Twenty-one listings are recorded as general dentistry. The directory also lists six oral and maxillofacial surgeons, five pediatric dentists, one orthodontist, one periodontist, one endodontist, one prosthodontist and one dental clinic here. Every major specialty appears at least once.
What is listed here
Harrison Ave carries the most listings with 9. Boston Medical Ctr Pl has 4, New Edgerly Rd has 4 with 2 more recorded as New Edgerly Road, and Northampton St has 4. Several of these are institutional addresses rather than street level practices, so a listing does not always mean a separate front door. Call before traveling.
Two ZIP codes cover the district, 02118 and 02115. Twenty-seven listings are registered to individual practitioners and only 5 to organizations. Fifteen have been on the register since before 2010, and the oldest registration dates to 2006, so the neighborhood is a mix of long standing and newer registrations.
- Harrison Ave: 9 practices
- Boston Medical Ctr Pl: 4 practices
- New Edgerly Rd, including the spelled out variant: 6 practices
- Northampton St: 4 practices
- ZIP codes covered: 02118 and 02115
Choosing between them
With 27 of 32 listings registered to individuals, most entries name a dentist rather than a business. That is useful for checking credentials, but it means you should confirm on the phone whether the address is a practice that takes appointments from the public and whether they are accepting new patients.
For routine care, work from the 21 general dentistry listings. The questions worth asking are the same everywhere: network status with your plan, how soon an exam and cleaning can be booked, and who you see if your usual dentist is unavailable. None of that is held in the registry.
Specialists here and nearby
Our data records no specialty as missing from this district. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the strongest category with six listings, and pediatric dentistry has five, which is notable in an area this small. Orthodontics, periodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics each have one listing, so availability in those may be tight even though the specialty exists locally.
The surrounding neighborhoods are unusually deep. South End lists 555 practices at 0.4 miles and Mission Hill 289 at 1.1 miles. Back Bay has 103 at 0.8 miles, Fenway-Kenmore 55 at 1.0 miles, Bay Village 26 at 1.0 miles and Roxbury Crossing 3 at 0.5 miles. Very few places offer that much within about a mile.
Insurance and paying
In network means your insurer has agreed the fee schedule in advance and you pay the agreed share. Out of network means the practice sets its own fee and your plan reimburses part of it, or none. Ask which applies before treatment starts rather than afterward.
For anything beyond an exam and clean, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes, the total and your expected share. If care will be delivered by more than one clinician, ask for the full course to be quoted rather than the first appointment alone.
Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 32 listings in this district has a published website or published hours in the record, and none has been claimed by its owner. Claiming a listing is the only way a practice can publish those details here.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that has kept you awake, call the Harrison Ave and Northampton St listings first, and be ready to look at the South End, which is 0.4 miles away with 555 practices. In a dense part of Boston the fastest route to same day care is often a short walk into the next neighborhood.
Certain symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing is becoming difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
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Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in this district?
Thirty-two practices, from a Boston total of 1,991. Twenty-one are recorded as general dentistry, and the directory also lists six oral and maxillofacial surgeons, five pediatric dentists, one orthodontist, one periodontist, one endodontist, one prosthodontist and one dental clinic, across ZIP codes 02118 and 02115.
Where is the biggest choice of dentists nearby?
The South End, which lists 555 practices and sits just 0.4 miles away. Mission Hill has 289 at 1.1 miles and Back Bay 103 at 0.8 miles. If none of the 32 listings in this district is taking new patients, those three neighborhoods together offer close to a thousand alternatives within about a mile.
Are these all separate dental offices?
Not necessarily. Twenty-seven of the 32 listings are registered to individual practitioners rather than organizations, and several addresses are institutional, including four on Boston Medical Ctr Pl. That means one address can hold several registered dentists. Always call ahead to confirm the practice takes appointments from the public.