This guide is assembled from registry records: what each practice reports as its specialty, the street and ZIP code it uses, whether the registration belongs to a named dentist or to a business, and when it was first filed. The registry does not describe places, so nothing here characterizes Oak Creek itself. It describes what is listed.
The specialty spread across Oak Creek's 35 listings
General dentistry is the reported specialty for 23 practices and 2 more are registered as dental clinics. The rest is spread thinly but widely: 5 in oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2 each in orthodontics, endodontics and periodontics, and 1 in pediatric dentistry. For a neighborhood with only 35 listings, having six specialties represented is worth noticing.
The addresses are led by Sand Canyon Ave, which carries 20 listings, followed by Jeffrey Rd with 9. Alton Pkwy has 2, and Shadowbrook and Sonoma Aisle have 1 each. So the great majority of Oak Creek's dental care sits on two roads.
Two ZIP codes cover the neighborhood, 92618 and 92604. The ownership pattern leans strongly independent: 28 of the 35 listings are registered to individual dentists and only 7 to organizations. Twenty-three were registered before 2010, with the oldest dating to 2006. None of the 35 has been claimed by its owner, and none publishes a website or opening hours through the registry.
Choosing between an independent dentist and a group
The 23 general dentists and 2 dental clinics cover the routine work most people need, and a general dentist is the one who decides whether anything should go to a specialist. Because Oak Creek has specialists on hand, that referral may not involve much travel.
The 28 to 7 tilt toward individual registrations is the most distinctive thing about the neighborhood's dental mix. Small independent practices usually mean seeing the same dentist each time, which helps with anything that needs following over years. The trade off is fewer appointment slots, and cover during holidays that may send you elsewhere.
If you already know what you need, the specialty counts tell you whether to search locally or not. Oral surgery is the strongest specialist presence here with 5 listings. Orthodontics, endodontics and periodontics have 2 each, and pediatric dentistry just 1, so those are thin enough that availability, not choice, may decide where you go.
Denture and bridge work means a short trip within Irvine
Only one specialty is entirely absent from Oak Creek. Prosthodontics, which covers complex crowns, bridges, dentures and full mouth restoration, has no listing here. The nearest prosthodontic practices are elsewhere in Irvine, roughly 1.2 miles away, where 9 are registered.
That is close enough that the gap barely counts as one. It is worth knowing all the same, because prosthodontic treatment usually runs across several appointments, and a short journey repeated many times is different from a single visit.
For anything else, neighboring areas widen the field considerably. Woodbridge is the outstanding one, with 147 listed practices 1.3 miles away. El Camino Real has 28 at 1.5 miles, Cypress Village 25 at 1.4 miles, and Travata 23 at just 0.8 miles. Quail Hill lists 8 at 1.2 miles and Concordia East 3 at 1.7 miles.
What you will pay, and why our pages stay quiet on it
Network status is the first thing to settle. Ask whether the practice is contracted with your specific plan rather than with your insurer generally, since a single insurer runs plans a dentist may take or not take. Out of network care can still be claimed for, but the remaining balance is normally bigger.
For crowns, implants, orthodontic courses or anything else spread over multiple visits, ask for a written estimate itemized by procedure, with the fee, the expected insurance payment and your share. Multi appointment treatment is where unclear estimates hurt most.
Our listings are built from the national provider registry, which records name, address and reported specialty only. It holds no fees, no hours and no insurance information, which is why claimed listings matter: claiming a page is how a practice fills in what the registry never carried. In Oak Creek, none of the 35 has been claimed, and none publishes a website or hours.
Same day problems in Oak Creek
For sudden pain, a broken tooth or a lost filling, phone the general practices on Sand Canyon Ave and Jeffrey Rd and ask directly whether they hold emergency appointments back each day. With 20 listings on the first road and 9 on the second, a short list of calls covers most of the neighborhood.
Not everything belongs in a dental chair. Head to an emergency room instead if you have swelling spreading to the eye or neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, fever with facial swelling, or bleeding that will not stop. Those are signs of infection moving beyond the tooth or a bleed needing hospital treatment the same day.
If nobody local has space, you can search outward by distance from your own address at dentist directory, which is faster than trying neighborhoods one by one.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Oak Creek, Irvine?
Our directory holds 35 dental practices with Oak Creek addresses, from 668 across Irvine. Twenty-three report general dentistry and 2 are registered as dental clinics. The remainder are specialists: 5 in oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2 each in orthodontics, endodontics and periodontics, and 1 in pediatric dentistry, spread over ZIP codes 92618 and 92604.
Is there a prosthodontist in Oak Creek?
Not in the neighborhood itself. Prosthodontics is the one specialty with no Oak Creek listing, and the nearest practices are elsewhere in Irvine, about 1.2 miles away, where 9 are registered. Since prosthodontic work usually spans several appointments, factor that repeated short trip in when you choose between them.
Which streets in Oak Creek have the most dentists?
Sand Canyon Ave has by far the most, with 20 of the 35 listings. Jeffrey Rd follows with 9. Alton Pkwy has 2, and Shadowbrook and Sonoma Aisle have a single practice each. If you want somewhere you can reach easily and often, start with the Sand Canyon Ave addresses.