1250 Peach Street, Suite E San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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1250 Peach Street, Suite E
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

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Replace missing teeth & stabilize dentures with dental implants.
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LANAP® is a non-surgical treatment for gum disease.
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    Quality Dental Care You Can Trust

    At the office of Dr. Michael Colleran in San Luis Obispo, we’re happy to provide all your family’s dental needs under one roof. We use only the most advanced technology to provide the level of clinical excellence you expect from a healthcare provider, and the compassionate care you expect from a friend. Our mission is to help our patients achieve and maintain a healthy smile that promotes overall health, as well as a beautiful smile that allows them to live their best life possible. Don’t let your smile hold you back any longer; your dream smile is within reach with the help of Dr. Colleran and our outstanding team!

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    Replace Missing Teeth & Stabilize Dentures

    Are you suffering from missing teeth or ill-fitting dentures? If so, you understand how missing teeth and loose dentures can not only impact the appearance and function of your smile, but your overall confidence and quality of life. That’s why Dr. Colleran is happy to provide the #1 recommended tooth replacement solution – by doctors and patients alike – with dental implants.

    Dental implants are small titanium posts that are surgically inserted into the gums and allowed to fuse with the jawbone. Rather than just replacing the crown or the visible portion of the tooth, dental implants replace the root of the tooth, which is an essential component in maintaining a healthy, functioning smile.

    The benefits of dental implants include:

    • Stabilize surrounding teeth & bite
    • Prevent jawbone deterioration & bone loss
    • Preserve oral & facial structure
    • Regain normal speech patterns
    • Enjoy favorite foods again
    • No removal for eating or cleaning
    • Replace a single tooth or multiple teeth
    • Stabilize dentures

    Dr. Colleran is a skilled and experienced dental implant provider in San Luis Obispo. Unlike other dental offices that refer you out to a specialist, we are happy to be able to provide precision surgical implant placement and the final restoration right here from the comfort of your dental home.

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    LANAP® Laser Gum Disease Treatment

    LANAPDo you have red, swollen gums that bleed during regular brushing and flossing? Are your gums receding or forming periodontal pockets? Have you been diagnosed with gum disease and are seeking a skilled and experienced dentist in San Luis Obispo to help? You’ve come to the right place! Dr. Colleran is on the cutting edge of gum disease treatment with the revolutionary LANAP® laser treatment.

    Traditional gum disease treatments involve minor surgical procedures – scalpels, sutures, tissue grafts, and a whole lot of unsightly pain and discomfort. Thankfully, with advances in modern technology, we are now able to treat gum disease, reverse gum recession, and save teeth with LANAP®. LANAP® uses a tiny laser fiber to pass between the teeth, sterilize and remove the infection, while keeping healthy gum tissue intact.

    The benefits of LANAP® include:

    • No cutting or sewing
    • No tissue grafts
    • Preservation of healthy tissue
    • True Regeneration™ of healthy bone & tissue
    • Reverse gum recession
    • Reduce pocket depth
    • Save teeth
    • No bleeding or swelling
    • Minimal to no pain, discomfort or sensitivity

    Dr. Colleran is a nationally renowned authority in laser dentistry, and a skilled and experienced LANAP® provider in San Luis Obispo. Unlike other dentists that use traditional gum surgery for gum disease treatment, or refer you out to a periodontist or specialist, we are happy to be able to treat and reverse your gum disease from the comfort of your dental home with the revolutionary LANAP® laser treatment.

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    No Insurance? No Problem!

    According to the ADA, dental insurance is the number one predictor of dental visits. But in 2017, there were approximately 114 million Americans living without dental coverage. So, what about these people? Sadly, routine preventive care falls to the wayside because it’s too expensive. This lack of preventive care leads to dental problems, which become even more expensive to treat than preventive care would have been. Thankfully, at the office of Michael Colleran, DDS, you don’t have to have insurance to get quality dental care without breaking the bank.

    Flexible Payment Options

    At the office of Dr. Michael Colleran, we believe quality dental care should be affordable and accessible to everyone.
    We are happy to accept and file most insurance plans. We do NOT accept Medicaid or CenCal.

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    Meet Dr. Michael Colleran

    Dr. Michael Colleran was raised in Burbank, California and is a fifth generation Californian. He attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for his undergraduate studies and the prestigious University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry in San Francisco for his professional training. Each year Dr. Colleran spends more than 150 hours in ongoing education in dentistry to stay abreast with the newest techniques and technology.

    Dr. Colleran is a nationally renowned dental author and lecturer and an expert on laser dentistry. He has spoken across the country on laser dentistry and had articles appear in several professional journals. He is sought after by dental manufacturers as a consultant for product evaluation and research. Dr. Colleran is also an instructor for the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry, which teaches LANAP® and other laser dental procedures to dentists from across the globe.

    Dr. Colleran spends his free time playing with his lovable yellow and chocolate labs. You can also find him out on the waters of Lake Nacimiento or Lake Shasta water skiing.

    Why Our Patients Smile

    “I love this place. The people are the nicest; the atmosphere is very light and friendly. They always have really good music and when I confessed how long it’s been since I’ve seen the dentist there was zero judgement. They also do a great job with pain, nothing hurts!”

    – Shannon S.

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    1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website and GA4 platform, how it is used, and with whom it may be shared.
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    3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
    4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

    Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
    We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

    We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

    While Michael Colleran, DDS is the primary data controller, Google, in the context of providing Google Analytics service, acts as a data processor. We use Google Analytics 4, a widely recognized web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., to track user interactions and gather data for advertising purposes. As a third-party vendor, Google Analytics operates independently and maintains its own privacy policy, which can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy. We carefully select our third-party vendors for their commitment to user privacy and adherence to data protection standards. As part of our ongoing commitment to your privacy, we implement measures to ensure that services like GA4 comply with our high standards of data protection.

    GA4 collects certain personally identifiable information from you as you interact with our website. This information includes but is not limited to your device ID, IP address, and geographic location. The information collected through GA4 is used to analyze user behavior, optimize our website’s performance, and tailor our content to better serve your needs. This data is compiled and anonymized, ensuring that it cannot be linked back to individual users.

    Please note that GA4 may share the information collected with Google and other third-party service providers to enable data processing and reporting on website usage. However, we will not sell, rent, or share your information, especially your personally identifiable information, with any third party outside of our organization.

    Your Access to and Control Over Information
    You have certain rights regarding the data collected by GA4. You have the right to do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

    • See what data we have about you, if any.
    • Have us delete any data we have about you.
    • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

    In addition to opting out of any future communications from us at any time, you may also opt out of the GA4 feature if you so choose. You can opt out of the GA4 Advertising Features we use through Ads Settings, Ad Settings for mobile apps, or through the NAI’s. This link points to Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/

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    We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. GA4 also follows industry best practices to protect your data both online and offline.

    To ensure data protection while we are using GA4, we are implementing additional security measures that include and are not limited to:

    • limiting data access,
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    • managing data sharing with Google

    Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

    While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

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    If you have any concerns about the use of GA4 or believe that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact us immediately. We are committed to addressing any privacy-related issues promptly and transparently.

    By using our website and consenting to the use of GA4, you acknowledge and agree to the data collection and processing practices described in this notice. For more information about GA4 and its privacy practices, please review Google’s Privacy Policy on this link https://policies.google.com/privacy.

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    Notice of Privacy Practices

    This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for our website. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

    1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
    2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
    3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
    4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

    Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
    When Personal Health Information (PHI) is requested, we abide by all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules and regulations to protect your information and privacy. We are required by applicable federal and state law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also required to give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and our rights concerning your health information. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice while it is in effect. This notice takes effect January 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until we replace it. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right to make the changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our Notice effective for all health information that we maintain, including health information we created or received before we made the changes. Before we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and make the new Notice available upon request. You may request a copy of our Notice at any time. For more information about our privacy practices, or for additional copies of this Notice, please contact us using the information listed at the end of this Notice.

    Wherever we request sensitive information (such as personal health information (PHI)), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

    We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

    We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than to perform quality of service analysis and as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to respond to your queries. We may use your information to review our interactions with you and to help us improve and provide you with the best experience possible.

    Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

    Your Access to and Control Over Information
    You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

    • See what data we have about you, if any.
    • Change/correct any data we have about you.
    • Have us delete any data we have about you.
    • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
    • Revoke an authorization previously made
    • You have additional rights, please contact the office for the latest copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices and to ask any questions.

    Security
    We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

    Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as personal health information or credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

    While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example: billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

    If you feel that we are not complying with your rights, you should contact us immediately via telephone or email. You also have the right to contact Health and Human Services (HHS) (https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/). We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

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    Entering this site or the links accessible through this site, you agree to be bound by this agreement. The information and the resources contained on and accessible through this site are made available by Michael Colleran, DDS and/or its suppliers and vendors, and are subject to your agreement to their terms and conditions.

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    All rights reserved, Michael Colleran, DDS makes this website available to all users for the sole purpose of providing educational information on health-related issues.

    The accuracy of website, information, and resources identified are not warranted or guaranteed, or intended to be a substitute for professional health advice, to contradict health advice given, or for health care of any kind.

    Your use of this website indicates your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use and you expressly agree to be bound to the foregoing terms and conditions.

    All materials on this website, including the site’s design, layout, and organization, are owned and copyrighted by Michael Colleran, DDS, or its suppliers or vendors, and are protected by U.S. and international copyrights.

    Material on this site may be used for personal use only. Commercial use of any sort is strictly prohibited.

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    This site may not be used as a supplement or alternative for health care, and is not intended and does not warrant or guarantee the quality or quantity of any services of any of the advertisers identified; further, the information provided is merely for educational purposes, and its accuracy is not guaranteed. Do not use this site as a substitute for health care. Please consult with your doctor or other health care provider regarding any health questions you may have. This site may not be used for health diagnosis or treatment. Do not use this site to disregard any health advice, nor to delay seeking health advice, because of something you read or see in this site.

    You understand and agree that neither Michael Colleran, DDS nor its suppliers or vendors or linked domain names are responsible or liable for any claim, loss, or damage of any kind, directly or indirectly resulting from your use of this site or the information or the resources contained on or accessible through it.

    Michael Colleran, DDS expressly disclaims any implied warranty or representation about the information or accuracy, relevance, completeness, timeliness or appropriateness for any particular purpose of any kind. Your use of this site is also subject to all additional disclaimers that may appear throughout the site.

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    Further, the inclusion of these links is merely for your convenience and is not intended and does not reflect Michael Colleran, DDS’s opinion on the accuracy or the importance of these other sites; further, Michael Colleran, DDS does not endorse in any manner any of the views expressed in, or products or services offered by these other sites. All information in any site by Michael Colleran, DDS, or associated or linked site, is extracted, read, used, or relied upon by you at your own risk.

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    Michael Colleran, DDS and its suppliers and vendors disclaim all express or implied representations or warranties regarding the information, services, products, materials, and any other resources contained on or accessible through this site, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. All information provided by Michael Colleran, DDS is made available “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind, or any express or implied promise, including, by way of example, its continuing availability.

    Limitation of Liability
    With respect to products, goods, or services purchased from any entity identified, listed, named or contacted through Michael Colleran, DDS’s website, or any links to Michael Colleran, DDS’s website, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Michael Colleran, DDS or its suppliers or vendors be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, exemplary, contractual, or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever of any kind, resulting from any loss, which by way of example, includes loss of use, loss of data, loss of profits, business interruption, litigation, or any other pecuniary loss, whether based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence), product liability, or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of this site, with the delay or inability to use this site, or with the provision of or failure to make available any information, services, products, materials, or other resources contained on or accessible through this site, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

    You acknowledge and agree that the limitations set forth above are elements of this agreement, and that this site would not be provided to you absent such limitations.

    Indemnification
    You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Michael Colleran, DDS and its suppliers and vendors from any liability, loss, claim, and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) related to your violation of this agreement or use of this site in any manner. Your use of this site shall constitute your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement, as revised and modified, if any, each time you access this site. Michael Colleran, DDS may modify this agreement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified agreement.

    Miscellaneous
    Michael Colleran, DDS’s failure to insist upon strict enforcement of any provision(s) of this agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

    This agreement and the resolution of any dispute related to this agreement or this site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles or conflicts of law. Any legal action or proceeding between Michael Colleran, DDS or its links, suppliers or vendors and you related to this agreement or this site shall be brought exclusively in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction sitting in San Luis Obispo County, California.

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