Everything below is drawn from the registry: counts by specialty, street addresses, the split between individual practitioners and organizations, and registration dates. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so use this to build a shortlist and then start calling.
What is listed in Hospital Hill
90 of the 138 listings are general dentistry. The specialist range is wide: 16 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 13 pediatric dentistry, 7 periodontics, 7 prosthodontics, 5 oral pathology, 2 endodontics, 1 orthodontics, 1 oral radiology and 1 dental public health, plus 2 dental clinics.
The addresses are heavily concentrated. E 25th St has 86 listings, with 1 more recorded as East 25th Street. Gillham Rd has 21, Holmes St has 17 and Charlotte St has 11. Those four streets account for essentially the whole neighborhood.
133 of the 138 listings are registered as individual practitioners and only 5 as organizations, so almost every entry names a person. 56 have been on the register since before 2010, and the oldest registration in Hospital Hill dates to 2005.
How to choose between them
This is one of the deepest concentrations of dental listings anywhere in the city, and it is genuinely broad rather than just large. With 16 oral surgery listings, 13 pediatric dentistry listings and 7 each in periodontics and prosthodontics, most referrals can stay inside the neighborhood.
The gaps are worth noticing though. Endodontics has only 2 listings and orthodontics only 1, so root canals and braces have limited local choice despite the overall numbers. Ask a prospective general dentist what they do in house and where the rest goes.
Practical filters when you call:
- Are you taking new patients, and what is the wait for a routine exam?
- Do you carry out root canals here, given only two endodontics listings locally?
- Do you see children, or refer to one of the pediatric practices?
- Are you on E 25th St, Gillham Rd, Holmes St or Charlotte St?
If you need something Hospital Hill does not have
Every specialty this registry tracks has at least one listing in Hospital Hill, so there is no outright gap. The constraint is depth in a couple of fields. A single orthodontics listing and two endodontics listings means a handful of practitioners, and if none has an appointment when you need one, you will be looking outside.
The nearby neighborhoods are all small by comparison. West Side has 10 listings about 0.9 miles away, North Hyde Park has 9 at 1.1 miles and the Garment District has 7 at 1.6 miles. Union Hill has 5 at 1 mile, the Kansas City Power and Light District has 6 at 1.4 miles and Washington Wheatley has 5 at 1.5 miles. Kansas City as a whole holds 682 listings.
Insurance and paying
None of the 138 Hospital Hill listings has been claimed by its practice, and none publishes a website or opening hours through us. The registry holds no fees and no insurance participation for any listing anywhere. That is the honest limit of these pages, and it is why claimed listings matter, since claiming is how a practice adds hours, services and accepted plans.
So ask before you attend. Confirm whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, because in network usually means agreed fees and a smaller share for you, while out of network normally means a larger bill and sometimes claiming back yourself. Ask for a written estimate before treatment beyond an exam, and ask how it changes if more work is found.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that is not responding to painkillers, call and ask directly for a same day emergency appointment. With 86 listings on E 25th St alone, this is one of the better neighborhoods in the city for finding someone who can see you quickly, and 16 oral surgery listings help if an urgent extraction is needed.
Some symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dental chair. Go straight there if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing has become difficult, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
If you still need to widen the search, use dentist directory to sort by distance from where you are.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Hospital Hill, Kansas City?
The registry lists 138 dental practices in Hospital Hill, out of 682 across Kansas City, all inside ZIP code 64108. 90 are general dentistry. The specialists include 16 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 13 pediatric dentistry, 7 periodontics, 7 prosthodontics, 5 oral pathology, 2 endodontics and 1 orthodontics.
Which street has the most dental practices?
E 25th St, with 86 of the 138 listings, plus one more recorded as East 25th Street. Gillham Rd has 21, Holmes St has 17 and Charlotte St has 11. Because the whole neighborhood sits in ZIP code 64108, close to the city center, the practices are near one another.
Can I get a root canal in Hospital Hill?
Possibly, but local choice is limited. Despite 138 listings overall, only 2 are registered for endodontics, and orthodontics has just 1. Many general dentists carry out straightforward root canals themselves, so ask your own dentist first. For more specialist choice you may need to look beyond the neighborhood.