Precision, restraint, and respect for your time are the through-line for everything we do. We keep the schedule light, the technology quietly modern, and the room calm—so the work can speak for itself.
CEREC, iTero, CBCT, and 3D printing—used where they make care measurably better, not for show.
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Fewer patients, longer visits
The schedule is built so the doctor is with you—not managing three rooms at once.
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Long relationships
We plan care in decades. Most of our patients have been with us since our first year.
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Honest recommendations
We will tell you when nothing needs to be done—often. Watchful conservatism protects tooth structure.
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Portrait / Dr. Elena Marín
04 / Profile
Dr. Elena Marín DDS · FAGD
Fourteen years of quiet practice.
“Good dentistry should be almost invisible—comfortable enough to forget, careful enough to last.”
Dr. Marín founded Larkspur in 2011 after training at UCLA and completing advanced continuing education across adhesive, cosmetic, and implant dentistry. She works with a small permanent team so that every patient sees the same faces at every visit.
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UCLA School of Dentistry · DDS, Class of 2011. Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry.
Her focus is adhesive, cosmetic, and implant dentistry, with advanced continuing education and a small permanent team. Precision, restraint, and long relationships guide the practice.
Education
UCLA School of Dentistry DDS, Class of 2011
Credentials
Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry
Focus
Adhesive, cosmetic & implant dentistry
05 / Experience
Technology should disappear.
We invest in equipment when it removes friction from your care—never for a marketing bullet.
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Same-visit crowns with CEREC
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Design, mill, and place a full-ceramic crown in one appointment—no temporaries, no second visit.
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Impressions without impressions
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iTero digital scanning replaces the tray of putty—quicker, quieter, and dramatically more accurate.
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Low-dose 3D imaging
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CBCT lets us plan implants and complex care in three dimensions, at a fraction of the radiation of prior generations.
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Quiet, private rooms
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Four fully enclosed treatment rooms—no shared bays, no open counters, no overheard conversations.
06 / Patient words
4.9 / 260+ reviews
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“Larkspur is what a doctor's office should feel like. Dr. Marín remembers everything, never rushes, and has kept my family's teeth in exceptional shape for eleven years.”
Anna R.Patient since 2013 / Corona del Mar
07 / New patients
Beginning with us is simple.
Three considered steps, and you have a dentist for the long term.
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Request a visit
Send a brief note or call us directly. We reply the same business day with two or three appointment options.
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Meet the practice
Your first visit is 75 minutes—a full exam, digital imaging, a proper conversation with Dr. Marín, and a plan you can take home.
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Receive your care plan
Clear, sequenced, and priced up-front. Treatment happens on your timeline—never at ours.
