Almost all of those listings are general dentistry, and five specialties are missing entirely. This guide covers what is recorded here, how to choose between practices, where the specialists are, and what to check on cost and urgent care.
The thirty listings
Twenty five of the 30 listings are general dentistry. The rest are two dental public health listings, two dental clinics and one orthodontics practice. Practices can hold more than one registration, so those figures show the range of care available rather than counting separate offices.
Prospect Pl NE carries 20 of the listings, two thirds of the total. Louisiana Blvd NE has 5, with one more recorded as Louisiana Blvd, Valencia Dr NE has 2 and Indian School Rd NE has 1. Everything sits inside a single ZIP code, so the whole set is close together.
Twenty two of the listings are registered to individual practitioners and 8 to organizations. Sixteen of the 30 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration in the neighborhood dates to 2005.
- 30 practices, 25 of them general dentistry
- 20 of the 30 listings are on Prospect Pl NE
- One ZIP code, 87110
- 22 individual practitioners, 8 organizations
- 16 registered before 2010
How to choose
With almost no specialists here, the general dentist you register with will be arranging most of what you need beyond routine care. Ask what they treat themselves and who they refer to. A dentist who does simple extractions or root canals in house genuinely saves you journeys, and one with a settled referral relationship saves you making the arrangements yourself.
Then compare on the everyday points: how far ahead routine appointments book, whether you will see the same dentist each visit, and what happens if you call in pain. Most of these listings are individual practitioners, which often means smaller practices where the named dentist treats you, though the registry does not record staffing so it is worth confirming.
Five specialties, all about two miles away
Pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics all have no listing in Uptown. In each case the nearest listings are elsewhere in Albuquerque, roughly 2.1 miles away, and there are plenty of them: 33 oral surgery practices, 30 pediatric practices, 22 endodontics practices, 15 periodontics practices and 12 prosthodontics practices.
For routine care nearby, Pueblo Alto is 1.6 miles away with 27 listed practices and the International District is 2.2 miles away with 27. Vista Encantada has 18 at 0.4 miles, East End Addition has 7 at 1.3 miles, and Mesa Village and Trumbull Village each have 4, at 1.0 and 2.3 miles.
Insurance and what this page cannot tell you
The registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 30 Uptown practices has claimed its listing or published a website or hours through it, so nothing here should be read as a guide to price or availability. Claimed listings are how a practice adds that detail, which is why they matter when you are choosing.
That means calling. Ask whether they are in network for the exact plan you hold rather than for your insurer as a whole, since one company usually operates several networks. Ask for a written estimate before treatment, showing procedure codes, the practice fee, the expected plan payment and your share. Check what is left of your annual maximum before agreeing to anything large.
- Confirm the network for your specific plan
- Ask for a written estimate before treatment
- Ask what the cash fee is without insurance
- Check what remains of your annual maximum
When it is urgent
For same day pain, call early and ask for an emergency slot rather than the next routine appointment. With 20 practices on Prospect Pl NE and 27 more listed 1.6 miles away in Pueblo Alto, a handful of calls should find someone. To search by distance from where you are rather than by neighborhood, use dentist directory.
Some symptoms belong at an emergency room instead. Go straight there if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after an extraction. A knocked out adult tooth should be held by the crown, kept in milk or saliva, and seen within the hour.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Uptown, Albuquerque?
Thirty dental practices are listed in Uptown, all within ZIP code 87110. Twenty five are general dentistry, two are dental public health, two are dental clinics and one is orthodontics. Twenty of the 30 sit on Prospect Pl NE. Albuquerque as a whole has 921 listed practices.
Where is the nearest oral surgeon to Uptown?
There is no oral and maxillofacial surgery listing in Uptown. The nearest are elsewhere in Albuquerque, about 2.1 miles away, where 33 practices are recorded. That is a short trip and a lot of choice. Your general dentist can refer you and send the relevant X-rays across with the referral.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Uptown?
No pediatric dentistry practice is listed in Uptown. The nearest 30 are about 2.1 miles away elsewhere in Albuquerque. Several of the 25 general dentists here are likely to see children as well, so ask your own practice what ages they treat before arranging to travel for a routine checkup.