The recorded specialties are 24 general dentistry listings, 4 dental clinics, 3 orthodontics and 1 periodontics. It is a compact list, but it sits inside one of the densest parts of the city for dentistry, which changes what the gaps actually mean.
What is listed in Foggy Bottom
The practices are grouped on a few blocks. Washington Cir NW has 12 listings, Virginia Ave NW has 9, New Hampshire Ave NW has 4 and L St NW has 2 with one more under a variant spelling. Several of those addresses are professional buildings holding more than one practice.
Nineteen of the listings are individual practitioners registered under their own name and 12 are organizations, meaning a practice entity, group or clinic. Fifteen of the 31 have been on the federal register since before 2010 and the oldest registration here dates to 2006, so the list is a mix of long standing offices and newer arrivals.
- 31 practices listed across ZIPs 20037 and 20036
- 24 general dentistry listings, 4 dental clinics, 3 orthodontic
- Washington Cir NW 12, Virginia Ave NW 9, New Hampshire Ave NW 4
- 19 individual practitioners, 12 organizations
- 15 registered before 2010, oldest dating to 2006
How to choose between them
For routine care the 24 general dentistry listings and 4 clinics are more than enough, so compare on the things that vary. Ask whether the practice takes your exact plan, how soon a new patient can be booked, and whether appointments run early or late enough to fit around work.
If you work nearby but live elsewhere, a practice within walking distance of the office is easy to keep up with, but consider what happens if you change jobs. Continuity with one dentist is worth something over a decade.
Ask what a new patient exam includes, whether x rays are part of the fee, and which procedures the dentist carries out rather than refers.
If you need something Foggy Bottom does not have
Four specialties have no listing inside the neighborhood: pediatric dentistry, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. In a spread out area that would matter a great deal. Here it barely does, because the surrounding neighborhoods are dense with practices.
Elsewhere in Washington, about 1.5 miles away, we list 71 pediatric, 37 endodontic and 50 oral and maxillofacial surgery practices, and a prosthodontic listing sits about 0.9 miles away. Closer still, The West End has 159 listed practices 0.4 miles away, West End has 77 at 0.3 miles, Dupont Circle has 53 at 0.6 miles, Downtown has 42 at 1.0 miles, Logan Circle has 20 at 1.2 miles and Kalorama Heights has 3 at 1.1 miles.
Ask that any referral goes out with your x rays attached.
Insurance and paying
In network means a practice has agreed a contracted fee schedule with your insurer, so you pay the negotiated rate. Out of network means you may still have coverage, but the practice sets its own fee and you usually pay the difference. It is a billing arrangement rather than a quality signal, and it can differ between two plans from the same insurer.
Before anything beyond a routine exam, ask for a written estimate showing procedure codes, the practice fee, the expected insurance payment and your share.
Our listings come from the federal provider registry, which records names, addresses, specialties and registration dates. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so this page cannot tell you what a visit costs or when a practice opens. None of the 31 Foggy Bottom listings currently publishes hours or a website with us, and none has been claimed by its owner. Claiming a listing is how a practice adds what the registry never held.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost crown or pain that has kept you awake, call in the morning and say plainly that you need same day care. With 24 general listings here and hundreds more within half a mile in the West End and Dupont Circle, this is one of the easier places to find someone who can see you quickly.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist: swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, a fever alongside facial swelling, or bleeding that will not stop.
To search by distance from wherever you are, use dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Foggy Bottom?
We list 31 dental practices in Foggy Bottom, across ZIP codes 20037 and 20036. Twenty four are general dentistry listings, four are recorded as dental clinics, three are orthodontic and one is periodontic. Washington as a whole has 1,322 listed practices, many of them within a mile of this neighborhood.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Foggy Bottom?
Not in the neighborhood itself. Pediatric dentistry has no listing here, and neither does endodontics, oral surgery or prosthodontics. The nearest pediatric concentration is elsewhere in Washington, about 1.5 miles away, with 71 listed practices, so the trip is short even though the local list does not cover it.
Where are Foggy Bottom dental offices?
Mostly around Washington Cir NW, which has 12 of the 31 listings, and Virginia Ave NW, which has nine. New Hampshire Ave NW has four and L St NW has two, plus one under a variant spelling. Several addresses are professional buildings holding more than one practice.