This guide uses only what the listings record. Counts, streets, ZIP codes, registration dates and the distances to nearby neighborhoods are all we claim to know, and they turn out to be enough to be useful.
What is listed in the Irvine Business Complex
Forty three of the 50 listings include general dentistry. Beyond that, three list endodontics, three are dental clinics, two list pediatric dentistry, and there is one each for periodontics, prosthodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery. A practice can carry more than one specialty, so the numbers overlap.
Two roads dominate. Red Hill Ave has 21 listings and Alton Pkwy has 16. Von Karman Ave adds three, and Macarthur Blvd and Rockefeller have two each. The area spans three ZIP codes, 92614, 92606 and 92612.
The individual to organization split is 26 to 24, close to even. Sixteen listings were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration dates to 2006, so the majority of practices here arrived more recently than in many neighborhoods. One listing publishes a website through us and one publishes opening hours.
How to choose between them
Forty three general listings means the routine work is well covered and the decision comes down to practical details. Ask what a new patient exam with x-rays costs, how soon an existing patient in pain can be seen, and which treatments are done in house rather than referred out.
The even split between individual practitioners and organizations gives you a genuine choice of style. A group practice is more likely to have several dentists and hygienists, which usually helps with short notice appointments. A solo practice more often means the same dentist every time.
Because only 16 of the 50 were registered before 2010, a fair number of these listings belong to newer registrations. That is not a warning sign in itself, but if long track record matters to you, it is worth asking how long the practice has been at that address.
When you need something that is not here
The clearest gap is orthodontics, which has no listing in the Irvine Business Complex at all. Fifty six orthodontic practices are listed elsewhere in Irvine, about 3.2 miles away, so braces or aligners will mean leaving the neighborhood but not the city.
Several other specialties are technically present but thin. Periodontics, prosthodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery each have a single listing, and endodontics has three. If you want a choice rather than a default, look at the neighbors.
Tustin Legacy is 1.0 miles away with 21 listings and San Joaquin Marsh is 1.4 miles with eight. UCI North Campus has 11 at 2.0 miles. Rancho San Joaquin has 14 and Westpark has 34, both at 2.2 miles, and University Park has five at 2.6 miles.
Insurance and paying
None of the 50 listings here has been claimed. One publishes a website and one publishes opening hours, and that is the extent of the extra detail available. The registry these entries come from records who a provider is and what they practice, and holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information at all. A practice that claims its listing can supply those things directly, which is why claimed listings are worth seeking out.
Until then the phone answers what the page cannot. Ask whether they are in network with your named plan rather than just your insurer, since one insurer can run several networks. Out of network is not a dead end, but you will usually pay the difference between the practice fee and the allowed amount.
For crowns, implants or anything surgical, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes before you agree. It makes a second opinion an easy comparison rather than a guess.
If it is urgent
For same day care, call at opening and be direct about what has happened. Twenty one listings sit on Red Hill Ave and 16 on Alton Pkwy, so a few calls cover most of the neighborhood without a long drive between them.
Not everything belongs in a dental chair. Go to an emergency room instead if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if breathing or swallowing has become difficult, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop. Those are signs of an infection or a bleed that needs hospital treatment the same day.
If the nearest practices are booked, dentist directory searches by distance rather than neighborhood, which is more useful here because the area straddles three ZIP codes and sits close to Tustin Legacy.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in the Irvine Business Complex?
Fifty practices are listed there, out of 668 across Irvine. Forty three include general dentistry, three list endodontics and three are registered as dental clinics. Red Hill Ave holds 21 of the listings and Alton Pkwy holds 16, so two roads carry most of the neighborhood.
Is there an orthodontist in the Irvine Business Complex?
No orthodontic practice is listed in the neighborhood. Fifty six are listed elsewhere in Irvine, roughly 3.2 miles away, so the choice is wide once you leave. Tustin Legacy, one mile out, is the closest other neighborhood with listings and has 21 of them.
Which ZIP codes does the Irvine Business Complex cover?
Three: 92614, 92606 and 92612. If you search your insurance directory by ZIP code, run all three, because limiting the search to one will miss part of the area. The neighborhood sits about 3.7 miles from the center of Irvine.