Welcome to Gateway Dentistry!

Welcome to Gateway Dentistry in Poway! Dr. Ilien Minter and the Gateway Dentistry team are pleased to provide the finest in Family and Cosmetic dentistry. We invite you to browse our website to learn more about Dr. Minter and her practice, and we encourage you to join our patient family by scheduling an appointment today!

Patients come to Gateway Dentistry from throughout the San Diego area because they know they will always receive the personal attention that is our trademark. Each member of our team is dedicated to ensuring our patients feel well-informed and comfortable at all times. At Gateway Dentistry, there are no surprises: we will never begin a treatment or procedure until our patient has had all of his or her questions answered and feels completely at ease. Furthermore, we offer a number of dental financing options and payment plans to ensure a beautiful, healthy smile is within the reach of all of our patients.

Our Approach

Our one-on-one approach to dentistry, in addition to the simply stunning restorative and cosmetic results we consistently achieve, make Dr. Minter and Gateway Dentistry the professional team of choice in the San Diego area. We offer all of the most popular and innovative dental treatments, including Dental Implants, One Visit Whitening, Sedation Dentistry, CEREC "One Visit" dentistry, and Invisalign, among others. For a more complete transformation, our patients are encouraged to work with our smile design team to combine multiple treatments to achieve a full smile makeover.

Get Started Today

If you are ready to work with our smile makeover team to achieve the smile you have always dreamed of, or are simply looking for the most thorough dental cleaning and examination available, we invite you to contact the Gateway Dentistry team at (858) 485-8420 or send us a fax at (858) 485-5773.  We look forward to hearing from you.

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Featured Articles

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Dental Anesthesia

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Dental Health Affects Much More than your Teeth

We all know that proper dental care is essential to maintaining healthy teeth and gums; but did you know that researchers now tie dental health to a variety of other, seemingly unrelated health is ...

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What can you do about bad breath?

Are you suffering from bad breath in Poway? Bad breath, formally known as halitosis, is an uncomfortable and embarrassing condition. Bad breath is often caused by improper dental hygiene which lea ...

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What's the Best Toothpaste to Get Kids to Brush Their Teeth?

Most parents agree: it’s difficult to get their children interested in doing a proper job of brushing their teeth. At Gateway Dentistry in Poway, we believe that every child deserves a healthy smi ...

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