What follows comes only from those listings: where the practices are, what they record as their specialties, how long they have been registered, and which neighborhoods nearby fill the gaps.
What is listed in Parkside
Thirty of the 36 listings include general dentistry. The remainder is thin: three endodontics, and one each for prosthodontics, orthodontics, dental clinic and oral and maxillofacial surgery. Some listings carry more than one specialty, so these overlap.
Taraval St is the spine of it, with 17 listings recorded that way and three more written as Taraval Street. Vicente St has six, Lakeshore Dr two and 33rd Ave one. The neighborhood covers ZIP codes 94116 and 94132.
Twenty nine listings are individual practitioners and only seven are organizations, so Parkside is dominated by small practices. Twenty one were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration dates to 2006.
How to choose between them
Thirty general listings means routine care is easy to find and the differences are in the details. On a first call, ask what a new patient exam with x-rays costs, whether they do their own root canals and extractions, and how quickly an existing patient in pain gets seen.
Small practices are the norm here, with 29 of the 36 registered as individual practitioners. That usually means continuity with one dentist. It also means a single diary, so ask what happens when they are closed and who covers.
There are three endodontic listings, which is enough to choose between if you need root canal treatment. For everything else specialist, one listing is not a choice, so read the next section before assuming you can stay local.
When you need something that is not here
Two specialties have no listing in Parkside at all: pediatric dentistry and periodontics. Both are well covered elsewhere in San Francisco, about 3.7 miles away, where 79 pediatric practices and 82 periodontic practices are listed.
For general care, Parkside is surrounded by options at almost exactly the same distance. Balboa Terrace is 1.0 mile away and has 82 listings, which is more than twice the number in Parkside itself. West Portal is also 1.0 mile with 38, and Saint Francis Wood is 1.0 mile with 13.
Golden Gate Heights has 34 listings at 1.1 miles and Sunset District has 25 at the same distance. Outer Sunset is 1.4 miles away with three. If you are willing to travel a mile, your choice roughly quadruples.
Insurance and paying
None of the 36 listings in Parkside has been claimed, and none publishes a website or opening hours through us. That is worth stating plainly, because it is the limit of what this page can do. The registry these listings come from records who a provider is and what they practice. It holds no fees, no hours and no insurance information, and only a claimed listing can add them.
So the coverage question goes to the practice. Give the exact name of your plan when you ask whether they are in network, because insurers run multiple networks and the answer differs between them. Out of network practices often still file claims, but the shortfall is yours to pay.
For anything beyond routine work, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes. With 82 listings a mile away in Balboa Terrace, getting a second quote is straightforward.
If it is urgent
Call at opening and say clearly that you need to be seen today. Twenty listings on Taraval St means several practices are within a short walk of each other, so a few calls cover a lot of ground quickly.
Some symptoms belong in an emergency room, not a dental chair. Go straight to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
If Parkside is full, dentist directory searches by distance rather than by neighborhood, which will bring in Balboa Terrace, West Portal and Golden Gate Heights, all within about a mile.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are there in Parkside, San Francisco?
Thirty six practices are listed. Thirty include general dentistry and three list endodontics, with single listings for prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery and a dental clinic. Twenty of them are on Taraval St. The neighborhood covers ZIP codes 94116 and 94132.
Is there a children's dentist in Parkside?
No pediatric dentistry is listed in the neighborhood. Seventy nine pediatric practices are listed elsewhere in San Francisco, about 3.7 miles away. Periodontics is also absent from Parkside, with 82 practices listed at the same distance, so both mean traveling out.
Which nearby neighborhood has the most dentists?
Balboa Terrace, one mile away, with 82 listings, more than twice what Parkside itself holds. West Portal has 38 at the same distance and Golden Gate Heights has 34 at 1.1 miles. A one mile radius from Parkside opens up a considerably wider choice.