Thirty-two listings are recorded as general dentistry. The directory also lists eight oral and maxillofacial surgeons, five pediatric dentists, two periodontists, two orthodontists, two endodontists, two dental clinics, one prosthodontist, one oral pathologist and one dental public health listing here.
What is listed in LeDroit Park
W St NW carries 28 of the 51 listings, with two more recorded under the spelled out form W Street NW. Georgia Ave NW has 11, Florida Ave NW has 2 and 3rd St NW has 1. Howard University College of Dentistry sits on W St NW in this neighborhood, which is worth knowing when so many registrations share that road.
Three ZIP codes touch the area: 20059, 20060 and 20001. Forty-seven listings are registered to individual practitioners and only four to organizations, one of the most individual heavy splits you will see. Twenty-six have been on the register since before 2010, and the oldest registration dates to 2005.
- W St NW, including the spelled out variant: 30 practices
- Georgia Ave NW: 11 practices
- Florida Ave NW: 2 practices, 3rd St NW: 1 practice
- ZIP codes covered: 20059, 20060 and 20001
Choosing between them
With 47 of 51 listings registered to individuals rather than organizations, most entries here are a named dentist rather than a company. That is useful, because it means you can look up the individual practitioner, but it also means a listed address does not always correspond to a walk in front desk. Call before turning up.
For routine care, the 32 general dentistry listings are the starting point. Ask the same three questions of each: whether they are taking new patients, whether they are in network with your plan, and how soon an exam and a cleaning can be scheduled. Those answers separate practices far more reliably than anything in the registry.
Specialists are here too
Our data records no specialty as missing from LeDroit Park. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is unusually well represented with eight listings, and pediatric dentistry has five. Periodontics, orthodontics and endodontics have two each, with one prosthodontist and one oral pathologist as well. A referral onward from a general dentist here can very often stay inside the neighborhood.
If a particular specialist has no availability, the surrounding neighborhoods are all within a mile. Shaw lists 7 practices at 0.4 miles, Bloomingdale 14 at 0.6 miles, Columbia Heights 16 at 0.8 miles, Logan Circle 20 and Truxton Circle 5 at 0.9 miles, and Park View 60 at 1.0 miles, the biggest pool of the group.
Insurance and paying
The first question to ask is whether the practice is in network with your plan. In network means your insurer has agreed the fee in advance and you pay the agreed share. Out of network means the practice sets its own fee and your plan covers part of it, or none at all.
For anything beyond an exam and clean, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes, the total fee and your expected share. If a specialist is involved as well as a general dentist, get an estimate from each of them.
Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 51 LeDroit Park listings has a published website or published hours in the record, and none has been claimed by its owner. Claiming a listing is the only way a practice can publish those details here, which is why claimed listings tell you more.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that has kept you awake, start with the W St NW and Georgia Ave NW listings at opening time. Say clearly that it is urgent and describe the symptom. With eight oral and maxillofacial surgery listings in the neighborhood, a serious extraction problem also has a local route.
Some symptoms belong in an emergency room instead. Go to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing is getting difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
If nothing here can see you today, search outward by distance at dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in LeDroit Park?
Fifty-one practices, from a District of Columbia total of 1,322. Thirty-two are recorded as general dentistry, and the directory also lists eight oral and maxillofacial surgeons, five pediatric dentists, two periodontists, two orthodontists, two endodontists, two dental clinics and three further specialist listings, across ZIP codes 20059, 20060 and 20001.
Why are so many listings on W St NW?
Twenty-eight of the 51 practices give a W St NW address, with two more using the spelled out form W Street NW. Howard University College of Dentistry is on that street in this neighborhood, and 47 of the 51 listings are registered to individual practitioners rather than organizations, which is consistent with a concentration of individually registered dentists at shared addresses.
Do I have to leave LeDroit Park for specialist treatment?
Usually not. Our data records no specialty as missing from the neighborhood, including oral and maxillofacial surgery with eight listings, pediatric dentistry with five, and endodontics, periodontics and orthodontics with two each. If a particular specialist is booked up, Park View is one mile away with 60 practices.