The specialist coverage is better than most places this size manage: nine oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, eight periodontic, six orthodontic and four pediatric. Everything below comes from the listings themselves.
What is listed in Metropolitan Grove
Thirty five of the 67 listings include general dentistry. Nine list oral and maxillofacial surgery, eight list periodontics, six list orthodontics, six are registered as dental clinics, four list pediatric dentistry and two list endodontics. Practices can hold more than one specialty, so the counts overlap.
Russell Ave is the main address, with 35 listings recorded that way and two more written as Russell Avenue. N Frederick Ave has 11, Lakeforest Blvd eight and Montgomery Village Ave six. The neighborhood spans four ZIP codes: 20879, 20877, 20878 and 20899.
Thirty seven listings are individual practitioners and 30 are organizations, one of the more even splits you will find. Thirty six were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration dates to 2005.
How to choose between them
With 67 listings, filtering first saves time. Decide whether you need general or specialist care, then compare within that group. For routine dentistry the pool is 35 listings, which is more than enough to be selective.
The near even split between individual practitioners and organizations means both models are genuinely available. Organizations tend to have more chairs and better short notice availability. Individual practitioners more often mean the same dentist every visit.
Because 37 listings sit on Russell Ave and another 11 on N Frederick Ave, seeing several practices in one trip is realistic. Ask each for a written price list for common treatments, and ask which procedures they handle in house.
Where a specialty has real depth here, use it. Nine oral surgery listings and eight periodontic listings mean you can choose rather than take the only option.
When you need something that is not here
Only one specialty has no listing in Metropolitan Grove: prosthodontics. The nearest listed practices are elsewhere in Gaithersburg, about 1.2 miles away, and there are three of them. That is a short trip but a narrow choice, so book early if you need dentures or complex restorative work.
Endodontics has just two listings here, which is thin for a neighborhood of this size. Many general dentists carry out straightforward root canals themselves, so ask before assuming a referral is needed.
The surrounding neighborhoods are small. Orchard Place is the largest at 1.3 miles with 23 listings. Quail Valley, Bennington and Seneca Park each have seven, at 0.7, 0.9 and 1.0 miles. Oakmont Manor has nine at 1.5 miles and Fernshire Farms eight at 1.8 miles. Metropolitan Grove itself is where most of the local choice is.
Insurance and paying
None of the 67 listings in Metropolitan Grove has been claimed, and none publishes a website or opening hours through us. The registry behind these entries records who a provider is and what they practice, and it holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information at all. That is why claimed listings matter so much: claiming is the mechanism by which a practice supplies those details itself.
For now, check by phone. Give your plan name in full rather than just the insurer, since insurers commonly run several networks. An out of network practice may still file the claim on your behalf, but you pay the gap between their fee and the allowed amount.
Before any significant treatment, ask for a written estimate listing the procedure codes. With 35 general listings in the neighborhood, taking that estimate elsewhere for a second quote costs you very little.
If it is urgent
Call at opening and describe the problem in one sentence. Russell Ave alone has 37 listings, so a short phone list covers a large part of the neighborhood, and the six dental clinics are usually worth trying early for same day capacity.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to hospital immediately if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from your mouth will not stop.
Because the neighborhood covers four ZIP codes, dentist directory is often more practical than searching by area. It ranks practices by distance rather than by which neighborhood they fall in.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Metropolitan Grove?
Sixty seven practices, out of 295 across Gaithersburg. Thirty five include general dentistry, nine list oral and maxillofacial surgery, eight list periodontics and six list orthodontics. Russell Ave holds 37 of the listings and N Frederick Ave another 11. The neighborhood spans four ZIP codes, so search all of them rather than one.
Which ZIP codes cover Metropolitan Grove dentists?
Four: 20879, 20877, 20878 and 20899. If your insurance directory only searches one ZIP code at a time, run all four or you will see a fraction of the neighborhood. The area sits about 1.3 miles from the center of Gaithersburg.
Is there a prosthodontist in Metropolitan Grove?
No. Prosthodontics is the only specialty with no listing here. Three prosthodontic practices are listed elsewhere in Gaithersburg, roughly 1.2 miles away. The trip is short but the choice is narrow, so contact them early if you are planning denture or complex restorative work.