The shape of that list is unusual, and worth understanding before you start calling. Everything below is taken from the registry: counts, categories, streets, ownership and registration years.
What is listed in the Sherman Street Historic District
48 of the 81 practices list general dentistry. The specialist side is strong in two areas in particular: 12 oral and maxillofacial surgery practices and 12 pediatric dentists, along with 6 periodontic practices, 4 listed under dental public health, 3 dental clinics and one each in orthodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics.
The addresses are heavily concentrated. Bannock St has 50 of the 81 and W 6th Ave has 19, which is 69 between two streets. Broadway has 4 and Lincoln St has 4 once you add the two listings recorded as N Lincoln St. Fifty listings on one street is not a row of separate offices, it is the signature of one or more large buildings with many practitioners inside.
Ownership backs that up: 75 individual practitioners against just 6 organizations. These are clinicians registered in their own names, often at shared addresses, which is a pattern you see around large clinical sites rather than in a retail street.
32 of the 81 were registered before 2010, with the oldest dating to 2005. That is a lower share than most neighborhoods, so a good deal of this list has arrived more recently.
- 81 practices across ZIP codes 80204 and 80203
- 48 general dentists, 33 in other categories
- 50 listings on Bannock St, 19 on W 6th Ave
- 75 individual practitioners, 6 organizations
How to choose between them
Because so many listings share a small number of addresses, the first thing worth establishing on a call is what you are actually calling: an independent practice, or a department within a larger site. Both are fine, but they behave differently on appointments, referrals and billing, and the difference is not visible from a listing.
After that, the usual filters. Are they taking new patients, do they take your specific plan, and how soon can you be seen. Then ask for a written estimate before any treatment starts, and ask whether a procedure is done in house or referred. With 12 oral surgery practices and 12 pediatric dentists in the district, referrals here often stay very local.
If you need something the district does not have
Every specialty we track has at least one listing in the district, so there is no outright gap. Some are thin though: orthodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics each have a single listed practice, which may mean a longer wait than the raw count of 81 suggests.
The surrounding neighborhoods are close but much smaller. Alamo Placita is 1.0 mile away with 15 practices, Theatre District is 1.1 miles with 8, Quality Hill Historic District is 0.5 miles with 6, Civic Center is 0.9 miles with 5, La Alma Lincoln Park is 1.0 mile with 5 and Uptown is 1.3 miles with 3. None of them comes near the district's own total, so for choice you are better off staying put.
Insurance and paying
In network means a practice has signed up to your insurer's contracted fees and bills at those rates. Out of network means you can still be treated, usually for more, and sometimes with a claim you file yourself. It is a contract rather than a quality signal, and participation differs between plans from the same insurer.
Before treatment beyond a check up and clean, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes, the practice fee, the expected insurance payment and your share. Ask what your annual maximum is and how much is left. Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of these 81 listings have been claimed or had hours published with us, which is why a claimed listing is the only one that can carry those details.
If it is urgent
For a cracked tooth, a crown that has come off, a lost filling or pain that kept you awake, call as early in the day as you can and ask plainly for a same day appointment. With 48 general practices in the district, calling several in a row is often faster than waiting for one to ring back.
Some symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dental office: swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, a fever alongside facial swelling, or bleeding that will not stop after an extraction. If you would rather search by distance than by neighborhood, dentist directory sorts practices by how close they are.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in the Sherman Street Historic District?
Our directory lists 81 dental practices there, across ZIP codes 80204 and 80203. Forty eight list general dentistry, 12 are oral and maxillofacial surgery practices, 12 are pediatric dentists and 6 are periodontic, with smaller numbers in dental public health, dental clinics, orthodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics. Denver as a whole has 1,215 listed practices.
Why are 50 practices on Bannock St?
Fifty of the 81 listings share a Bannock St address and another 19 are on W 6th Ave. Combined with the fact that 75 of the 81 are individual practitioners rather than organizations, that pattern usually indicates large clinical buildings with many practitioners registered inside, rather than fifty separate street level offices.
Is there an orthodontist in the district?
One orthodontic practice is listed, along with one endodontic and one prosthodontic practice. Every specialty we track appears somewhere in the district, but those three appear only once each, so waits may be longer than the overall count of 81 practices would suggest. Pediatric dentistry and oral surgery are far better covered, with 12 listings each.