Twenty-three of the 38 are registered as individual practitioners and 15 as organizations. Twenty-one were registered before 2010, with the oldest record dating to 2005, so a good half of what is listed here has been in the registry for well over a decade. None of the 38 has been claimed by its owner, and none publishes a website or opening hours through this site, so treat the pages below as a starting point rather than a full profile.
The 38 Waiākea listings, street by street
No single street dominates the way it can in a bigger city. E Lanikaula St and Lanihuli St each carry 8 of the listings, Kilauea Ave has 7, Hualani St has 6 and Pauahi St has 4. That spread means most of the neighborhood has a practice within a short drive rather than one dental block that everyone travels to.
General dentistry covers 29 of the 38. The specialist side is small but not empty: 6 orthodontics listings, 2 in endodontics, 2 in periodontics, 1 in pediatric dentistry and 1 in prosthodontics, plus 2 entries recorded as dental clinics. Practices can hold more than one specialty in the registry, so these counts overlap.
Six orthodontics listings in a neighborhood of 38 practices is a real strength, and worth knowing if braces or aligners are what brought you here. A single pediatric dentistry listing is the opposite situation: one option, and no fallback inside the neighborhood if it is not taking patients.
Picking between a name and a business
The 23 individual practitioner records are registered under a person's name, while the 15 organization records are registered as a company. That distinction is about paperwork, not quality, but it does affect what you should ask. With an organization, check who would actually treat you and whether you can keep seeing the same person.
Since none of these 38 listings publishes hours or a website with us, calling is unavoidable. Ask whether they are accepting new patients, how soon they could see you, and whether they handle the treatment you need themselves. Registration age is one of the few durable signals in the data: 21 of these practices were registered before 2010.
Oral surgery means leaving Waiākea
Oral and maxillofacial surgery does not appear anywhere in the 38 Waiākea listings. The nearest option is 0.7 miles away in Hilo, where 4 such practices are listed. That is a very short trip, but 4 practices is a thin market, so book early rather than assuming a quick appointment will be available.
The main alternative for everything else is Downtown Hilo, 1.0 mile away, with 49 listed practices. That is more than Waiākea holds on its own, so if the first few calls here come back full, widening the search by a single mile roughly doubles what is available to you.
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery: nearest listings in Hilo, 0.7 miles, 4 practices
- Downtown Hilo: 1.0 mile away, 49 listed practices
- Hilo overall: 103 listed practices
Insurance questions to settle before you sit down
If a practice is in network with your plan, it has agreed set prices with your insurer and your share is calculated from those. Out of network, the practice charges its own fee and your plan pays against its own allowed amount, which leaves you covering the difference. Confirm which applies to your specific plan, not just to your insurer's name.
For any work beyond a checkup and cleaning, ask for a written estimate broken down by procedure, showing the practice's fee, the expected insurance payment and your portion. It is a normal request. What you will not find on our pages is any of that pricing detail: the registry holds no fees, no hours and no insurance information, which is why claimed listings matter. A claimed listing is how a practice fills those gaps in public.
If the pain will not wait until next week
For urgent care, phone several of the general practices in the neighborhood in one sitting rather than waiting on a callback from the first. Say that it is an emergency and ask whether they keep same day slots. If nothing in Waiākea can take you, dentist directory lets you search by distance from your location and pick up practices in Downtown Hilo and beyond.
A dentist is not the right destination for every dental symptom. Head to an emergency room instead if you have swelling spreading to the eye or neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, fever with facial swelling, or bleeding that will not stop. Those signs suggest an infection moving into tissue where it becomes dangerous, and they need hospital treatment the same day.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Waiākea?
There are 38 dental practices listed in Waiākea, all in the 96720 ZIP code. Hilo as a whole has 103, so this neighborhood accounts for a substantial share. Twenty-nine of the 38 are listed under general dentistry, 23 are registered as individual practitioners and 15 as organizations. None of the listings has been claimed, so hours and fees are not shown.
Where can I get oral surgery near Waiākea?
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is not represented among the Waiākea listings. The nearest practices are 0.7 miles away in Hilo, where 4 are listed. With only 4 options nearby, it is worth calling as soon as you know you need surgery. A general dentist in Waiākea can usually make the referral and send your records across.
Is there an orthodontist in Waiākea?
Yes. Six of the 38 Waiākea listings are orthodontics practices, which is the strongest specialty presence in the neighborhood after general dentistry. Because none of the listings publishes hours or fees with us, call to confirm they are taking new patients and to ask what a consultation costs before you commit to a treatment plan.