This guide uses only what the registry holds: counts by specialty, street addresses, the split between individual practitioners and organizations, and registration dates. It does not hold fees, opening hours or insurance information, so treat it as a way to build a shortlist before you start calling.
What is listed in West Los Angeles
46 of the 62 listings are general dentistry. The largest specialist group is orthodontics with 8 listings, followed by 3 periodontics, 2 pediatric dentistry, 2 oral and maxillofacial surgery and 2 orofacial pain. There are also 2 dental clinics.
One street dominates. Westwood Blvd carries 25 listings, more than any other address in the neighborhood. Santa Monica Blvd has 11, W Pico Blvd has 7, and Selby Ave and Glendon Ave have 3 each. If you want several practices within walking distance of each other, Westwood Blvd is the obvious starting point.
48 of the 62 listings are individual practitioners and 14 are organizations, so this is largely a neighborhood of named dentists rather than corporate groups. 29 have been registered since before 2010, and the oldest registration here dates to 2006.
How to choose between them
For routine care you are picking among 46 general dentistry listings, and with 48 individual practitioners in the neighborhood you will usually be choosing a specific dentist rather than a practice brand. That tends to mean continuity, but smaller teams can be harder to reach at short notice.
Orthodontics is well covered with 8 listings, so braces and aligner consultations are straightforward locally. Two orofacial pain listings is also worth knowing about if you have jaw joint pain or chronic facial pain, since that is a specialty many neighborhoods lack entirely. Periodontics, oral surgery and pediatric dentistry each have two or three listings, so plan for limited local choice there.
Worth asking before you register:
- Are you taking new patients, and what is the wait for a routine exam?
- Do you place implants and do surgical extractions here, or refer them?
- Where do you refer root canals, given there is no endodontist listed locally?
- Which ZIP code are you in, 90025, 90064 or 90024, and is parking validated?
If you need something West Los Angeles does not have
Two specialties have no listing in the neighborhood. For endodontics, the nearest recorded practices are about 2.5 miles away in Beverly Hills, where 26 are listed. Prosthodontics is the same trip, with 23 practices recorded in Beverly Hills. Root canals and complex denture or full mouth work are the two things most likely to send you out of the area.
Otherwise the neighbors are dense. Westwood Village has 172 listings about 1.2 miles away and Century City has 71 at 1.3 miles. Sawtelle Japantown has 45 at 0.9 miles, Tehrangeles has 39 at 0.7 miles, Rancho Park has 8 at 0.7 miles and Cheviot Hills has 7 at 0.8 miles. Almost any second opinion is within a couple of miles.
Insurance and paying
None of the 62 listings in West Los Angeles has been claimed by its practice. Two publish a website through us and two publish hours. Beyond that, the registry holds no fees, no opening times and no insurance participation for any listing, here or anywhere. Claimed listings are how a practice fills that in, which is why an unclaimed entry tells you who and where but not how much.
Ask on the phone instead. In network means agreed fees with your insurer and normally a lower bill. Out of network usually still gets you treated, but a bigger share falls to you and you may have to file the claim yourself. Ask for a written estimate before any treatment past an exam, and check what happens if the dentist finds more work once they start.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost crown or pain that is not responding to painkillers, ring around and ask for a same day emergency appointment rather than the next free slot. With 25 listings on Westwood Blvd alone, you can cover a lot of ground in a few calls.
Certain symptoms mean an emergency room, not a dental office: swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, difficulty breathing or swallowing, fever alongside facial swelling, or bleeding from the mouth that will not stop. Those need urgent medical care immediately.
If nothing here can see you, search by distance at dentist directory. Westwood Village and Century City add more than two hundred listings within about a mile and a half.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in West Los Angeles?
The registry lists 62 dental practices in West Los Angeles, out of 3,343 across the city. 46 are general dentistry listings. The specialists are 8 orthodontics, 3 periodontics, 2 pediatric dentistry, 2 oral and maxillofacial surgery and 2 orofacial pain, plus 2 dental clinics. Most sit on Westwood Blvd.
Is there an endodontist in West Los Angeles?
No. Endodontics has no listing in the neighborhood, and neither does prosthodontics. The nearest for both is Beverly Hills, about 2.5 miles away, with 26 endodontics practices and 23 prosthodontics practices recorded there. Ask your general dentist whether they do straightforward root canals themselves before traveling.
Which street has the most dental practices?
Westwood Blvd, with 25 of the neighborhood's 62 listings. Santa Monica Blvd follows with 11, then W Pico Blvd with 7, and Selby Ave and Glendon Ave with 3 each. The listings span ZIP codes 90025, 90064 and 90024, so check which one a practice is in if you want to stay close.