This guide only uses what the registry holds: counts, categories, street addresses, ownership, registration years and distances to the nearest alternatives.
What is listed in Audubon Circle
37 of the 44 practices list general dentistry. The rest is 4 dental clinics, 3 periodontic practices, 2 orthodontic, 2 prosthodontic and 1 endodontic. Gum treatment, braces, denture work and root canals each have at least one local option, though most only one or two.
Almost everything is on Beacon St. 33 listings give it as Beacon St and 3 more as Beacon Street, and a further 8 are recorded under specific building addresses on the same road, including 6 at one address written as 1037a Beacon St. Counts like that at a single street number normally mean a building with several dental suites rather than separate storefronts.
Ownership runs 26 individual practitioners to 18 organizations, a fairly even split. Individual listings usually mean the dentist named is the one who treats you, while organizations may be groups with several dentists on the books.
26 of the 44 were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration here dates to 2005. Around six in ten of these addresses are long established.
- 44 practices, all in ZIP code 02446
- 37 general dentists, 7 in other categories
- Almost every listing has a Beacon St address
- 26 individual practitioners, 18 organizations
How to choose between them
When most practices sit on one street, the choice comes down to fit rather than travel. Ask whether they are taking new patients, whether they take your exact plan and not just the insurer, and how soon you could be seen. With 37 general practices to work through you can afford to keep calling rather than accepting the first slot offered.
Then ask about scope and cost. Does the practice do simple root canals or extractions itself? Will you get a written estimate before anything beyond a check up? Does the dentist separate what needs doing now from what is being monitored? Those answers matter more over the years than anything visible from the street.
If you need something Audubon Circle does not have
Two specialties are missing. Pediatric dentistry has no listing here, with the nearest elsewhere in Brookline about 0.9 miles away where 19 practices are recorded. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, covering wisdom teeth and complex extractions, is also nearest at about 0.9 miles, where 14 practices are listed.
Neighboring areas are all within about a mile and several are larger than Audubon Circle itself. Coolidge Corner is 0.8 miles away with 65 practices, North Brookline is 0.5 miles with 56, Brookline Village is 0.9 miles with 16, JFK Crossing is 0.8 miles with 12, Pill Hill is 1.0 mile with 8 and Corey Hill is 1.1 miles with 3.
Insurance and paying
In network means a practice has agreed to your insurer's contracted fee schedule. Out of network means treatment is still possible, usually at a higher price and sometimes with a claim you submit yourself. Network status is a contract rather than a quality judgment, and it can vary between two plans sold by the same insurer.
Before treatment beyond a check up and clean, ask for a written estimate showing the procedure codes, the practice fee, the expected insurance payment and your share, and ask how much of your annual maximum is left. Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of these 44 practices have claimed their listing or published hours with us. Until a practice claims its page, only the office can confirm those things.
If it is urgent
Call first thing and be direct about the problem: a tooth has broken, a filling has come out, or the pain kept you awake. Emergency appointments are usually released early in the day. With 37 general practices on one street here, and 65 more in Coolidge Corner less than a mile away, phoning several in a row is a practical use of ten minutes.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dental office: swelling spreading toward the eye or down the neck, difficulty breathing or swallowing, a fever with facial swelling, or bleeding that will not stop after an extraction. To search by distance instead of by neighborhood, use dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Audubon Circle?
Our directory lists 44 dental practices with an Audubon Circle address, all in ZIP code 02446. Thirty seven list general dentistry, four are dental clinics, three are periodontic practices, two are orthodontic, two are prosthodontic and one is endodontic. Brookline as a whole has 312 listed practices.
Why are several practices at the same Beacon St address?
Six listings share an address recorded as 1037a Beacon St and two more are at 1035a Beacon Street. That pattern usually means a building with several dental suites inside it. It is convenient if you are referred within the same building, but it means the addresses alone will not tell you how different the practices are.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Audubon Circle?
No practice here lists pediatric dentistry. The nearest listings are elsewhere in Brookline, about 0.9 miles away, where 19 pediatric practices are recorded. Many general dentists see children for routine care, so ask your own practice from what age they take patients before booking somewhere further away.