It is almost entirely general dentistry, and it is dominated by individually registered practitioners rather than groups. That makes routine care easy to arrange and specialist care something you will usually travel for.
What is listed in Evergreen Park
Thirty seven of the 44 listings are general dentists. The rest amount to 3 endodontists, 2 dental clinics and 2 orthodontists. There is nothing else.
Cambridge Ave has the most listings at 16, followed by Birch St with 9. Alma St and Park Blvd have 5 each, and El Camino Real has 4. That is a tight cluster within a small area.
Thirty five of the listings are individual practitioners and only 9 are organizations, one of the most solo dominated mixes you will find. Twenty seven have held their registration since before 2010 and the oldest dates to 2006. One listing has published a website with us, none has published hours, and none has been claimed.
- 44 practices across ZIP codes 94306 and 94301
- 37 general dentists, 7 everything else
- 35 individual practitioners, 9 organizations
- 16 listings on Cambridge Ave
How to choose between them
With 37 general dentists in a small area, the practical question is fit rather than availability. Call several, and ask when a new patient can be seen, whether your exact plan is in network, and what a first exam with x rays costs.
Because 35 of the 44 are solo practitioners, continuity is the norm here. You are likely to see the same dentist at every visit, which helps for anything that unfolds over years. The trade off is capacity. A single dentist office has fewer chairs, so ask what happens if you need to be seen urgently or while they are away.
The 3 endodontists are the one specialist strength in the neighborhood, which means root canal referrals can usually stay local even when other referrals cannot.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Four specialties have no listing in Evergreen Park, and the distances vary a lot. Prosthodontics is easy: 5 listings elsewhere in Palo Alto, about half a mile away. Periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery both mean Mountain View, about 4.7 miles out, where there are 9 periodontists and 12 oral and maxillofacial surgeons listed.
Pediatric dentistry is the long trip. The nearest listed pediatric dentists are in Sunnyvale, about 7.7 miles away, where there are 15. If you have young children, that is worth knowing before you register the whole family at a practice here.
Closer neighborhoods add some choice: Barron Park has 19 listed practices at 1.7 miles, Southgate has 16 at 0.9 miles and Midtown has 15 at 1.0 mile. Charleston Meadows has 4 at 1.6 miles and College Terrace has 3 at 0.3 miles.
Insurance and paying
These listings are built from public registration records, which contain no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. In Evergreen Park a single listing has published a website with us and none has published hours, so almost everything you need to compare has to come from the practice.
Ask whether they are in network with your specific plan, not just with the insurer. It is the single most useful question you can ask on a first call.
For any treatment beyond a checkup, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes before it starts, and send it to your insurer so their position is in writing too. Practices that claim their listing here can publish hours, prices and insurance details themselves, which is why claimed listings are worth seeking out.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, call the general practices on Cambridge Ave and Birch St first, since 25 of the neighborhood's listings sit on those two streets. Solo practices often keep a little room for emergencies, so say plainly that you are in pain and can come now.
Some symptoms mean an emergency room, not a dental chair. Go to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If nothing here can take you, search by distance at dentist directory rather than working through neighborhoods one at a time.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Evergreen Park, Palo Alto?
Forty four dental practices are listed in Evergreen Park, across ZIP codes 94306 and 94301. Thirty seven are general dentists, 3 are endodontists, 2 are orthodontists and 2 are dental clinics. Palo Alto as a whole has 214 listed practices, so Evergreen Park holds a sizeable share of the city's dentistry.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Evergreen Park?
No. Pediatric dentistry has no listing in Evergreen Park, and it is the furthest of the neighborhood's missing specialties. The nearest listed pediatric dentists are in Sunnyvale, roughly 7.7 miles away, where 15 are listed. Families with young children should factor that travel in when choosing a practice.
Where is the nearest prosthodontist to Evergreen Park?
Elsewhere in Palo Alto, about half a mile from the neighborhood, where 5 prosthodontists are listed. That is the shortest trip of any specialty missing from Evergreen Park. Periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery both mean Mountain View instead, about 4.7 miles away.