Dentists in San Diego, California
2,188 dental practices in San Diego, California. Filter by what you need, sort by what is closest, and send one request. San Diego is in San Diego County.
Looking for something in particular?
Practices in San Diego that answer a specific need. Every one of these comes from the practice or from the federal registry, never from a guess.
Looking for a specialist in San Diego?
A general dentist handles most things and refers the rest. These are the specialists listed here.
Browse San Diego by neighborhood
Most people would rather travel ten minutes than ten miles. Every neighborhood here has practices in it, and none that does not.
Dentists in San Diego by ZIP code
The quickest way to find who is actually near you, and the way your insurance card describes where you live.
Towns near San Diego
Worth a look if you are willing to drive a little, or if you work in one town and live in another.
Questions people ask
How many dentists are there in San Diego, CA?
2,187 dental practices in San Diego, CA are on the National Provider Identifier register, the public record every US dentist appears in, as it stood on 3 October 2026. 1,710 of them are general dentists and 477 are registered as specialists. Every one of them is listed on this page, in the same order for everybody, and no practice can pay to move up it.
Which dentists in San Diego, CA are open now?
8 of the 2,187 practices in San Diego, CA publish their opening hours, and each of those says on this page whether it is open at this moment and when it opens next. The rest have published no hours, so this site does not guess: ring them, or send the request and let them answer. 1 of them publishes Saturday hours.
How do I get a dental appointment quickly in San Diego, CA?
Ask several practices at once. Every listing on this page has a tick box, and one request goes to all the ones you tick, so you write your name and what is wrong once instead of ringing five receptions in working hours. Practices that have claimed a listing read those requests by email; the rest are told a patient is asking for them, and you can ring them from their own page. If you are in real pain, phone rather than write.
Which ZIP codes in San Diego, CA have dentists?
37 ZIP codes in San Diego, CA have enough practices for a page of their own: 92101, 92102, 92103, 92104, 92105, 92106, 92107, 92108 and others. Each one lists the practices with an address in that ZIP code, so it is the closest thing to a street level search this data supports.
What does a dentist cost in San Diego, CA?
This site does not publish prices, because a price a practice has not agreed to is not a price. What treatments actually involve, what they usually cost across the country and what to ask before you sit down is written up in the patient guides at https://dent-ox.com/patient-guides. Ask the practice for the cost of the first visit when you ring: that one is a straight answer everywhere.
Is this list of dentists in San Diego, CA complete, and does anybody pay to be on it?
It is every dental practice with a San Diego, CA address on the federal register as it stood on 3 October 2026, minus any that asked to be taken down. Nobody pays to be listed and nobody can pay for a position: the order is who is most likely to answer you, and then distance. Practices claim their own listing for free, which lets them correct it and receive requests by email.