Nearly all of those listings are general dentistry, which matters when you need something more specific. This guide covers what is recorded here, how to pick a practice, where the missing specialties are, and what to sort out on cost and emergencies.
The 48 listings
Forty of the listings are registered as general dentistry and 6 as dental clinics. Only two are specialist: one pediatric dentistry and one oral and maxillofacial surgery. Practices can hold more than one registration, so read the figures as the range of care available rather than a count of separate offices.
The addresses are concentrated. 9th St carries 23 of the 48 listings, Webster St has 7, Jackson St has 5, Harrison St has 4 and 8th St has 3. Everything falls inside a single ZIP code, so the whole set is within a small area and easy to compare on practical grounds.
Thirty six listings are under an individual practitioner's name and 12 under an organization. Twenty nine of the 48 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration here dates to 2005.
- 48 practices, 40 of them general dentistry
- 23 listings on 9th St
- One ZIP code, 94607
- 36 individual practitioners, 12 organizations
- 29 registered before 2010
Choosing when the list is mostly general dentists
With 40 general dentistry listings and only two specialists, whoever you register with will be the one arranging most specialist work for you. So ask early what they treat themselves and who they refer to. A dentist who does simple extractions or root canals in house will save you a second trip, and one with a settled referral relationship will save you the search.
Beyond that, compare on the everyday things: how far ahead routine appointments book, whether the same dentist sees you each visit, what languages the front desk speaks, and how a call about sudden pain is handled. Thirty six of these are individual listings, which often means smaller practices where you see the named dentist, but it is worth confirming rather than assuming.
What you will have to go elsewhere for
Four specialties have no listing in Chinatown, and in each case the nearest are elsewhere in Oakland, about 1.3 miles away. Periodontics has 19 practices there, orthodontics has 18, endodontics has 17 and prosthodontics has 4. None of that is far, which softens the effect of the gap considerably.
For routine care just outside the neighborhood, Downtown Oakland is 0.4 miles away with 51 listed practices, more than Chinatown itself. Uptown has 10 at 0.5 miles, Old Oakland Historic District has 9 at 0.2 miles, San Pablo Gateway has 6 at 0.5 miles, Civic Center has 5 at 0.3 miles and Downtown has 4 at 0.3 miles.
What it costs, and what these listings cannot tell you
The registry behind this page holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 48 practices in Chinatown has claimed its listing or published a website or hours, so treat everything here as an address and a registration, nothing more. Claimed listings are how a practice adds the rest, which is why they are worth looking for.
When you call, ask whether they are in network for your exact plan and not simply for your insurer, because one company usually runs several networks. In network means agreed fees and a larger share paid by the plan. Ask for a written estimate before treatment, with procedure codes, the fee, the expected plan payment and your share. Ask what a checkup and X-rays cost outright if you have no plan.
- Ask about your exact plan, not just the insurer
- Get a written estimate before treatment
- Ask the cash price if you are paying yourself
- Ask what happens if more work is found mid treatment
If it will not wait until next week
For same day pain, call at opening time and ask for an emergency slot rather than a routine appointment. With 23 practices on 9th St and 51 more listed 0.4 miles away in Downtown Oakland, a handful of calls usually turns something up. To search by distance from wherever you are, use dentist directory.
Go to an emergency room instead of a dental office if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing is getting difficult, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after a tooth is out. Those need hospital treatment. A knocked out adult tooth is urgent too: hold it by the crown, keep it in milk or saliva, and try to be seen within the hour.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Oakland Chinatown?
The registry lists 48 dental practices in Chinatown, all within ZIP code 94607. Forty are general dentistry and six are dental clinics, with one pediatric dentistry listing and one oral and maxillofacial surgery listing. Twenty three of the 48 have a 9th St address, so much of the choice is on one street.
Where is the nearest orthodontist to Chinatown?
No orthodontic practice is listed inside Chinatown. The nearest listings are elsewhere in Oakland, about 1.3 miles away, where the registry records 18 orthodontics practices. Endodontics and periodontics are at the same distance, with 17 and 19 practices, so a referral to any of the three means a short trip rather than a journey.
Are any of these practices open on weekends?
The registry does not hold opening hours, and none of the 48 practices in Chinatown has published hours or claimed its listing, so this directory cannot tell you. You will need to call. If weekend or evening appointments matter, ask about them when you first call rather than after you have registered as a patient.