This guide is built only from what the registry holds: counts by specialty, street addresses, the split between individual practitioners and organizations, and registration dates. It carries no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so use it to narrow the field before you start calling.
What is listed in Marshall School
41 of the 64 listings are general dentistry. The specialist side is broad for a neighborhood this size: 7 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 4 periodontics, 3 orthodontics, 2 pediatric dentistry, 2 endodontics and 2 prosthodontics, plus 3 dental clinics.
The addresses follow the numbered and lettered grid. K St has 30 listings, by far the most, followed by J St with 11, L St with 7, and 29th St and G St with 4 each. If you want to compare several practices on foot, K St is where the density is.
44 of the 64 listings are registered as individual practitioners and 20 as organizations. 37 have been on the register since before 2010, so well over half the neighborhood has a long standing entry, and the oldest registration here dates to 2005.
How to choose between them
For everyday care, 41 general dentistry listings is enough that you can weigh appointment availability and location rather than settle. Since 44 listings are individual practitioners, you will often be choosing a named dentist, which usually means seeing the same person at each visit.
The specialist mix here is genuinely useful. Seven oral and maxillofacial surgery listings covers extractions, wisdom teeth and implant placement without leaving the neighborhood, and periodontics has four. Endodontics and prosthodontics have two each, so root canals and complex restorative work are available locally but with limited choice.
Questions worth asking before you register:
- Are you accepting new patients, and how far out are routine appointments?
- Do you carry out root canals, extractions and gum treatment in house?
- Do you see children, or refer to one of the pediatric practices?
- Which street are you on, and what are the parking arrangements?
If you need something the neighborhood does not have
Every specialty this registry tracks has at least one listing in Marshall School, so there is no outright gap to work around. The limit is depth. Two endodontics listings and two prosthodontics listings means two schedules and two sets of accepted plans, which may not line up with your needs.
The surrounding neighborhoods are all within walking or a short driving distance. Lavender Heights has 14 listings about 0.4 miles away and Midtown has 30 at the same distance. Alhambra Triangle has 31 at 0.5 miles, Newton Booth has 4 at 1 mile, and Mansion Flats and Richmond Grove each have 4 and 10 listings at about 1.1 miles. Sacramento as a whole holds 1,173 listings if you need to look wider still.
Insurance and paying
None of the 64 listings in Marshall School has been claimed by its practice, and none publishes a website or hours through us. The registry does not hold fees or insurance participation for any listing anywhere. That is the honest boundary of these pages, and it is why claimed listings matter: claiming is how a practice adds hours, services and the plans it takes.
So make the money questions part of the first phone call. Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, since in network normally means agreed fees and a smaller share for you, while out of network usually means paying more and sometimes claiming back yourself. Ask for a written estimate before treatment beyond an exam, and ask how they handle work that turns out to be more extensive.
If it is urgent
For a cracked tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not ease, call and ask specifically for a same day emergency slot. With 30 listings on K St and 11 on J St, you can get through the closest options in a short run of calls, and the seven oral surgery listings help if an urgent extraction is needed.
Some problems belong in an emergency room, not a dental chair. Swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, a fever with facial swelling, or bleeding from the mouth that will not stop all need urgent medical attention right away.
If nothing here has space, search by distance at dentist directory and take in Midtown and Alhambra Triangle as you widen the radius.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in the Marshall School neighborhood?
The registry lists 64 dental practices in Marshall School, out of 1,173 across Sacramento, all in ZIP code 95816. 41 are general dentistry. Specialists include 7 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 4 periodontics, 3 orthodontics, 2 pediatric dentistry, 2 endodontics and 2 prosthodontics, alongside 3 dental clinics.
Which street has the most dentists?
K St, with 30 of the neighborhood's 64 listings. J St follows with 11, then L St with 7, and 29th St and G St with 4 each. Because everything sits inside ZIP code 95816 about 1.2 miles from the city center, comparing two or three practices in person is realistic.
Do these listings show opening hours or prices?
No. The registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of the 64 Marshall School listings has been claimed by its practice yet. Claiming is how a practice adds those details. Until then, call and ask whether they are in network with your plan and request a written estimate.