Twenty five of the 33 are general dentists. Four specialties have no listing at all, and the nearest ones are several miles out, which makes referral planning the most useful thing this page can help with.
What is listed in Downtown
Twenty five of the 33 listings are general dentists. Also listed are 4 pediatric dentists, 2 dental clinics, 2 orthodontists and 1 in dental public health.
The addresses are spread across several streets rather than concentrated. Matthews Mint Hill Rd has 9 listings, Phyliss Ln has 8, Cresthill Dr has 5, Bain School Rd has 3 and Mint Hill Village Ln has 2.
Nineteen of the listings are individual practitioners and 14 are organizations. Only 12 of the 33 have held their federal registration since before 2010, with the oldest dating to 2005, so this is a comparatively recently registered group. None has been claimed, and none has published a website or opening hours with us.
- 33 practices, all in ZIP 28227
- 25 general dentists, 4 pediatric dentists, 2 orthodontists
- 9 listings on Matthews Mint Hill Rd, 8 on Phyliss Ln
- 19 individual practitioners, 14 organizations
How to choose between them
Twenty five general dentists is a reasonable field, and because the listings are spread across several streets, starting with the one nearest you is a sensible first filter. Then compare on when a new patient can be seen, whether your exact plan is in network, and what a first exam with x rays costs.
The 4 pediatric dentists and 2 orthodontists mean children's care and braces can be arranged locally, which matters more than usual here because everything else means a drive.
Since only 12 of the 33 listings predate 2010, do not assume a practice has been at its address for a long time. If continuity matters to you, ask how long the practice has been operating there and who else works in it.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Four specialties have no listing in Downtown: endodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. For all four, the nearest listings are in Matthews, about 5.6 miles away, where there are 6 endodontists, 4 oral and maxillofacial surgeons, 3 periodontists and 1 prosthodontist.
The single prosthodontist in Matthews is worth noting. If you need denture or implant restoration work and that practice cannot take you, expect to travel further, so ask your general dentist about alternatives early.
Other Charlotte neighborhoods in our records are all some distance away. Grier Heights has 48 listed practices about 8.4 miles out, Cotswold has 41 at 8.1 miles, Echo Hills has 12 at 7.8 miles, Eastland has 11 at 5.7 miles, Oakhurst has 9 at 6.5 miles and Rama has 4 at 5.8 miles.
Insurance and paying
Our listings come from public registration data, which contains no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 33 practices here has published any of that with us, so this page can tell you who is where and nothing about cost.
Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan rather than with the insurance company in general. Because specialist referrals from here involve a drive, also ask whether the practices they refer to are in network with common local plans.
For treatment beyond a checkup, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes before it starts and send it to your insurer for a written answer. Practices that claim their listing on this site can publish hours, prices and insurance participation directly, which is the only way that information ever appears here.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, call the general practices on Matthews Mint Hill Rd and Phyliss Ln first, then work outward. Because there is no dominant street, have several numbers ready and say on each call that you are in pain and can come immediately.
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 are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
With the nearest other neighborhoods more than five miles out, searching by distance at dentist directory is the quickest way to find whoever is actually closest to you.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Downtown, Charlotte?
Thirty three dental practices are listed, all within ZIP code 28227. Twenty five are general dentists, with 4 pediatric dentists, 2 dental clinics, 2 orthodontists and 1 dental public health listing alongside them. Charlotte as a whole has 1,379 listed practices, so this neighborhood holds a small share of them.
Where is the nearest oral surgeon to Downtown, Charlotte?
In Matthews, about 5.6 miles away, where 4 oral and maxillofacial surgeons are listed. Endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics are also absent from the neighborhood, and Matthews is the nearest listed option for all of them, with 6 endodontists, 3 periodontists and 1 prosthodontist.
Is this neighborhood in central Charlotte?
Our records place it about 8.9 miles from the Charlotte city center, and all of its dental listings sit in ZIP code 28227 on streets including Matthews Mint Hill Rd and Mint Hill Village Ln. The name in the data is Downtown, but the distance figure is worth checking against where you actually need to travel.