David L. McAninch IV, DDS
Dr. McAninch is a local area product, having been born and raised in Lompoc. He attended Cabrillo High School and then went on to do his undergraduate degree at Cal Poly: San Luis Obispo, majoring in business administration and minoring in biological sciences. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Southern California’s Ostrow School of Dentistry in Los Angeles, CA. There, two major life developments occurred. He met his wife, Elyse, and found his calling for oral and maxillofacial surgery. After this, both Drs. McAninch moved to the Bay Area to pursue residency programs: Dr. Elyse in Orthodontics at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, and Dr. David at Alameda County Medical Center – Highland Hospital in Oakland, which served as the East Bays only level 1 Trauma Center. As part of his OMS training, he did extended rotations at UOP in San Francisco, focusing on IV sedation, dentoalveolar surgery and implant surgery. Other rotations included anesthesiology, medicine, general surgery and plastic surgery. The program had a strong emphasis on dentoalveolar surgery, trauma surgery and orthognathic surgery as well as TMJ treatment and management. Dr. McAninch has been on the medical staff at Cottage Hospital and Lompoc Valley Medical Center since 2016 which includes taking Level 1 Trauma Call for the Cottage Health System.
After residency, they moved back to the Central Coast to start their careers and a family. Dr. Elyse has worked as the only orthodontist at the Community Health Centers of the Central Coast in Nipomo for 10 years. They have two children. Outside of their practices, their time is spent raising kids and keeping up with school and sports. They enjoy going snow skiing in the winter and going to Lake Nacimiento in the summer. They also love being at home, in our beautiful community, enjoying the myriad of offerings our wonderful area provides.
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