This guide reports what the practice registry holds: how many practices, of what type, on which streets, and how long they have been registered. It stops where the data stops.
What is listed in West Portal
Twenty of the 38 listings are general dentistry, a lower share than most neighborhoods. The specialist presence is comparatively strong: five oral and maxillofacial surgery practices, three in oral pathology, three pediatric dentists, three periodontists and two orthodontists, alongside two dental clinics.
The practices spread across several streets rather than one strip. Eleven are on Taraval St and 11 on W Portal Ave, with five on 19th Ave and three each on Vicente St and Santiago St. That is a wider footprint than the count suggests, so check the address rather than assuming everything is on one block.
Thirty two of the 38 are registered as individual practitioners and only six as organizations, one of the strongest tilts toward solo practice you will find. Twenty six have been registered since before 2010, and the oldest registration in West Portal dates to 2005. None has published a website or hours through this directory, and none has been claimed by its owner.
How to choose between them
The mix here means the neighborhood is unusually good for surgical work and less deep for everyday care. Five oral and maxillofacial surgery listings in 38 practices is a lot, so wisdom teeth, surgical extractions and implant placement can be handled locally.
With 20 general dentists, you still have choice for routine care, but it is a smaller pool than the headline number. Because 32 of 38 listings are individual practitioners, most are likely to be small practices, so ask what happens when your dentist is away and how urgent problems are handled outside normal appointments.
- Ask each practice whether it is taking new patients before anything else. Small practices fill up and stay full.
- Three pediatric listings sit here, but many general dentists see children too. Ask from what age.
- Oral pathology is a diagnostic specialty. If you have been referred for a biopsy or a lesion, three of those practices are listed in the neighborhood.
If you need something West Portal does not have
Two specialties have no listing here: endodontics and prosthodontics. Both are well covered elsewhere in San Francisco about 2.9 miles away, with 71 endodontic practices and 57 prosthodontic practices listed. Root canal treatment and denture or crown work will therefore mean a short trip, though many general dentists do both in house.
Nearby neighborhoods are close enough to widen the search easily. Balboa Terrace has 82 practices 0.8 miles away, which is more than double West Portal's own total. Golden Gate Heights has 34 at one mile and Parkside has 36 at the same distance. Saint Francis Wood has 13 at 0.4 miles, while Forest Hill has three at 0.7 miles and Midtown Terrace three at 1.1 miles.
Insurance and paying
The registry we build these listings from records who practices where and in what specialty. It has no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information in it, so this page cannot tell you what treatment costs or which plans are accepted. Claimed listings are the exception, since claiming is how an owner publishes those details, and none of the 38 in West Portal has been claimed.
Check by phone and check with both sides. Ask the practice about network status for your exact plan and confirm with your insurer separately. Request a written estimate with procedure codes for anything beyond an exam and cleaning. For oral surgery, ask whether sedation is billed separately and whether it goes through your dental plan or your medical one, because that varies.
If it is urgent
For sudden pain, a fractured tooth or a crown that has come off, call the general practices on Taraval St and W Portal Ave first and ask whether they hold same day emergency appointments. If the problem needs an extraction, five oral surgery practices are listed in the neighborhood. You can also search by distance from where you are at dentist directory.
Some symptoms mean hospital rather than dentist. Go to an emergency room if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing has become hard, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in West Portal, San Francisco?
Thirty eight dental practices are listed in West Portal. Twenty are general dentistry, and the rest are five oral and maxillofacial surgery practices, three in oral pathology, three pediatric dentists, three periodontists, two orthodontists and two dental clinics. Thirty two of those listings are individual practitioners rather than organizations, across ZIP codes 94116 and 94127.
Where do I go for a root canal near West Portal?
No endodontist is listed inside West Portal. The nearest are elsewhere in San Francisco, about 2.9 miles away, where 71 endodontic practices are listed. Many general dentists carry out straightforward root canals themselves, so ask the practices here before traveling.
Are West Portal dentists mostly solo practices?
The registry suggests so. Thirty two of the 38 listings are individual practitioners and only six are organizations, which is a stronger tilt toward solo registration than most neighborhoods. Twenty six of the 38 have held their registration since before 2010.