Tanaka Dental Corporation on Chula Vista's Church Avenue has served the Third Avenue Village district from 212 Church Ave since Dr. Terry Tanaka — a University of Southern California School of Dentistry graduate — established the practice in the early 1990s. General and cosmetic cases including composite bonding, porcelain veneers, and implant-supported restorations share treatment-planning overlap with acupuncture-based pain management at Urban Sage Acupuncture + Wellness for patients presenting with chronic orofacial pain. The second-generation practice, now under Dr. Katherine Tanaka's clinical direction, continues the same preventive-first philosophy that prioritizes scaling, prophylaxis, and patient education over reactive intervention. Bruxism and malocclusion assessments frequently overlap with cervical-spine evaluations performed at Wachs Chiropractic Health Center, since C1-C2 misalignment can exacerbate temporomandibular joint loading. Implant placements utilize titanium-alloy endosseous fixtures with a roughened surface topography designed to accelerate osseointegration over a 3-to-6-month healing interval before final prosthetic loading.