth were cracked «beyond repair» and would need some sort of «major» reconstruction. They made no attempt at saving the teeth and ground them down to nubs and then capped them. They never felt right after that.
All of this and you think, «It can’t get worse than that, right?» Wrong.
After having moved back to San Francisco, I went to my original dentist of over twenty years for a cleaning (and of course to get my crowns replaced correctly). When he saw the ‘work’ that Miramar Dental Excellence had done, he was appalled. His comment was something like, «In my thirty years of practicing dentistry, I’ve never seen this procedure so poorly performed. Not even dental students do work this bad.» He also commented on how the enamel was removed and the dentin was also altered.
I trust my old dentist completely, I’ve seen his work on both myself and my mother. Take it from him, avoid this place.
The final part of the story is this:
I had an outstanding bill that I was contesting with them due to negligence on their part. Instead of attempting to sell off the debt to collections (as they had been threatening) they CHARGED MY CREDIT CARD without permission. I eventually gave up as I had moved away from San Diego and dealing with my credit card company wasn’t worth the $ 200.
Take your own chances!