Everything below is drawn from the registry: counts, categories, streets, ownership, registration years and how far away the two missing specialties are.
What is listed in North Central
17 of the 32 practices list general dentistry, which is a lower share than most neighborhoods. The rest is a broad spread: 4 orthodontic practices, 4 dental clinics, 3 endodontic practices, 3 oral and maxillofacial surgery practices and 1 pediatric dentist. Braces, root canals and extractions can all be arranged locally.
SE 223rd Ave has 14 listings, with 2 more recorded simply as SE 223rd, so 16 of the 32 are on that street. NW Burnside Rd has 9, SE Stark St has 3 and NW Eastman Pkwy has 2.
Ownership runs 20 individual practitioners to 12 organizations. Individual listings usually mean the dentist named is the one treating you, while organization listings may be groups or companies with several dentists.
19 of the 32 were registered before 2010 and the oldest registration here dates to 2006. Two of the listings have published a website with us and one has published hours, which is more than most neighborhoods manage but still leaves the great majority with no published detail at all.
- 32 practices, all in ZIP code 97030
- 17 general dentists, 15 in other categories
- 16 of the 32 are on SE 223rd Ave
- 20 individual practitioners, 12 organizations
How to choose between them
With only 17 general practices here, availability is a real constraint, so ask early whether they are taking new patients, whether they take your specific plan, and when they could see you. If the answer is a long wait, the neighboring areas listed below are all within a mile.
Then ask what a practice does in house and what it refers. Because orthodontics, endodontics and oral surgery all have listings in the neighborhood, referrals here often stay local, which is worth confirming before you start a course of treatment. Ask for a written estimate before anything beyond a check up.
If you need something North Central does not have
Two specialties are missing, and they sit at very different distances. Periodontics, for gum disease and gum surgery, is nearest elsewhere in Gresham about 0.4 miles away, though only 2 practices are recorded there. Prosthodontics, covering dentures and complex restoration, is nearest in Happy Valley about 7.7 miles away, where 3 practices are listed.
For general dentistry there is plenty within a mile. Central City is 0.9 miles away with 31 practices, Downtown Gresham is 0.9 miles with 26, Twelvemile Corner is 0.9 miles with 12, Northwest is 0.4 miles with 9, Northeast is 1.3 miles with 7 and Mount Hood is 1.7 miles with 3.
Insurance and paying
In network means a practice has agreed a contracted fee schedule with your insurer and charges those rates. Out of network means treatment is still possible, usually at a higher cost and sometimes with a claim you file yourself. It is a business arrangement rather than a quality signal, and it varies plan by plan within the same insurer.
For anything beyond a check up and clean, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes, the fee, the expected plan payment and your share, and ask what remains of your annual maximum. Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information for any listing here, and none of these 32 practices have claimed their listing. That is exactly why a claimed listing is worth more.
If it is urgent
Call early in the day and say plainly that a tooth has broken or that the pain kept you awake and you need to be seen today. Emergency slots are released first thing and taken fast. With 3 endodontic and 3 oral surgery practices in the neighborhood, the harder problems are also covered locally.
Go to an emergency room instead if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing has become difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after an extraction. If it is easier to search by distance than by neighborhood, dentist directory sorts practices by how close they are.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in North Central, Gresham?
Our directory lists 32 dental practices with a North Central address, all in ZIP code 97030. Seventeen list general dentistry, four are orthodontic practices, four are dental clinics, three are endodontic, three are oral and maxillofacial surgery practices and one is a pediatric dentist. Gresham as a whole has 134 listed practices.
Can I get braces or wisdom teeth removed locally?
Both are listed in the neighborhood. Four orthodontic practices and three oral and maxillofacial surgery practices have North Central addresses, alongside three endodontic practices for root canal treatment. That is unusually good specialist coverage for 32 listings, so most referrals should not take you far.
Where is the nearest periodontist?
Periodontics has no listing in North Central. The nearest are elsewhere in Gresham, about 0.4 miles away, where two practices are recorded. Prosthodontics is the other gap and is much further, with the nearest listings in Happy Valley about 7.7 miles away, where three practices are recorded.