Dr. Elite Mekel was born in New York City and moved with her family to California at a young age, where she grew up in the San Fernando Valley. She received her B.S. from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Chemistry. She went back to the East Coast for Dental School to attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine -- consistently ranked among the top 5 dental schools in the country. There, she dedicated her free time to treating underserved pediatric populations. After 4 years on the East Coast, Dr. Mekel decided it was time to move back to the West Coast (best coast!) to pursue her career in Pediatrics, completing her advanced training in Pediatric Dentistry with NYU Dental Medicine at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego and finally became a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist.

Dr. Mekel's focus is on prevention of dental disease and educating her patients and families on the importance of oral health. She also enjoys working with mothers and infants as well children experiencing symptoms of tongue and lip ties to provide care to relieve these symptoms.

Standing at just under 5 feet tall - and always with a smile on her face - Dr. Mekel was clearly destined to become a Pediatric Dentist and she is so excited to be practicing in Southern California so close to where she grew up. In her free time, Dr. Mekel enjoys practicing yoga, hiking, cooking and baking (but, of course, tries not to indulge in TOO many sweets!)

Dr. Mekel is a Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Ambassador at the Breathe Institute, member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the California Dental Association, the California Society of Pediatric Dentists, the San Fernando Valley Dental Society, and the International Affiliation of Tongue and Lip Tie Professionals