This is a general dentistry district. Five specialties have no listing here at all, though the nearest alternatives are not far. The rest of this guide covers both sides of that.
What is listed in Downtown Honolulu
28 of the 33 listings are tagged general dentistry. The only other tags are 3 dental clinic, 1 oral and maxillofacial surgery and 1 oral radiology. A listing can carry more than one tag, so the totals overlap slightly.
The addresses are tightly grouped. Bishop St has 21 listings, with 1 more recorded as Bishop Street with a trailing comma. Union Mall has 8, and Union Plaza and Fort Street Mall have 1 each. Everything is within a few blocks.
20 listings are registered as individual practitioners and 13 as organizations. 22 of the 33 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration Downtown dates to 2006, so two thirds have been on file for well over a decade.
- 33 listed practices, all in ZIP 96813
- 28 tagged general dentistry
- 22 on Bishop St, 8 on Union Mall
- 20 individual practitioners, 13 organizations
- 22 registered before 2010, oldest registration 2006
How to choose between them
Almost everything listed here is general dentistry, so for a checkup, a filling or a clean you have 28 options within a short walk of each other. That makes availability and cost the deciding factors rather than location.
Call two or three and ask how soon a new patient exam can be booked, what it includes, and what it costs. If you work nearby, ask whether they can see you early or late, since that is often the practical reason for choosing a downtown dentist over one closer to home.
Because the specialist coverage here is thin, ask each practice what they do in house and what they refer out. A general dentist who does their own root canals and simple extractions will save you trips, and with five specialties absent from the neighborhood, that matters more here than in most places.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Five specialties have no listing Downtown: orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics. In each case our nearest listings are elsewhere in Honolulu, about 1.5 miles away, where we hold 38 orthodontics, 37 pediatric dentistry, 29 endodontics, 29 periodontics and 20 prosthodontics practices. So the gaps are real, but the journey is short.
Several neighborhoods sit even closer. The Arts District is 0.2 miles away with 28 listings and Hawaii Capital Historic District is 0.4 miles away with 24. Kaka‘ako has 23 at 0.6 miles and Iwilei has 23 at 1.0 mile. Chinatown has 11 at 0.5 miles and Kakaako Waterfront has 7 at 0.8 miles.
- The Arts District, 0.2 miles, 28 practices
- Hawaii Capital Historic District, 0.4 miles, 24 practices
- Chinatown, 0.5 miles, 11 practices
- Kaka‘ako, 0.6 miles, 23 practices
- Kakaako Waterfront, 0.8 miles, 7 practices
- Iwilei, 1.0 mile, 23 practices
Insurance and paying
Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. It records who is registered to practice and at what address. None of the 33 Downtown listings has published hours or a website with us, and none has been claimed by its owner, so the practice itself is your only source.
Ask whether they are in network with your specific plan rather than with your insurer in general. In network normally means a rate agreed in advance. Out of network can still work if your plan pays a share, but more of the bill falls to you.
For anything beyond a checkup, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes on it. If you are referred out of the neighborhood for specialist treatment, ask the network question again there, because your coverage does not travel with the referral.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that has kept you awake, call the general practices on Bishop St and Union Mall and ask directly whether they hold same day emergency slots. With 28 general listings in a few blocks, a run of calls is faster than any online search.
Some symptoms need an emergency room instead of a dentist. Go to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you have trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If you would rather search by distance than by neighborhood, dentist directory sorts practices by how far they are from where you are.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Downtown Honolulu?
Our directory lists 33 dental practices in Downtown Honolulu, out of 839 across the city, and all of them are in ZIP code 96813. 28 are tagged general dentistry, 3 dental clinic, 1 oral and maxillofacial surgery and 1 oral radiology. 22 of them are on Bishop St.
Is there an orthodontist or a children's dentist Downtown?
Neither specialty has a listing in Downtown Honolulu. Our nearest listings for both are elsewhere in Honolulu, about 1.5 miles away, where 38 practices are tagged orthodontics and 37 are tagged pediatric dentistry. The Arts District, 0.2 miles away with 28 listings, is the closest neighborhood to check first.
Can I get a root canal Downtown?
No Downtown listing carries the endodontics tag, but many general dentists carry out routine root canals themselves, so ask the practice directly. If you need a specialist, our nearest endodontics listings are about 1.5 miles away elsewhere in Honolulu, where we hold 29 of them.