One of those ZIP codes, 90095, is the campus code for the University of California, Los Angeles. Whatever the reason, the specialty mix here is unlike a normal residential neighborhood: sub specialties that barely appear anywhere else are listed in numbers.
What is listed in Westwood Village
Eighty four of the 172 listings are general dentists. The specialist side is deep: 22 oral and maxillofacial surgeons, 15 prosthodontists, 13 orthodontists, 13 pediatric dentists, 8 endodontists and 8 periodontists.
Beyond that come specialties most neighborhoods never see at all: 4 in oral pathology, 4 in oral radiology, 3 in orofacial pain, 2 in dental anesthesiology, 2 dental clinics and 1 in dental public health.
The addresses are concentrated. Le Conte Ave carries 84 listings, with 5 more under the spelling Leconte Ave and 4 more as Le Conte Avenue. Wilshire Blvd has 53, and Gayley Ave has 5. Between Le Conte Ave and Wilshire Blvd you have accounted for the large majority of the neighborhood.
One hundred and thirty one of the listings are individual practitioners and 41 are organizations. Ninety two have held their registration since before 2010, and the oldest goes back to 2005. None of the 172 has been claimed, and none has published a website or hours with us.
- 172 practices across ZIP codes 90095, 90024, 90027 and 90085
- 84 on Le Conte Ave, 53 on Wilshire Blvd
- 84 general dentists and unusually deep specialist coverage
- 131 individual practitioners, 41 organizations
How to choose between them
For most people the question here is not whether the right kind of dentist exists but which one to pick. Start by deciding whether you want routine care or a specific procedure, because the two lead to very different shortlists in a neighborhood where general and specialist listings run to similar numbers.
For routine care, 84 general dentists is a wide field. Narrow it by street, then call three or four and ask when a new patient can be seen, whether your exact plan is in network, and the cost of an initial exam and x rays.
For specialist care, the depth here is unusual and worth using. If you have been told you need an implant restoration, there are 15 prosthodontists listed. If you have long running facial pain, 3 orofacial pain listings is more than most cities have. Ask your general dentist to refer you specifically rather than accepting whoever is nearest.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Westwood Village has no missing specialty. Every branch our records track is represented, most of them several times over, which makes this one of the few neighborhoods where you rarely need to travel for a referral.
The reasons to look elsewhere are practical rather than clinical: cost, waiting times, parking or simply wanting a practice closer to home.
If so, the surrounding options are close. Brentwood has 187 listed practices about 1.5 miles away, which is more than Westwood Village itself. West Los Angeles has 62 at 1.2 miles, Westwood has 41 at 0.2 miles and Tehrangeles has 39 at 0.6 miles. Brentwood Glen has 4 at 1.1 miles and Holmby Hills has 3 at 0.9 miles.
Insurance and paying
Our listings are drawn from public registration data. That source holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and no practice in Westwood Village has published any of it with us. With 172 listings and nothing to compare on price, the phone is unavoidable.
Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, naming the plan. This matters more here than in most neighborhoods, because specialist procedures are where out of network billing gets expensive fastest.
Get a written estimate with procedure codes before treatment starts and send it to your insurer for a written reply. Practices that claim their listing here can publish hours, insurance participation and prices themselves, which is the only way any of that appears on this site.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not let up, start with the general dentists on Le Conte Ave and Wilshire Blvd. Between them those two streets hold well over half the neighborhood, so a short run of calls covers a lot of ground. Say you are in pain and can come immediately.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you are struggling to breathe or swallow, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
If you need to widen the search, dentist directory will rank listings by distance from wherever you actually are.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Westwood Village, Los Angeles?
One hundred and seventy two dental practices are listed in Westwood Village, across ZIP codes 90095, 90024, 90027 and 90085. Eighty four are general dentists, and the specialist listings include 22 oral and maxillofacial surgeons, 15 prosthodontists, 13 orthodontists, 13 pediatric dentists, 8 endodontists and 8 periodontists.
Why does Westwood Village have so many dental specialists?
Our records do not explain it, but the pattern is clear. One of the neighborhood's ZIP codes, 90095, is the University of California, Los Angeles campus code, and 84 of the 172 listings sit on Le Conte Ave. The neighborhood also lists rare specialties such as oral pathology, oral radiology and orofacial pain.
Which streets in Westwood Village have the most dentists?
Le Conte Ave has 84 listed practices, with another 9 recorded under variant spellings of the same street name. Wilshire Blvd has 53 and Gayley Ave has 5. Together Le Conte Ave and Wilshire Blvd account for the large majority of dental listings in the neighborhood.