Everything below is drawn from the registry: practice counts, the type of dentistry each one lists, the streets they sit on, when they registered and how far away the nearest missing specialties are.
What is listed in Irvington District
28 of the 34 practices list general dentistry. The rest is small: 3 dental clinics, 1 periodontic practice, 1 endodontic practice and 1 pediatric dentist. This is a neighborhood for check ups, fillings and crowns rather than one where you would expect to find a specialist for every problem.
Fremont Blvd carries the bulk of them, with 20 listings plus one more recorded as Fremont Blvd. with a period, so 21 in practice. Grimmer Blvd has 7, and Stevenson Blvd and Curtis St have one each. Between two roads you have 28 of the 34 practices.
Ownership splits 24 individual practitioners to 10 organizations, a higher share of individual listings than most neighborhoods this size. That usually means the dentist named on the listing is the dentist who treats you, which is worth knowing if continuity matters to you.
17 of the 34 were registered before 2010, exactly half, and the earliest registration here dates to 2005. So the neighborhood is a mix of long established addresses and more recent arrivals.
- 34 practices, all in ZIP code 94538
- 28 general dentists, 3 dental clinics, 3 specialist practices
- 21 on Fremont Blvd, 7 on Grimmer Blvd
- 24 individual practitioners, 10 organizations
How to choose between them
With 28 general practices to pick from, the deciding factors are usually availability and plan participation. Ask on the first call whether they are taking new patients, whether they take your specific plan rather than just your insurer, and how long the wait is for a first appointment. Those answers will thin the list faster than anything else.
Because there is only one endodontist and one periodontist listed here, also ask what a general practice does in house. Some handle straightforward root canals and simple extractions themselves; others refer everything. Ask who they refer to and how far it is, because in Fremont the nearest specialist is sometimes across the bay rather than across the street.
If you need something Irvington District does not have
Three specialties have no listing here, and the distances vary a lot. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, covering extractions and wisdom teeth, is nearest elsewhere in Fremont at about 1.2 miles, with 12 practices listed. Orthodontics and prosthodontics are further: the nearest listings we hold are in Palo Alto, about 12.2 miles away, with 18 orthodontic practices and 5 prosthodontic ones.
For general dentistry the alternatives are much closer. Centerville District is 2.3 miles away with 80 practices, Mission San Jose District is 2.5 miles with 22, Warm Springs District is 3.5 miles with 15, Niles Junction is 2.6 miles with 5, Curtner is 4.9 miles with 6 and Contempo is 6.3 miles with 4. Centerville in particular is a much larger cluster than Irvington itself.
Insurance and paying
In network means a practice has agreed a fee schedule with your insurer and bills at that rate. Out of network is not a barrier to treatment, but it usually costs more and may leave you to claim part of it back. Network status is a commercial arrangement, not a quality signal, and it varies plan by plan within the same insurer.
Before anything beyond a check up and clean, ask for a written estimate listing the procedure codes, the practice fee, what the plan is expected to pay and what you owe. Ask what your annual maximum is and how much remains. Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information for any of these 34 practices, none of which have claimed their listing or published hours with us. Until they do, the office phone is the only accurate source.
If it is urgent
If a tooth breaks, a crown comes off, or pain has kept you up, call early and say plainly that you need same day care. Practices keep a little emergency time and it is usually taken by mid morning. With 28 general practices in the neighborhood, and 80 more in Centerville District 2.3 miles away, there is a reasonable chance of finding someone.
Go to an emergency room rather than a dental office if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing has become difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after an extraction. To search by distance instead of by neighborhood, use dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in the Irvington District?
Our directory lists 34 dental practices with an Irvington District address, all in ZIP code 94538. Twenty eight list general dentistry, three are dental clinics, and there is one periodontic practice, one endodontic practice and one pediatric dentist. Fremont as a whole has 438 listed practices, spread across several neighborhood clusters.
Where is the nearest orthodontist to the Irvington District?
There is no orthodontic practice listed in the neighborhood. The nearest orthodontic listings we hold are in Palo Alto, about 12.2 miles away, where 18 practices are recorded. Prosthodontics is the same distance, with 5 practices there. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is much closer, about 1.2 miles away elsewhere in Fremont with 12 practices.
Which street should I look at first?
Fremont Blvd. Twenty one of the 34 listings sit on it once you include the variant spelling with a period, and Grimmer Blvd adds another 7. Between those two roads you have 28 of the neighborhood's practices, which makes them the quickest place to start if you want somewhere close to home or work.