Our Doctors

Dr. Stephen Eskeland was born and raised in New York, NY. He completed a seven-year program (Bachelor's and Doctor of Dental Surgery degrees) at New York University in 1985. He also completed a general practice residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center before practicing for five years in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. In 1991, Dr. Eskeland moved to La Jolla and joined Regents Dental Group, which was founded in 1989 by Donald Dombrow, DDS. Dr. Eskeland purchased the practice from Dr. Dombrow in 1992.

Dr. Stephen E. Lockwood attended from Oral Roberts University, School of Dentistry and joined the AGD and ADA as a student in 1982 and after earning his DMD (’84) degree he attended a one-year GPR program at Loma Linda VA Hospital. After a three-year associateship he opened his private practice in La Jolla, CA (’89) where he currently practices comprehensive dentistry with an emphasis in Cosmetic Dentistry, Orthodontics, and Implant Dentistry. In 2017, he merged his practice with Dr. Stephen Eskeland where they are now partners of Regents Dental Group. Both doctors have earned their Mastership with the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD).

Dr. Collado grew up in Orange, CA, and after college, he met his wife while stationed at Camp Pendleton. Beth and he were married in La Jolla in 1987 (DocLoc was best man), and they now live in Pt. Loma. They have 3 grown children.

Dr. Dana M. Baba grew up in Simi Valley, CA and developed a passion for dentistry when she was fifteen. She was impressed by the power of transforming smiles and loved that dentistry provides the ability to build long-term relationships with patients. She got her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley while also maintaining her focus on the Pre-Dental track. Dr. Baba then attended the prestigious University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco and graduated with High Honors.