Almost all of it is on one road. Twenty eight of the 30 listings give a Riverside Dr address in one form or another, and the whole neighborhood sits in ZIP code 91607.
What is listed in Sherman Village
Twenty one of the 30 listings include general dentistry. The specialist spread is thin but wide: three each for oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics, endodontics, orthodontics and dental clinics, and two for pediatric dentistry. Practices can record more than one specialty, so the counts overlap.
Riverside Dr accounts for 25 listings under that spelling, with three more written as Riverside Drive, Riverside Dr. and a variant with a comma. Magnolia Blvd has two. There is no third cluster, and every listing falls inside ZIP code 91607.
Twenty listings are individual practitioners and ten are organizations. Nineteen of the 30 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration in the neighborhood dates to 2006.
How to choose between them
Because nearly everything is on Riverside Dr, comparing practices costs you very little. Shortlist three, call each with the same questions, and visit the ones that answer clearly.
For routine care you are choosing among 21 general listings. Ask what a new patient exam with x-rays costs, how fast an existing patient in pain is seen, and which procedures they refer out rather than doing themselves.
The specialist listings are useful but shallow. Three endodontic, three periodontic and three orthodontic listings mean you can stay local for most treatment, though three is a small field if the first two are not taking new patients. Two thirds of listings are individual practitioners, which usually means small teams and the same dentist each visit.
When you need something that is not here
The one specialty with no listing in Sherman Village is prosthodontics. The nearest listed group is in Encino, about 4.8 miles away, where eight prosthodontic practices appear. If you are looking at dentures, complex crown work or full mouth reconstruction, expect that trip.
Options next door are limited. Garnsey is the only mapped neighborhood adjacent to Sherman Village in our data, 1.0 mile away with 26 listings. That effectively doubles your choice within a mile, but there is no second nearby cluster to fall back on.
That thinness is worth planning around. If you need a specialist with a genuine choice of practitioners, assume you will be traveling rather than walking.
Insurance and paying
None of the 30 listings in Sherman Village has been claimed, and none publishes a website or opening hours through us. The registry behind these pages records who a provider is and what they practice, and it holds no fees, no hours and no insurance information at all. That is the honest limit here, and it is why claimed listings matter: claiming is how a practice puts its own details in front of you.
So ask on the phone. Give the full name of your plan, not just the insurer, since insurers run several networks with different participating practices. An out of network practice may still file the claim, but you cover the gap between their fee and the allowed amount.
Before any large treatment, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes. It turns a second opinion into a direct comparison instead of a guess.
If it is urgent
Call at opening and say plainly that it is an emergency. With 28 of the 30 listings on Riverside Dr, once a practice can fit you in, getting there is easy.
Some symptoms should take you to an emergency room instead of a dentist. Go to hospital straight away 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 your mouth will not stop.
If Riverside Dr has nothing available, dentist directory searches by distance rather than by neighborhood, which will pick up Garnsey and anything else within reach without you needing to know where the boundaries run.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Sherman Village?
Thirty practices are listed, out of 81 across Valley Village. Twenty one include general dentistry, and there are three listings each for oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics and orthodontics. Twenty eight of the 30 are on Riverside Dr, inside ZIP code 91607.
Is there a prosthodontist near Sherman Village?
Not in the neighborhood. Prosthodontics is the one specialty with no listing here. The nearest listed group is in Encino, about 4.8 miles away, with eight practices. For dentures or complex restorative work, plan on making that journey rather than staying local.
What other neighborhoods are near Sherman Village?
Garnsey is the only mapped neighborhood adjacent to it in our data, one mile away with 26 listings. That roughly doubles the number of practices within a mile, but there is no larger cluster immediately next door, so a wider search means traveling further.