Citrus Heights is a working family town. About 88,000 residents live across a Sacramento County footprint anchored historically by Sunrise Mall and the Greenback Lane retail corridor, and the schedule we keep with our Citrus Heights patients reflects that — kids and teens in our after-school slots, parents pairing their cleanings with a kid's checkup, and Saturday mornings dedicated to children by appointment so the school week stays intact. The drive from the Birdcage area to our Creekside Drive office runs about 20 minutes east on Greenback Lane, then south on Auburn-Folsom Road into Folsom.
Most Citrus Heights families don't need a dentist who specializes in any one thing — they need a practice that handles the routine work well, makes the appointments fit around school pickup, and doesn't push a treatment plan that doesn't make sense. That's the gap we try to fill. We see kids beginning around the time their first molar erupts (12 to 18 months), school-age kids through the San Juan Unified and Center Joint Unified districts, and the parents handling them all at once. Having three in-house doctors helps the scheduling math work for a four-person family in a way it rarely does at a solo office.
Why Citrus Heights families choose us
Citrus Heights is one of the most family-dense pockets of Sacramento County, and the dental scheduling problem most families have isn't finding any office — it's finding one that doesn't push them to take their kids out of class for a routine cleaning. Our solution is built into how we keep the calendar: Saturday mornings reserved for children by appointment, after-school slots from 3:00 PM onward, and family blocks where multiple appointments stack so a single trip covers two or three people. Citrus Heights patients tell us this is the small change that finally let them stay on a regular cleaning schedule again.
On the clinical side, our team carries three dentists. Dr. Fady Khalil co-founded and co-owns the practice and handles comprehensive general and cosmetic work. Dr. Cyrus Sani is the third general dentist on the team, sharing the routine caseload and family checkups. Dr. Sherif Hassan, who co-owns the practice with Dr. Khalil, holds a Fellowship in Oral Implantology that is useful for the adult Citrus Heights patients who eventually face an implant decision. With our multi-doctor team you get same-week availability when something comes up unexpectedly, and no awkward "we'll fit you in three weeks from now" calls when a family has four people who need to be seen.
Our team speaks English, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian, and Spanish, which covers the meaningful share of Citrus Heights families whose first language isn't English. For Russian and Ukrainian families in particular — communities with a long history in this corridor — that match has been a deciding factor more than once when families have switched practices.
Getting here from Citrus Heights
The most reliable route from anywhere in Citrus Heights is east on Greenback Lane, then south on Auburn-Folsom Road into Folsom. Total drive time runs 18 to 22 minutes. Patients on the Antelope Road / Stock Ranch side often pick up Antelope Road first and connect to Auburn-Folsom faster — closer to 18 minutes. From the Sunrise Mall area it's typically 22 minutes; from Birdcage Heights, somewhere in between. Free, ground-level parking sits right outside our suite — no garages, no validation. The entrance is single-level with no stairs.
| Citrus Heights Neighborhood | Approx. Drive Time | Typical Route |
|---|---|---|
| Birdcage Heights | ~20 minutes | Greenback Ln to Auburn-Folsom Rd |
| Sunrise Oaks | ~22 minutes | Sunrise Blvd to Greenback Ln to Auburn-Folsom Rd |
| Stock Ranch / Antelope | ~18 minutes | Antelope Rd to Auburn-Folsom Rd |
| Sungarden | ~20 minutes | Greenback Ln to Auburn-Folsom Rd |
| Sunrise Mall area | ~22 minutes | Sunrise Blvd to Greenback Ln to Auburn-Folsom Rd |
Our 3:00 to 4:30 PM weekday windows fill first with after-school appointments for Citrus Heights kids and teens. Saturday mornings are reserved for children by appointment — useful for parents in the San Juan Unified School District (Mesa Verde, San Juan, Mira Loma) who can't pull a kid out of class.
Comprehensive dental care for Citrus Heights families
Most Citrus Heights households we see fit a familiar pattern: two working parents, one or two school-age kids, occasionally a grandparent in the same trip. Our service line covers the full range, with a meaningful focus on cavity prevention for school-age kids and clean preventive routines for adults whose schedules don't always cooperate.
General and preventive dentistry
Cleanings every six months for most adults, with X-rays scheduled to match each child's cavity risk rather than a default interval, and an oral-cancer check built into every routine exam. Our general dentistry service line covers the everyday work of catching little issues before they grow — cleanings, deep cleanings (scaling and root planing), digital X-rays, root canals, and extractions. For families wondering how cleanings should be spaced for their kids, our resource on cleaning frequency is a useful reference.
Pediatric and cavity prevention
Cavity prevention is a real focus for Citrus Heights kids. Our pediatric dental care visits are friendly and unhurried — most kids head out the door treating the dentist as a normal stop on the family calendar rather than a stressful one. We see kids beginning around the time their first molar erupts (12 to 18 months), help families establish brushing and flossing habits at home, and place sealants on cavity-prone permanent molars when the timing is right. For a useful primer on age-appropriate cavity prevention, our age-by-age guide walks through what to focus on at each stage.
Family scheduling, Invisalign for teens
Citrus Heights teens with shifting front teeth are a steady part of our Invisalign caseload. Clear aligners avoid the social cost of metal brackets, integrate well with sports and instruments, and tend to fit a high schooler's life better than the alternative. Our treatment timeline resource covers the realistic stages stage-by-stage so families know what they're committing to.
Restorative and cosmetic for adults
Adult Citrus Heights patients commonly come in for teeth whitening, the occasional crown after a cracked molar, and dental implants for missing teeth. Our cosmetic dentistry service line covers whitening, porcelain veneers, and dental bonding. Restorative work — crowns, bridges, implants, and dentures — is sequenced under our restorative dentistry umbrella.
Emergency dentistry
Knocked-out tooth at a Rusch Park soccer game. Sudden molar pain that wasn't there yesterday. Cracked tooth from a stale piece of bread. We hold time in our schedule every day for emergency dentistry. Call (916) 790-8755 — once the front desk knows the symptom, they can usually clear a same-day spot, especially for kids' injuries during the school week.
How we handle family scheduling for Citrus Heights households
Family scheduling is the practical thing that determines whether dental care actually happens or quietly slides off the calendar for two or three years. Our front desk can book three or four family members in a coordinated block — kids in adjacent chairs, parents in the next room, a grandparent slotted in either before or after — so a single trip from Citrus Heights covers everyone. School-age children typically get the after-school window from 3:00 PM onward, and Saturday morning slots are reserved for kids whose parents can't easily get them out of class on a weekday. We try to keep family groups with the same hygienist visit-to-visit, which builds the kind of continuity that makes anxious kids less anxious over time.
For the parents — usually the ones who finally book the family appointment after months of meaning to — we try to make the cleaning experience itself feel uneventful in the best way. Same hygienist, same chair, same insurance estimate routine. The treatment plan conversation, when one is needed, is split into "do now," "watch over the next year," and "looks fine." Citrus Heights families have told us that simply seeing a small "watch" bucket makes the whole experience feel different from offices where every chart finding seems to immediately become a billable line item.
Insurance, financing, and membership
We accept most major PPO plans common with Citrus Heights families, including the standards for San Juan Unified School District employees and most Sacramento County workforces — Delta Dental Premier and PPO, MetLife, Cigna, Aetna, Guardian, Humana, United Healthcare, and Premier Access among them. Our insurance coordinator runs a benefits check before your first visit. Full list on our insurance information page.
For uninsured Citrus Heights families, our two flat-rate in-house membership plans wrap the year's preventive visits into one fixed annual cost — for most uninsured patients, the math works out cheaper than paying fee-for-service for cleanings out of pocket. For larger treatment plans, our financing page covers Cherry and CareCredit options that spread payments across six to twenty-four months.
"Most of the families we see from Citrus Heights aren't looking for a fancy practice — they're looking for a steady one. We've tried to be that. Same hygienist every visit, same insurance coordinator, no surprise charges, and an after-school slot when you need one."
Cavity prevention strategies for Citrus Heights school-age kids
Cavity rates in school-age kids are higher than they should be in our region, and a meaningful share of new pediatric patients we see from Citrus Heights arrive with one or two cavities already in formation on their permanent molars. The good news is that the strategies that prevent the next round are concrete and inexpensive: sealants on the chewing surfaces of the six-year and twelve-year molars (placed in a single visit, no drilling), fluoride varnish at every cleaning, an honest conversation about between-meal snacking, and regular brushing technique check-ins so kids actually clean the molars they tend to skip. We walk through this with parents at every routine visit, not just at the first one.
For growing families — and Citrus Heights has many — the other high-value preventive step is keeping an eye on how the permanent teeth come in. At routine visits we monitor spacing, bite, and jaw development so that if orthodontic treatment is ever needed, it can be timed well rather than rushed. For teens who are good candidates, we offer Invisalign clear aligners, and for kids who grind at night we make custom nightguards that protect developing teeth. Catching these things early is almost always simpler and less expensive than addressing them later.
Local context: a quick Citrus Heights snapshot
Citrus Heights is an incorporated Sacramento County city of about 88,000 residents, anchored historically by Sunrise Mall and the long-running retail-and-dining corridor along Greenback Lane. The mall's redevelopment is one of the city's defining current planning conversations. Rusch Park on Antelope Road is the de facto community recreation hub, with sports facilities and youth leagues operating year-round. Birdcage Center remains an established retail and dining cluster on Greenback Lane. Residential character runs from established neighborhoods like Birdcage Heights and Sungarden through newer master-planned communities like Stock Ranch, off Antelope Road. The San Juan Unified School District serves most of the city, with Mesa Verde, San Juan, and Mira Loma high schools as the major public secondaries.
Demographically, Citrus Heights skews family with a meaningful share of long-time residents who raised children here and stayed. Russian, Ukrainian, and Eastern European communities are well-established along the Greenback corridor — a community match for the languages our team speaks daily. For city services, planning information, and current Sunrise Mall redevelopment news, the City of Citrus Heights website is the cleanest starting point. For age-by-age cavity prevention guidance, the ADA's MouthHealthy.org has good material families can read together.
Schedule from Citrus Heights
The fastest way to book is a phone call to (916) 790-8755. Routine cleanings usually open up inside a couple of weeks; emergencies get a held-back slot the same day. The online form takes about ninety seconds and we'll call back to confirm.
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Visit us in Folsom
Our address is 1625 Creekside Dr. Suite 100, Folsom, CA 95630. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Saturday mornings hold a reserved block of pediatric checkups for families who'd rather not pull a kid out of class. Phone: (916) 790-8755. New-patient forms can be completed in advance via our online new-patient forms to save check-in time.
For drive-time comparisons from neighboring cities, see our pages for Carmichael, Roseville, and our home Folsom office. To meet the clinicians and staff before your visit, the our office page has photos and short bios of every team member you'll encounter.
Frequently Asked Questions for Citrus Heights Patients
How long is the drive from Citrus Heights?
About 20 minutes via Greenback Lane east, then south on Auburn-Folsom Road into Folsom. From the Sunrise Mall area, plan on closer to 22 minutes; from the Stock Ranch or Antelope side, closer to 18 because you'll pick up Antelope Road and connect to Auburn-Folsom faster. Once you reach East Bidwell Street in Folsom, our Creekside Drive office is two minutes north.
Do you treat the whole family — kids, parents, grandparents — in one office?
Yes — that's most of what we do. We see kids beginning around the time their first molar erupts (12 to 18 months), school-age children, teens in clear aligners, working-age parents, and grandparents maintaining longstanding crowns or dentures. Booking the family back-to-back saves a lot of trips, and our team gets to know each member's history and preferences over time.
What's the easiest route from the Sunrise Mall / Birdcage area?
From Sunrise Mall or the Birdcage Center, head east on Greenback Lane, then south on Auburn-Folsom Road into Folsom. The route avoids both U.S. 50 traffic and the I-80 corridor, which is why it tends to feel calmer than it sounds on paper. Total drive time runs 18 to 22 minutes for most patients.
Do you have appointment times that work around school pickup?
Yes — mid-morning slots around 10:00 AM and late-afternoon windows around 3:30 PM are popular with parents who need to be back for San Juan Unified or Center Joint Unified pickup. Saturday mornings are reserved for children by appointment, which reliably saves a school day for routine cleanings. Request a parent-friendly time on our appointment page.
Do you accept the major dental plans common with San Juan Unified families?
Yes — we accept the major plans most San Juan Unified employees and other Citrus Heights families carry, including Delta Dental Premier and PPO, MetLife, Cigna, Aetna, Guardian, and United Healthcare. Before your first visit, our coordinator will verify benefits with your carrier so the estimate at checkout reflects what you actually owe. The complete plan list lives on our insurance information page.