Forty-three listings are registered under general dentistry, with four oral and maxillofacial surgery, three orthodontics, three dental clinics, two periodontics, one endodontics and one prosthodontics. Practices can hold more than one registration, so those numbers add to more than 57. All of them fall in ZIP code 21702.
What is listed in Spring Valley
For practical purposes, dentistry in Spring Valley means Thomas Johnson Dr. Fifty-two listings give it in that form and four give Thomas Johnson Drive, which is the same road recorded differently because addresses appear as each practice filed them. That makes the neighborhood easy to navigate and easy to compare within.
Most of the list is routine care. Forty-three general dentistry registrations against a handful of specialists means the area is set up for check ups, cleanings, fillings and crowns, with a thin layer of specialist cover on top: one endodontics and one prosthodontics listing means a single local option in each.
Thirty-eight listings are registered as individual practitioners and 19 as organizations. Thirty-three of the 57 were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration dates to 2005, so around three fifths have held their address for more than fifteen years.
- 57 practices, 43 of them registered under general dentistry
- Thomas Johnson Dr: 56 listings across two spellings
- One ZIP code, 21702
- 33 registered before 2010, the oldest in 2005
How to choose between them
Because almost every practice is on the same road, geography will not narrow the list for you. Compare on the phone instead. Ask whether they are accepting new patients, which plans they are in network with, what a first exam and X-rays cost if your plan does not apply, and how far ahead they are booking.
Ask who you will see each time. With 43 general practices within a few hundred yards of each other, you can afford to choose the one that answers your questions properly rather than the first one with a free slot.
For specialist care, check the numbers before assuming a local option. Four oral surgery and three orthodontics listings give some choice; endodontics and prosthodontics have one each, so a referral may still take you elsewhere in Frederick.
If you need something Spring Valley does not have
Pediatric dentistry is the one specialty with no listing here. The nearest are elsewhere in Frederick, about 0.9 miles away, where 19 pediatric practices are registered. That is a wide choice for a short trip.
The neighborhood is also well surrounded. Harmony Grove has 60 listings 0.7 miles away, which is more than Spring Valley itself, and West Hills has 20 at 1.5 miles. Linden Hills has 13 at 2.3 miles, Rosedale 12 at 1.2 miles, and Tuscarora Knolls and Carrollton five each at 1.5 and 2.1 miles. Between Spring Valley and Harmony Grove alone there are 117 practices within a mile of each other.
Insurance and paying
In network means the practice has agreed set fees with your insurer, so your share of the bill is lower and predictable. Out of network is a pricing difference rather than a quality one, and it can mean paying more or paying up front and claiming back. Check with your insurer as well as the practice, because network membership changes.
For anything beyond an exam and cleaning, ask for a written estimate that lists each procedure with the expected plan payment and your share. Our listings are built from registry data that holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of the 57 Spring Valley listings has been claimed. Claiming a listing is how a practice publishes those details itself.
If it is urgent
For a cracked tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, work down the general practices on Thomas Johnson Dr by phone and ask specifically for a same day emergency slot. With so many practices on one road, several calls take only a few minutes.
Go to an emergency room rather than a dentist if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing is difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If nothing here has room, dentist directory lets you search by distance instead of by neighborhood, which brings Harmony Grove and the rest of Frederick into range.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Spring Valley?
Fifty-seven dental practices are listed with addresses in Spring Valley, out of 251 across Frederick. Forty-three are registered under general dentistry, with four oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, three orthodontics, three dental clinics, two periodontics, one endodontics and one prosthodontics. All fall in ZIP code 21702.
Why are nearly all of them on one street?
Fifty-six of the 57 listings give an address on Thomas Johnson Dr, recorded under two spellings of the same road. The registry stores addresses exactly as each practice filed them. In practical terms it means you can compare dozens of dentists without traveling more than a few hundred yards.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Spring Valley?
No listing here is registered under pediatric dentistry. The nearest are elsewhere in Frederick, about 0.9 miles away, where 19 pediatric practices appear. Many of the 43 general dentists in Spring Valley also see children, so ask when you call whether they take young patients.