The specialty coverage is broad for an area this size, with a single gap. This guide covers what the registry records, how to choose between practices, where to go for what is missing, and what to check on cost and urgent care.
The thirty nine listings
Twenty nine of the listings are general dentistry. The specialist entries are four periodontics, three orthodontics, two endodontics, and one each of pediatric dentistry and prosthodontics, along with one dental clinic. Practices can hold more than one registration, so those figures describe the care available rather than counting separate offices.
Market St carries 17 of the listings. Trindle Rd has 7 with 3 more recorded as Trindle Road, and N 36th St and Saint Johns Church Rd have 5 each. Everything sits inside a single ZIP code, so comparing several practices does not mean traveling far.
Thirty one of the listings are registered to individual practitioners and only 8 to organizations. Fifteen of the 39 were registered before 2010, so this is a slightly newer set of listings than many neighborhoods, and the oldest registration dates to 2006.
- 39 practices, 29 of them general dentistry
- 17 listings on Market St, 10 on Trindle Rd
- One ZIP code, 17011
- 31 individual practitioners, 8 organizations
- 15 registered before 2010
Choosing between them
Nearly four in five of these listings belong to individual practitioners, which usually points to smaller practices where the named dentist treats you. If continuity matters to you, that is a good starting point, but confirm it when you call, because the registry records registrations rather than staffing arrangements.
Beyond that, the questions are practical. How far ahead do routine appointments book, will you see the same dentist each visit, and how does the practice handle a call about sudden pain. Ask too what they do in house. With periodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, prosthodontics and pediatric dentistry all listed here, most referrals should stay within the neighborhood.
The one gap, and the neighbors
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the only specialty with no Pine Brook listing. It covers wisdom teeth, difficult extractions and jaw surgery. The nearest listings are elsewhere in Camp Hill, about 0.7 miles away, where 6 practices are recorded, so a referral means a very short trip.
The nearby neighborhoods are small. Knob Point is 1.7 miles away with 6 listed practices and West Creek Hills is 2.1 miles away with 5. With 39 practices in Pine Brook itself out of 102 across Camp Hill, most of the town's dentistry is already here, so a second opinion usually means another practice on the same list.
Cost, insurance and what is not recorded
The registry holds addresses and registration details only. It carries no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of the 39 Pine Brook practices has claimed its listing or published a website or hours through it. Claimed listings are how a practice adds that detail, which is why they matter when you are weighing up options.
Ask on the phone whether the practice is in network for your exact plan rather than for your insurer as a whole, since one company usually runs several networks at different rates. Ask for a written estimate before treatment, with procedure codes, the fee, the expected plan payment and your share. Check how much of your annual maximum is left before agreeing to larger work.
- Confirm the network for your specific plan
- Ask for a written estimate before treatment
- Check what remains of your annual maximum
- Ask whether major work carries a waiting period
Urgent care
If you need to be seen today, call early and ask for an emergency appointment rather than the next routine opening. With 39 practices in one ZIP code, and 17 of them on Market St, working through a few numbers is usually enough. To search by distance from where you are rather than by neighborhood, use dentist directory.
Some symptoms need an emergency room instead of a dental office. Go there if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if breathing or swallowing is becoming difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after an extraction. For a knocked out adult tooth, hold it by the crown, keep it in milk or saliva, and try to be seen within the hour.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Pine Brook?
Thirty nine dental practices are listed in Pine Brook, all within ZIP code 17011. Twenty nine are general dentistry, four are periodontics, three are orthodontics, two are endodontics, and there is one each for pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics and a dental clinic. Camp Hill as a whole has 102 listed practices.
Where do I go for wisdom teeth from Pine Brook?
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the one specialty with no listing in Pine Brook. The nearest six practices are elsewhere in Camp Hill, about 0.7 miles away. Your general dentist can refer you and send the X-rays across. Ask whether the surgery takes your insurance before booking the consultation.
Which street in Pine Brook has the most dentists?
Market St, with 17 of the 39 listings. Trindle Rd follows with seven, plus three more recorded as Trindle Road, and N 36th St and Saint Johns Church Rd each have five. All of them sit within ZIP code 17011, about a mile from the center of Camp Hill.