This guide is built only from what the registry holds: counts by specialty, street addresses, the split between individual practitioners and organizations, and registration dates. It carries no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so use it to narrow the field before you start calling.
What is listed in Central City
20 of the 31 listings are general dentistry and 4 are registered as dental clinics. Pediatric dentistry has 4 listings, which is a decent showing for a neighborhood this size, and there is one listing each for periodontics, orthodontics and dental public health.
The addresses spread across several roads rather than concentrating on one. NE Division St has 9 listings, NE 8th St has 8 and NE Burnside Rd has 7. E Powell Blvd has 3 and NE 2nd St has 2. That spread means location genuinely narrows your options here.
24 of the 31 listings are registered as individual practitioners and 7 as organizations, so most entries name a person rather than a company. 19 have been on the register since before 2010, a clear majority, and the oldest registration in Central City dates to 2005.
How to choose between them
For routine care, 20 general dentistry listings and 4 clinics gives reasonable choice in a compact area. With most listings belonging to individual practitioners, you can usually expect to see the same dentist at each visit, though smaller practices may be harder to reach at short notice.
Families are reasonably served, with 4 pediatric dentistry listings. Beyond that the specialist layer is thin: one periodontics listing and one orthodontics listing is the whole adult specialist bench, so ask a prospective general dentist what they treat in house and where the rest goes.
Questions worth asking on a first call:
- Are you taking new patients, and how soon can I be seen for an exam?
- Do you do root canals and extractions here, or refer them?
- Do you see children, or refer to one of the pediatric practices?
- Are you on NE Division St, NE 8th St or NE Burnside Rd?
If you need something Central City does not have
Three specialties have no listing here. Endodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery are both nearest elsewhere in Gresham, only about 0.6 miles away, with 8 endodontics practices and 5 oral surgery practices recorded there. Prosthodontics is a longer trip, nearest in Happy Valley about 7.8 miles out, where 3 practices are listed.
For general choice, the neighbors are close. North Central has 32 listings about 0.9 miles away and Downtown Gresham has 26 at 0.5 miles, both comparable in size to Central City itself. Northwest has 9 at 1 mile, Northeast has 7 at the same distance, Twelvemile Corner has 12 at 1.6 miles and Mount Hood has 3 at 0.8 miles.
Insurance and paying
None of the 31 Central City 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. Claiming is how a practice adds hours, services and the plans it accepts, which is why claimed listings are worth far more than bare entries.
So ask on the phone. Confirm whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, since in network usually means agreed fees and a smaller share for you, while out of network normally means a larger bill and sometimes filing your own claim. Ask for a written estimate before any treatment beyond an exam, and ask what happens if more work is found.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, call and ask specifically for a same day emergency appointment. With listings spread across NE Division St, NE 8th St and NE Burnside Rd, the whole neighborhood is a short run of calls. There is no oral surgery listing here, so an urgent extraction may mean a short trip within Gresham.
Certain symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dental chair: swelling spreading toward your eye or down your neck, difficulty breathing or swallowing, a fever with facial swelling, or bleeding from the mouth that will not stop.
If nothing local is free, search by distance at dentist directory and widen out through Downtown Gresham and North Central.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Central City, Gresham?
The registry lists 31 dental practices in Central City, out of 134 across Gresham, all inside ZIP code 97030. 20 are general dentistry and 4 are dental clinics, with 4 pediatric dentistry listings and one each for periodontics, orthodontics and dental public health.
Where is the nearest oral surgeon or endodontist?
Neither has a listing in Central City. Both are nearest elsewhere in Gresham, only about 0.6 miles away, where 5 oral and maxillofacial surgery practices and 8 endodontics practices are recorded. Prosthodontics is further out, nearest in Happy Valley about 7.8 miles away, with 3 practices listed.
Which streets have the most dental practices?
NE Division St has 9 listings, NE 8th St has 8 and NE Burnside Rd has 7, with E Powell Blvd on 3 and NE 2nd St on 2. Unlike many neighborhoods, the practices here are spread across several roads rather than concentrated on one, so location is a real factor in choosing.