This guide uses only the registry data behind those listings, which covers addresses, ZIP codes, provider type and registration dates. It has no reviews and no rankings. What it does have is an accurate account of what is here, and a clear statement of what is not.
What is listed in Vermont Knolls
The 33 listings span three ZIP codes, 90044, 90003 and 90047, which is more than most neighborhoods this size. W Manchester Ave is the main concentration with 22 of them. S Vermont Ave has 5 and S Broadway has 3. Three further entries have an incomplete street recorded in the registry, so their exact address is worth confirming by phone.
Eighteen listings are registered to individual practitioners and 15 to organizations, a fairly even split. The names run from single dentists such as Chu Zhang, DDS to group entries like Cobb Dental Group. Neither form is a signal of quality, only of how the registration is held.
Nineteen of the 33 were registered before 2010, and the oldest dates to 2006. So a clear majority have been operating under the same registered identity at the same address for fifteen years or more.
- 33 practices listed, from 3,343 across Los Angeles
- 32 general dentistry, 5 specialist or clinic listings
- 22 on W Manchester Ave, 5 on S Vermont Ave, 3 on S Broadway
- Three ZIP codes, 90044, 90003 and 90047
- 18 individual practitioners, 15 organizations
- 19 registered before 2010, oldest in 2006
How to choose between them
This is close to a pure general dentistry neighborhood. Thirty two of the 33 listings do exams, cleanings, fillings, crowns and extractions, which covers most of what most people need over a lifetime. Choose on the practical things: whether you see the same dentist each time, how far ahead cleanings are booked, and whether the practice separates urgent work from work that can wait.
The consequence of that mix is that specialist care means travel. There are 2 pediatric and 2 orthodontic listings and nothing else, so once you are referred for gum surgery, a root canal specialist or an extraction that a general dentist will not attempt, you are leaving the neighborhood.
None of the 33 publish a website or opening hours in the registry, so the phone is your research tool. Ask whether they are accepting new patients, whether they are in network for your plan, and how they handle someone calling in pain.
If you need something Vermont Knolls does not have
Four specialties have no listing at all here: endodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. All four point to the same answer, elsewhere in Los Angeles about 6.5 miles away, where the counts are large: 81 endodontic listings, 104 periodontic, 119 oral and maxillofacial surgery and 68 prosthodontic. One trip, plenty of options once you get there.
Closer by, other neighborhoods add general capacity. Vermont-Slauson has 29 practices at 1.9 miles and Florence-Firestone has 16 at 2.4 miles. Watts has 13 at 2.8 miles, Florence 6 at 1.2 miles, Manchester Square 5 at 1.4 miles and Wildasin 4 at 2.1 miles.
Insurance and paying
Whether a practice is in network for your plan changes what you pay more than anything else. In network means agreed rates, so your share comes off a discounted fee. Out of network means no agreement, and you can be left with the difference between the fee charged and the amount your plan allows.
For anything beyond an exam and cleaning, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes on it and send it to your plan for pre authorization first. This matters most for the specialist work that requires a trip anyway.
These listings come from a federal provider registry, which records names, addresses, credentials and specialty codes and nothing about money. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance networks. That is why a claimed listing is worth looking for, because claiming is how a practice adds those details. None of the 33 in Vermont Knolls have been claimed yet.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or crown, or pain that is getting worse, call the general practices on W Manchester Ave and S Vermont Ave and ask directly for same day care. With 32 general listings in a small area the odds are reasonable, but since no hours are published, the only way to find out is to call down the list.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to the ER if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if you have trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop. Those are signs of an infection that will not wait.
If nothing here can fit you in, search by distance at dentist directory rather than trying neighborhoods one at a time.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Vermont Knolls?
There are 33 dental practices listed in Vermont Knolls. Thirty two of them are general dentistry, which is close to the whole neighborhood. The others are 2 pediatric dentistry listings, 2 orthodontic listings and one dental clinic. They are spread across three ZIP codes, 90044, 90003 and 90047.
Is there an oral surgeon in Vermont Knolls?
No. Oral and maxillofacial surgery has no listing in the neighborhood, and neither does endodontics, periodontics or prosthodontics. All four are available elsewhere in Los Angeles about 6.5 miles away, where 119 oral surgery, 81 endodontic, 104 periodontic and 68 prosthodontic practices are listed.
Which street has the most dentists in Vermont Knolls?
W Manchester Ave, with 22 of the 33 listings. S Vermont Ave has 5 more and S Broadway has 3. Three remaining entries have incomplete street information in the registry, so if one of those is the practice you are considering, confirm the exact address when you call.