The specialty coverage that comes with that concentration is the deepest of any neighborhood in this part of the directory. This guide sets out what is there and how to narrow it down.
What is listed in University Heights
73 of the 144 listings are tagged general dentistry. The specialist tags run deep: 24 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 15 prosthodontics, 12 periodontics, 12 endodontics, 8 orthodontics, 5 oral pathology, 4 pediatric dentistry, 4 dental clinic, 2 orofacial pain and 1 oral radiology. A listing can carry more than one tag, so the totals overlap.
The addresses are extraordinarily concentrated. Bergen St has 117 listings, with 9 more recorded as Bergen Street and 2 as Bergen Street with a trailing comma, so 128 of the 144 are on that one road. Orange St has 5 and Jones St has 3. Rutgers School of Dental Medicine is on Bergen St in this neighborhood, which is worth knowing if you want to ask a teaching institution about patient care.
135 listings are registered as individual practitioners and only 9 as organizations. 71 of the 144 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration here dates to 2005.
- 144 listed practices across ZIPs 07103, 07101 and 07107
- 73 tagged general dentistry, 24 oral and maxillofacial surgery
- 128 listings on Bergen St, counting all three spellings
- 135 individual practitioners, 9 organizations
- 71 registered before 2010, oldest registration 2005
How to choose between them
Distance will not narrow this list, since almost everything is on one street. What narrows it is what you need and when you can be seen. For routine care, call several of the 73 general listings and ask about new patient availability and what the first visit costs.
For anything surgical or restorative, the depth here is unusual. 24 oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, 15 prosthodontics and 12 periodontics means most treatment can be planned and finished within a few hundred yards. Ask your general dentist whether they refer locally and whether records will be shared between the practices.
With 135 of 144 listings registered to individuals rather than organizations, many are small practices. Ask directly about hours and about who covers when your dentist is away.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
There is no specialty gap here. Every main dental specialty appears among the 144 listings, and most appear many times over. The constraint is availability rather than absence, so if the practice you want is full, ask them who else nearby does the same work.
Only two neighborhoods with their own listings are close by. Teachers Village is 1.4 miles away with 58 listings and East Ferry is 2.3 miles away with 28. Those two plus University Heights account for most of the 331 practices listed across Newark, so widening your search usually means moving within the city rather than out of it.
- Teachers Village, 1.4 miles, 58 practices
- East Ferry, 2.3 miles, 28 practices
- Newark in total, 331 listed practices
Insurance and paying
Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. It records who is registered to practice and at what address, and that is the limit of what we can tell you. None of the 144 University Heights listings has published hours or a website with us, and none has been claimed by its owner.
When you call, ask whether they are in network with your specific plan rather than with your insurer as a whole. In network normally means a rate agreed in advance. Out of network can still be workable if your plan pays a share, but more of the bill falls to you.
For anything beyond a checkup, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes. If your treatment involves both a general dentist and a specialist on the same street, check the network question separately with each of them.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that has kept you awake, call the general practices on Bergen St and ask directly for a same day emergency slot. With 73 general listings, 12 endodontics listings and 24 oral and maxillofacial surgery listings in one neighborhood, this is about as well covered for urgent dental problems as anywhere in Newark.
Some symptoms belong in an emergency room instead. Go to hospital if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you have trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If you want to search by distance rather than by neighborhood, dentist directory orders practices by how far they are from you.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in University Heights, Newark?
Our directory holds 144 dental practice listings in University Heights, out of 331 across Newark. 73 are tagged general dentistry, and the specialist tags include 24 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 15 prosthodontics, 12 periodontics, 12 endodontics and 8 orthodontics. They fall in ZIP codes 07103, 07101 and 07107.
Why are so many dentists on Bergen St?
128 of the 144 listings give a Bergen St address, recorded under three slightly different spellings. Rutgers School of Dental Medicine is on that street in this neighborhood. We cannot match individual registrations to buildings, so all we can report is that the concentration on one road is real and unusually strong.
Can I find a specialist in University Heights without traveling?
Almost certainly. Every main dental specialty has listings here, and several have a dozen or more. Oral and maxillofacial surgery alone has 24. If a particular practice cannot see you, Teachers Village is 1.4 miles away with 58 listings and East Ferry is 2.3 miles away with 28.