The recorded specialties are 32 general dentistry listings, 3 dental clinics, 1 orthodontics and 1 dental public health. This is an everyday care neighborhood, and that shapes both how to choose and when you will need to travel.
What is listed in La Sierra South
One road carries most of the list. La Sierra Ave has 31 of the 37 listings, Magnolia Ave has 4, and Rio Grande Ln and Grande Vista Pkwy have one each. If you can get along La Sierra Ave, you can reach nearly every dentist in the neighborhood.
Twenty four of the listings are individual practitioners registered under their own name and 13 are organizations, meaning a practice entity, group or clinic. Fifteen have been on the federal register since before 2010 and the oldest registration dates to 2006, so this is a newer list than many neighborhoods of the same size. That is worth knowing rather than worrying about: recent registration often means a practice that changed hands or opened under a new entity.
- 37 practices listed across ZIPs 92503 and 92505
- 32 general dentistry listings, 3 dental clinics
- La Sierra Ave 31, Magnolia Ave 4
- 24 individual practitioners, 13 organizations
- 15 registered before 2010, oldest dating to 2006
How to choose between them
With 32 general dentistry listings and 3 clinics, routine care is well supplied. Compare on plan coverage, on how soon a new patient can be seen, and on whether the practice does the specific work you need rather than referring it out. Because so many share one avenue, calling three in an afternoon is easy.
Since the neighborhood has almost no specialist depth, ask a prospective general dentist two things early: which procedures they perform themselves, and who they refer to when they do not. That answer matters more here than it would somewhere with specialists on the same block.
Ask what a new patient exam covers and whether x rays are included in the price you are quoted.
If you need something La Sierra South does not have
Five specialties have no listing in the neighborhood: pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. That means children's specialists, root canal specialists, gum treatment, surgical extractions and implants, and complex dentures are all trips out.
Elsewhere in Riverside, about 4.5 miles away, we list 17 pediatric practices, 15 oral and maxillofacial surgery practices and 5 prosthodontic practices. For endodontics and periodontics the nearest concentration we show is Corona, about 5.5 miles away, with 11 and 10 practices. Closer options for general care include Arlington with 45 listed practices 1.7 miles away, Arlanza with 26 at 3.2 miles, May with 22 at 1.1 miles and Arlington Station with 10 at 1.8 miles.
Ask that x rays travel with any referral so they are not repeated.
Insurance and paying
In network means the practice has agreed a contracted fee schedule with your insurer, so you pay the negotiated rate. Out of network means you may still have coverage, but the practice sets its own fee and you usually pay the difference. It is a billing arrangement, not a quality rating, and it can differ between two plans from the same insurer.
Before any treatment beyond a routine exam, ask for a written estimate listing procedure codes, the practice fee, the expected insurance payment and your share.
Our listings come from the federal provider registry, which holds names, addresses, specialties and registration dates. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so nothing on this page can tell you what a visit costs or when a practice opens. None of the 37 La Sierra South listings currently publishes hours or a website with us, and none has been claimed by its owner. Claiming a listing is how a practice adds what the registry never carried.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that has kept you awake, call early in the day and say plainly that you need same day care. With 32 general listings along La Sierra Ave, working down a call list is realistic, and the neighboring Arlington area adds 45 more practices under two miles away.
Some symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dental office: swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, a fever alongside facial swelling, or bleeding that will not stop.
To search outward by distance instead of by neighborhood, use dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in La Sierra South?
We list 37 dental practices in La Sierra South, across ZIP codes 92503 and 92505, out of 594 listed in Riverside as a whole. Thirty two are general dentistry listings, three are recorded as dental clinics, one is orthodontic and one is dental public health. The neighborhood sits about 4.7 miles from the city center.
Where is the nearest pediatric dentist to La Sierra South?
There is no pediatric dentistry listing in the neighborhood. The nearest concentration we show is elsewhere in Riverside, about 4.5 miles away, with 17 listed practices. Plenty of general dentists treat children as well, so it is worth asking a local practice what age they see patients from before traveling.
Which street has the most dentists in La Sierra South?
La Sierra Ave, by a wide margin. Thirty one of the 37 listings are on that road, with four on Magnolia Ave and one each on Rio Grande Ln and Grande Vista Pkwy. That makes comparing several practices in person straightforward, since most are on the same route.