The mix is unusually balanced for a neighborhood this size, with orthodontics, pediatric dentistry and periodontics all reasonably well represented. The listings are also spread across several streets rather than piled onto one.
What is listed in Downtown Hillsboro
Twenty of the 37 listings are general dentists. Also listed are 5 dental clinics, 5 orthodontists, 4 pediatric dentists, 4 periodontists and 1 endodontist.
SE Baseline St has 11 listings, SE 3rd Ave has 7, SE Oak St has 5, and SW Adams Ave and SE 4th Ave have 4 each. No street holds more than a third of the neighborhood.
Twenty five of the listings are individual practitioners and 12 are organizations. Only 14 of the 37 have held their federal registration since before 2010, with the oldest dating to 2005, so this is a comparatively recently registered group. One listing has published a website with us and one has published hours. None has been claimed.
- 37 practices across ZIP codes 97123 and 97124
- 20 general dentists, 5 orthodontists, 4 pediatric dentists, 4 periodontists
- 11 listings on SE Baseline St, spread across several streets
- 25 individual practitioners, 12 organizations
How to choose between them
Twenty general dentists is enough choice without being overwhelming. Start with the street closest to you, then compare on the practical points: how soon a new patient can be seen, whether your exact plan is in network, and what a first exam with x rays costs.
Families are well served here, with 4 pediatric dentists and 5 orthodontists, so children's care and braces can both be arranged locally and with a real choice of practice.
Since only 14 of the 37 listings predate 2010, do not assume a practice has been at its address for many years. If that matters to you, ask, rather than reading anything into the listing itself.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Two specialties are missing. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the easier gap: 4 listings elsewhere in Hillsboro, about 1.9 miles away.
Prosthodontics is the longer trip. The nearest listed prosthodontists are in Beaverton, about 8.0 miles away, and there are only 2. If dentures, complex crown work or the restoration side of an implant is likely, ask your general dentist to start the referral early.
Nearby, Calle Diez has 31 listed practices just four tenths of a mile away, which nearly doubles your options. Orenco has 17 at 3.6 miles, Orenco Station has 16 at 3.5 miles, Dawson Creek and Witch Hazel Village have 9 each at 2.4 and 3.4 miles, and Maplewood Park has 7 at 1.6 miles.
Insurance and paying
Our listings are drawn from public registration data, which holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. In Downtown Hillsboro only one listing has published a website with us and one has published hours, so for the other 36 you are starting with a phone number.
Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan rather than with the insurer in general. The same company often runs several plans and offices treat them differently.
For any treatment beyond a checkup, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes before it begins, and send it to your insurer so their answer is in writing too. Practices that claim their listing on this site can publish hours, prices and insurance participation themselves, which is why claimed listings are worth seeking out.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, call the general practices on SE Baseline St and SE 3rd Ave first, then work outward. Say plainly on each call that you are in pain and can come immediately, since that is what gets you into a cancellation.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dental chair. 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 with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
If nothing local is available, search by distance at dentist directory. Calle Diez is four tenths of a mile away with another 31 listings.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Downtown Hillsboro?
Thirty seven dental practices are listed, across ZIP codes 97123 and 97124. Twenty are general dentists, with 5 dental clinics, 5 orthodontists, 4 pediatric dentists, 4 periodontists and 1 endodontist also listed. Hillsboro as a whole has 176 listed practices, so downtown holds about a fifth of them.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Downtown Hillsboro?
Yes, four of them, alongside 5 orthodontists, so children's dental care and braces can both usually be handled without leaving the neighborhood. Because our records hold no hours or insurance details, call several and ask about age ranges, waiting times and which plans they accept.
Where is the nearest prosthodontist to Downtown Hillsboro?
In Beaverton, about 8.0 miles away, where 2 prosthodontists are listed. That is the longer of the neighborhood's two specialty gaps. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the other, and it is much closer, with 4 listings elsewhere in Hillsboro about 1.9 miles out.