This guide uses only the registry data behind those listings, which records addresses, ZIP codes, provider type and registration dates. It has no reviews in it. What it can tell you is exactly what is here, what is not, and how short the trip is for the rest.
What is listed in Medford Square
All 30 listings sit in a single ZIP code, 02155. Main St is the clear center of gravity with 24 of them, once you combine the 22 filed as Main St with the 2 filed as Main Street, which are the same road entered two ways. Forest St, Riverside Ave and High St have 2 each.
Eighteen listings are registered to individual practitioners and 12 to organizations. The names show both patterns, from Anthony M Paolucci, DMD and Aparna S Kallakurchi, DMD to Gentle Dental Medford and Greater Boston Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Center. That is a difference in how the registration is held, not in standard of care.
Thirteen of the 30 were registered before 2010, and the oldest goes back to 2005. So a substantial group are long established at the same address, with the rest registered more recently.
- 30 practices listed, from 128 across Medford
- 24 general dentistry, 4 dental clinics, 2 specialist listings
- 24 of 30 on Main St
- One ZIP code, 02155
- 18 individual practitioners, 12 organizations
- 13 registered before 2010, oldest in 2005
How to choose between them
This is a general dentistry neighborhood. Twenty four of the 30 listings handle exams, cleanings, fillings, crowns and simple extractions, which covers most of ordinary dental life. Because nearly all of them are on Main St, location will not narrow the list for you.
So choose on how a practice runs. Ask whether you will see the same dentist each visit, how far ahead routine cleanings are booked, and what happens if you call with pain and no appointment. Ask too whether they will put recommended treatment in writing and say what is urgent.
Only 1 of the 30 has a website recorded in the registry and only 1 has hours, so nearly all of that happens on the phone. Confirm new patient availability and whether they are in network for your plan while you have them.
If you need something Medford Square does not have
Four specialties have no listing here: pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics. In every case the nearest option is elsewhere in Medford, roughly 0.3 miles away, where there are 11 pediatric listings and 4 each in endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics. That is about as small a gap as a missing specialty can produce.
For general care the neighborhoods around are close too. The Hillside Avenue Historic District has 37 practices at just 0.2 miles, more than Medford Square itself. Ten Hills has 26 at 1.5 miles, the Old Ship Street Historic District has 8 at 0.8, South Medford has 6 at 0.8 and West Somerville has 3 at 1.1.
Insurance and paying
Network status decides most of what you pay. In network means the practice has agreed rates with your plan, so your share is calculated from a discounted fee. Out of network means no agreement, and you can be left covering the difference between the fee charged and the amount your plan allows.
For anything beyond an exam and cleaning, ask for a written estimate listing the procedure codes and send it to your plan for pre authorization before treatment starts.
It is worth being plain about what these listings show. They are built from a federal provider registry that records names, addresses, credentials and specialty codes, with no fees, no opening hours and no insurance networks anywhere in it. That is why claimed listings matter, since claiming is how a practice adds those details. None of the 30 here have been claimed yet.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost crown or filling, or pain that is getting worse, call the general dentistry listings on Main St and ask directly for same day care. With almost everything on one road, working down the list is quick, and there is one oral and maxillofacial surgery listing locally if an extraction turns out to be complicated.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to the ER 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 alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If nobody nearby can take you today, search outward by distance at dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Medford Square?
There are 30 dental practices listed in Medford Square, out of 128 across Medford. Twenty four are general dentistry and 4 are dental clinics. The only specialist listings are a single orthodontist and a single oral and maxillofacial surgeon. All 30 sit in ZIP code 02155.
Where is the nearest pediatric dentist to Medford Square?
There is no pediatric dentistry listing in Medford Square itself, but there are 11 elsewhere in Medford about 0.3 miles away. The same short trip also covers endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics, which each have 4 listings nearby and none inside the neighborhood.
Are most Medford Square dentists on Main Street?
Yes. Main St accounts for 24 of the 30 listings once the entries recorded as Main St and Main Street are counted together. Forest St, Riverside Ave and High St have 2 each. Since location barely separates them, compare practices on how they run instead.