They are concentrated on a handful of streets, and the mix includes an unusually high number of dental public health listings. This guide covers what the registry records and what it does not.
What is listed in South Slope
41 of the 58 listings are tagged general dentistry. The rest are 7 dental public health, 5 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 3 dental clinic, 3 pediatric dentistry, 2 orthodontics and 1 endodontics. A listing can carry more than one tag, so the totals overlap.
Seven dental public health listings is high for a neighborhood this size. That tag covers population level and community oriented dental work rather than private practice, so it is worth asking what a given listing actually offers before assuming it is a standard practice.
Biltmore Ave has 30 listings, Mcdowell St has 13, Orange St has 7, Rockcliff Pl has 4 and Asheland Ave has 3. 42 listings are registered as individual practitioners and 16 as organizations. 35 of the 58 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration here dates to 2005.
- 58 listed practices, all in ZIP 28801
- 41 tagged general dentistry, 7 dental public health
- 30 on Biltmore Ave, 13 on Mcdowell St, 7 on Orange St
- 42 individual practitioners, 16 organizations
- 35 registered before 2010, oldest registration 2005
How to choose between them
With 41 general dentistry listings on five streets, most people here will be choosing on availability. Call two or three on the street that suits you and ask when a new patient can be seen, what the exam includes and what it costs.
Only 1 of the 58 listings has published opening hours or a website with us, so for the other 57 there is no substitute for calling. That is also the moment to ask whether the practice takes your insurance and whether it is accepting new patients at all.
If you need surgical work, 5 oral and maxillofacial surgery listings is decent coverage for a neighborhood this size. Endodontics has just 1 listing, so for root canals ask your general dentist whether they carry them out themselves.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Two specialties have no listing in South Slope. For periodontics, our nearest listings are elsewhere in Asheville, about 1.3 miles away, where we hold 7 practices. For prosthodontics, the nearest are the same distance away, with 3 practices. Both are short trips rather than real obstacles.
For general choice, the neighborhoods nearby vary in size. Biltmore is 2.2 miles away with 62 listings, slightly more than South Slope itself. Biltmore Village has 23 at 1.7 miles, Albemarle has 16 at 1.2 miles and Kenilworth has 12 at 0.7 miles. West Asheville has 5 at 2.1 miles and Wind Oaks Town Homes has 4 at 1.3 miles.
- Kenilworth, 0.7 miles, 12 practices
- Albemarle, 1.2 miles, 16 practices
- Wind Oaks Town Homes, 1.3 miles, 4 practices
- Biltmore Village, 1.7 miles, 23 practices
- West Asheville, 2.1 miles, 5 practices
- Biltmore, 2.2 miles, 62 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. Only 1 of the 58 South Slope listings has published hours or a website with us, and none has been claimed by its owner, so cost questions have to go to the practice.
Ask whether they are in network with your specific plan rather than with your insurer generally. In network usually means a rate agreed in advance. Out of network can still work if your plan pays a share, but you carry more of the bill.
For anything beyond a checkup, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes on it. If cost is the barrier, the dental public health listings here are worth a call to ask what they offer and to whom.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that has kept you awake, call the general practices on Biltmore Ave and Mcdowell St and ask outright whether they hold same day emergency slots. With 41 general listings in one ZIP code, a run of calls is the fastest way to be seen today.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. 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 would rather search by distance than by neighborhood, dentist directory orders practices by how far they are from where you are.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in South Slope, Asheville?
Our directory lists 58 dental practices in South Slope, out of 327 across Asheville, all inside ZIP code 28801. 41 are tagged general dentistry, 7 dental public health, 5 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 3 dental clinic, 3 pediatric dentistry, 2 orthodontics and 1 endodontics.
Which street has the most dentists in South Slope?
Biltmore Ave, with 30 of the 58 listings. Mcdowell St has 13 and Orange St has 7, with 4 on Rockcliff Pl and 3 on Asheland Ave. That means the great majority of the neighborhood's dentistry is within a short walk along two roads.
Is there a periodontist in South Slope?
No listing in South Slope carries the periodontics tag. Our nearest listings are elsewhere in Asheville, about 1.3 miles away, where we hold 7 of them. Prosthodontics is missing too, with 3 practices at the same distance. Gum treatment often begins with your general dentist, so ask them first.