We recognize that you are unique and deserve to receive dental care that reflects your individual needs.
Dr. Joshua Parfitt DMD is a board eligible Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon. He attended the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health and graduated as valedictorian. His training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry and he brings a deep passion and commitment to his oral surgery practice.
Following the years of hospital training, the San Diego area became home for his family. In their free time, Dr. Parfitt and his wife take advantage of the local activities, including running and hiking.
We are delighted he chose to join our practice. Dr. Parfitt enjoys all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery: extractions, bone grafts, implants, wisdom teeth extractions, I.V. sedation, orthodontic related surgery, and oral cancer biopsies. He was recruited to join our practice for his excellent communication skills, his gentle touch and surgical excellence.
Education
•OMFS certificate, Highland Hospital/University of the Pacific–Oakland/San Francisco, CA
•Doctor of Dental Medicine, A.T. Still University–Mesa, AZ
•Bachelors of Science in physiology. Linfield College–McMinnville, OR
Current affiliations and certifications
•Member, California Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
•Member, American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial surgeons
•Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS/BLS)
•Pediatric advanced life support (PALS)
•Advanced trauma life support (ATLS)
Chelsie Simkin has been in the dental field for 10 years. She obtained her bachelors degree in dental hygiene at West Coast University. She is committed to providing a comfortable experience to each and every patient. Chelsie is born and raised in San Diego.
During her free time she enjoys seeing the world and experiencing new cultures. Chelsie is a big foodie that enjoys happy hours and trying new restaurants.
Leslie is a highly skilled dental assistant with over 10 years of experience in dentistry. Her extensive knowledge and positive attitude make her an invaluable member of our team. Outside of work, Leslie enjoys spending quality time with her husband and their beloved dog. She also has a passion for singing, which brings joy to her life and those around her.
Ofelia plays a pivotal role in orchestrating treatment for our esteemed patients, having served as a highly regarded team member for an impressive 35-year tenure. Her expertise and commitment to patient care are unwavering. In addition to providing assistance during appointments, she is also readily available to accommodate your scheduling needs.
As a consummate professional, Ofelia ensures that each patient receives individualized care tailored to their unique needs. She continually strives to provide the highest level of service, contributing to our clinic’s exceptional reputation in the healthcare industry.
In her leisure time, Ofelia enjoys exploring the great outdoors, which is a testament to her adventurous spirit. She also cherishes spending quality time with her four children and beloved husband, as family is of utmost importance to her
Jaclyn has dedicated the past 15 years to the field of dentistry, bringing exceptional expertise in patient management to her role at the front desk.
Her warm and kind personality ensures every patient feels welcomed and valued.
Outside of work, Jaclyn cherishes spending quality time with her daughter, Aubrey.
Harmony, a native of Ohio, has honed her skills as a dental assistant over the last five years, with a passion for enhancing the smiles of patients. Together with her husband, she relocated to the idyllic city of San Diego, where she unwinds by indulging in her hobbies of taking long hikes, working out, and preparing culinary delights. Her welcoming demeanor puts patients at ease, allowing them to feel comfortable throughout their dental procedures.
Tracy holds the position of Office Manager and Administrative Coordinator Assistant and has served in this capacity for an impressive 38 years. Her wealth of knowledge and expertise make her an invaluable asset to the office, and she is adept at addressing any concerns that patients may have.
As a dedicated professional, Tracy’s primary objective is to ensure that the office runs efficiently and that patients receive top-quality care. Moreover, Tracy is always available to discuss dental fees and provide logistical support in scheduling appointments. Patients can rely on Tracy’s steadfast commitment to their well-being and satisfaction.
Eve’ette was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to San Diego in 2017. She has been an active member in dentistry for 31 years. She started her career pulling dental charts after school working only one day a week. Her love and passion of dentistry evolved to dental assisting, RDA, office manager, and finally Dental Hygienist. She comes from a family of Dentistry, one dentist, five hygienists, four RDAs. She is involved with multiple Dental Hygiene Study Groups in order to stay current on modern dentistry and techniques.
Eve’ette is quick to make patients feel at ease by building confidence, trust, and friendship with each patient. She loves to create beautiful smiles and her understanding nature makes it easy for patients to feel comfortable. She is extremely devoted to educating patients on their individual needs. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, working out, learning languages, and spending quality time with family.
Marina District Dentistry
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to