Find a dentist near you, without the guesswork
Every dental practice in the United States, listed from the public federal registry. Ask for a town, a ZIP code, or the thing you actually want to know. Free, and no account.
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New York City, NY 12,729 dental practices listed
The 1,104 towns with the most practices listed. The bigger the dot, the more of them there are.
The climb through 2006 and 2007 is the register being created, not a boom: every practice already working was given a number in those two years. A practice that closes keeps its number, so this counts the register, not the surgeries open today.
- Sorted by how far each one actually is
- Filtered by orthodontics, pediatrics, implants
- One request, sent straight to the practice
Listings come from the federal NPI registry. We never copy reviews or photos from other sites.
Three steps, no account, no fee
Search where you are
Type a town or ZIP code, or let your browser find you. We show practices closest first, with the distance on every listing.
Narrow it to what you need
Filter by specialty: orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, oral surgery. Every filter shows how many practices match before you click.
Send one request
Tell us what you need and when you are free. Practices that have claimed their listing get it by email and reply to you directly.
Start with your town
The biggest by number of practices. Every other town in the country is one click further in, and searching your ZIP code is faster than either.
The answers people usually have to hunt for
Plain English, written for patients, with no product to sell you.
What treatment actually costs
Typical price ranges for cleanings, fillings, crowns, root canals and implants, and why the same job varies so much.
Urgent careDental emergencies
Knocked out teeth, abscesses and lost crowns: what helps in the first hour and when to go to an emergency room instead.
Choosing a dentistHow to choose a dentist
The five questions worth asking on the phone, and the warning signs that tell you to keep looking.
Not sure what kind of dentist you need?
Pick what is on your mind. Most of the time the answer is a general dentist, and we will say so.
A general dentist
Routine care, fillings, and the person who refers you on if you need more.
Call a practice today, or go to an emergency room
Swelling that reaches your eye or throat, or bleeding that will not stop, is urgent. Do not wait on a web form. Most practices keep slots for emergencies.
An orthodontist
Braces and clear aligners. Many general dentists do simple aligner cases too, and usually cost less for them.
A pediatric dentist
Trained for children, including anxious ones and children with additional needs.
An oral surgeon
Difficult extractions, wisdom teeth and jaw surgery. A general dentist handles straightforward extractions and will refer the rest.
An endodontist
Root canals and little else, which is why the difficult ones end up there.
A periodontist
Gum disease and the bone under it. Start with a general dentist: early gum disease is treated with a deep clean, not surgery.
A prosthodontist
Replacing missing teeth: dentures, bridges, crowns and implant work.
A general dentist who does cosmetic work
Cosmetic dentistry is not a recognized specialty in the United States, so anybody may use the word. Ask to see cases they have done themselves.
Where these listings come from
Every US dentist appears in the National Provider Identifier registry, a public record kept by the federal government. That is where our listings start, which is why the directory is complete rather than a list of whoever paid us.
The registry holds the practice name, any trading name, the address, phone and fax, the specialties they registered, other offices they work from and the state they are licensed in. It holds no email address, no website, no opening hours and no fees, because the government never collected those. Websites, email addresses and opening hours reach us two ways: a practice claims its listing and tells us, or it has published them openly to OpenStreetMap, in which case we show them with credit. We do not copy review text or photographs from other websites.