Everything below comes from the registry: counts by specialty, street addresses, the split between individuals and organizations, and registration dates. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so treat this as a way to narrow the field before you call.
What is listed in the Green Street-Brenau Historic District
38 of the 56 listings are general dentistry. The specialist spread is broad for a neighborhood this size: 5 pediatric dentistry, 4 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 4 periodontics, 4 orthodontics and 2 endodontics, plus 2 dental clinics.
Sherwood Park Dr NE is the main cluster with 20 listings. Jesse Jewell Pkwy SE and Thompson Bridge Rd have 6 each, Green St NE has 4 and S Enota Dr NE has 3. The rest are spread across other addresses in the same ZIP code.
42 of the 56 listings are registered as individual practitioners and 14 as organizations. 38 have been on the register since before 2010, which is a high proportion and points to a settled set of practices. The oldest registration here dates to 2005.
How to choose between them
For routine care, 38 general dentistry listings gives you room to choose on availability and location rather than take the first appointment offered. Because three quarters of the listings belong to individual practitioners, you will usually be registering with a named dentist and can expect continuity of care.
The specialist mix here is genuinely useful for a smaller city. Pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, periodontics and orthodontics all have four or five listings, so families and most referrals can stay local. Endodontics has two listings, which is workable but limited if both are booked.
Questions worth asking on a first call:
- Are you taking new patients, and what is the wait for a routine exam?
- Do you carry out root canals, extractions and gum treatment in house?
- Do you see children, or refer to one of the pediatric practices?
- Are you on Sherwood Park Dr NE or elsewhere, and is there parking on site?
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Prosthodontics is the missing specialty, and it is the one gap that involves a real journey. The nearest recorded prosthodontist is about 15.3 miles away in Dawsonville, and only 1 practice is listed there. For complex dentures, full mouth restoration or difficult crown and bridge cases, that is worth discussing with your general dentist early, since many handle straightforward denture work themselves.
For general choice, the nearby neighborhoods are all small. Woodlake has 15 listings about 1.6 miles away, Lakeshore Estates has 7 at 2.1 miles and Green Hills has 5 at 1.9 miles. Morning Side Hills has 3 at 1.7 miles, Riverbend has 3 at 2.1 miles and Westside has 4 at 2.2 miles. With 151 listings in Gainesville overall, this district is the main concentration.
Insurance and paying
None of the 56 listings in this district has been claimed by its practice, and none publishes a website or hours through us. The registry holds no fee information and no insurance participation for any listing anywhere. That is the honest boundary of these pages, and it is why claimed listings matter: claiming is how a practice adds hours, services and the plans it accepts.
So put the money questions in the first phone call. Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, since in network usually means agreed fees and a smaller share for you, while out of network normally costs more. Ask for a written estimate before treatment beyond an exam, and ask what happens if the dentist finds more work once they begin.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that painkillers are not touching, call and ask specifically for a same day emergency slot. With 20 listings on Sherwood Park Dr NE, you can cover a large share of the neighborhood quickly, and the four oral surgery listings help if an urgent extraction is needed.
Some symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dental chair. Swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, difficulty breathing or swallowing, a fever with facial swelling, or bleeding from the mouth that will not stop all need urgent medical care immediately.
If nothing here can see you, search by distance at dentist directory and widen out through Woodlake and Lakeshore Estates.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in the Green Street-Brenau Historic District?
The registry lists 56 dental practices there, out of 151 across Gainesville, all inside ZIP code 30501. 38 are general dentistry. The specialists are 5 pediatric dentistry, 4 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 4 periodontics, 4 orthodontics and 2 endodontics, alongside 2 dental clinics.
Which street has the most dental practices?
Sherwood Park Dr NE, with 20 of the 56 listings. Jesse Jewell Pkwy SE and Thompson Bridge Rd have 6 each, Green St NE has 4 and S Enota Dr NE has 3. Because the whole district sits in one ZIP code close to the city center, the practices are near each other.
Where is the nearest prosthodontist?
There is no prosthodontics listing in the district. The nearest recorded one is about 15.3 miles away in Dawsonville, where a single practice is listed. That is the longest trip any missing specialty here involves, so ask your general dentist first whether they can handle the denture or crown work themselves.