Twenty-six listings are registered under general dentistry. The stand out figure is prosthodontics, with eight listings, which is a large number for a neighborhood of this size. There are also four oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, two orthodontics, and one each in oral pathology, periodontics and dental clinic. Some practices hold more than one registration, so those numbers add to more than 40.
What is listed in Outer Richmond
The most distinctive thing about this list is who owns it. Thirty-seven of the 40 listings are registered as individual practitioners and only three as organizations, which is one of the most individual heavy splits you will see. It does not guarantee a solo dentist behind every door, but it does mean corporate registrations are rare here.
Thirty of the 40 were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration dates to 2005. Three quarters of the practices have therefore held their address for more than fifteen years, which is a useful signal if you want somewhere that will still be there for your next crown.
With eight prosthodontics and four oral surgery listings, the neighborhood is better set up for restorative and surgical work than most areas its size. What it does not have is any pediatric or endodontic registration at all.
- 40 practices, 26 of them registered under general dentistry
- Clement St: 19 listings. Balboa St and La Playa St: 6 each
- One ZIP code, 94121
- 37 registered as individual practitioners, 3 as organizations
How to choose between them
For everyday care you are picking among 26 general practices in a compact area, so start with the street that suits your routine and call two or three. Ask whether they are taking new patients, which plans they are in network with, what an exam and X-rays cost without insurance, and how far ahead they book.
Given how many listings are individual registrations, it is worth asking who you will actually see. A practice built around one dentist offers continuity, but it also means fewer appointment slots and cover arrangements when that dentist is away. Both are worth knowing before you commit.
If you are heading toward dentures, implants or a full mouth rebuild, the eight prosthodontics listings here mean you can compare options locally instead of crossing the city.
If you need something Outer Richmond does not have
Two specialties are absent. Pediatric dentistry has no listing in the neighborhood, and the nearest are elsewhere in San Francisco about 3.7 miles away, where 79 practices are registered. Endodontics is the same distance, with 71 listings. Both trips head back toward the middle of the city.
Nearby neighborhoods add plenty of general choice. Richmond District has 37 listings at 1.5 miles, Golden Gate Heights 34 at 2.0 miles, Inner Richmond 30 at 2.0 miles, Sunset District 25 at 1.7 miles and Seacliff 20 at 1.0 miles. Outer Sunset has only three at 1.5 miles, so it is not the direction to try first.
Insurance and paying
In network means the practice has agreed set fees with your insurer, which lowers your share and makes it predictable. Out of network is a pricing arrangement, not a quality one, and it can mean paying more or paying up front and claiming back. Check with the insurer directly as well as the practice, because network lists change.
Prosthodontic work in particular is expensive enough that you should never start without a written estimate. Ask for each procedure to be listed with the expected plan payment and your share. Our listings are built from registry data with no fees, no hours and no insurance information in it, and none of the 40 Outer Richmond listings has been claimed, which is how a practice would publish those details itself.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth or pain that has kept you up, ring the general practices on Clement St and Balboa St and ask straight out for a same day emergency appointment. Many hold a little time back each morning, and the concentration on Clement St means several calls can be made quickly.
Go to an emergency room rather than a dentist if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you are struggling to breathe or swallow, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If no local practice can fit you in, search by distance instead of by neighborhood at dentist directory, which will pick up Inner Richmond and the Sunset within two miles.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Outer Richmond?
Forty dental practices are listed with addresses in Outer Richmond, all in ZIP code 94121. Twenty-six are registered under general dentistry, eight under prosthodontics and four under oral and maxillofacial surgery, with two orthodontics listings and one each in oral pathology, periodontics and dental clinic.
Is there a children's dentist in Outer Richmond?
No practice here is registered under pediatric dentistry. The nearest pediatric listings are elsewhere in San Francisco, about 3.7 miles away, where 79 appear. Many of the 26 general dentists in Outer Richmond see children as part of routine family care, so ask when you call before traveling.
Which street has the most dentists?
Clement St, with 19 of the 40 listings. Balboa St and La Playa St have six each, 33rd Ave has two and Cabrillo St has one. If you want to compare several practices without traveling far, Clement St is where nearly half the neighborhood's dentistry is registered.