A California Implant Institute fellow and Dawson Academy functional-occlusion graduate, Dr. Emily Bland practices general, implant, and orthodontic dentistry in La Mesa near Lake Murray on Lake Murray Boulevard. The practice's occlusal-analysis and TMJ-assessment protocol draws on Dawson-method training, with cervical-spine tension cases co-managed alongside providers such as Dr. Jen DC. Dr. Bland earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of the East in 1992, obtained California licensure in 2002 (license 50547), and completed Progressive Orthodontics certification through McGann Postgraduate School in 2011. Continuing-education coursework at UCLA's Aesthetic Continuum and Spear Education in Scottsdale reinforces the esthetic-restoration caseload, complementing the implant and general work at nearby Lake Murray practices including Craig E. Kubina, DDS. Implant prosthodontic planning follows the Daher decision-tree protocol for fixture selection, matching titanium-alloy post diameter and thread pitch to site-specific bone density measured via periapical and panoramic radiography.