That shape is the important part. Everything below is taken from the registry: counts, categories, streets, ownership and registration years.
What is listed in University City
17 of the 35 practices list general dentistry, under half the total. Behind them sit 12 oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, 3 pediatric dentists, 3 orthodontic practices, 3 recorded under oral pathology, 2 endodontic and 1 periodontic. Twelve oral surgery listings in a neighborhood of 35 is not a typical main street pattern.
Civic Center Blvd has 18 listings and Spruce St has 15 once you combine the two spellings, with 2 more on Walnut St. Civic Center Blvd is a hospital campus address, so a good part of this count sits inside institutions rather than in separate street level offices.
Ownership runs 31 individual practitioners to 4 organizations, and only 12 of the 35 were registered before 2010, the earliest in 2006. A high share of individually registered clinicians at a small number of addresses, most of them registered relatively recently, is the signature of a teaching and hospital setting.
None of that makes the listings less real. It just means the number 35 does not translate into 35 places you can call for a check up.
- 35 practices, all in ZIP code 19104
- 17 general dentists, 12 oral surgery listings
- 18 on Civic Center Blvd, 15 on Spruce St
- 31 individual practitioners, 4 organizations
How to choose between them
Start by asking what you have reached: an independent practice, a hospital department or a teaching clinic. All three exist in this ZIP code and they differ in how you book, how long visits take and how billing works. A listing alone will not tell you.
For routine care, the practical filters are the usual ones: are you taking new patients, do you take my exact plan, and when could I be seen. Ask for a written estimate before treatment beyond a check up, and ask whether a procedure is done in house or referred somewhere else.
If you need something University City does not have
Only prosthodontics is entirely missing, and the nearest listing we hold is in Bala Cynwyd about 4.3 miles away, where just 1 practice is recorded. Periodontics has a single listing here, so that may also mean traveling if the one local practice cannot take you.
For an ordinary general dentist, the surrounding neighborhoods are close and much larger. Southwest Schuylkill is 0.6 miles away with 136 practices, Powelton Village is 0.5 miles with 27, Fitler Square is 0.8 miles with 16, Grays Ferry is 0.9 miles with 8, and Graduate Hospital and Belmont each have 3 at 0.9 and 1.0 miles.
Insurance and paying
In network means a practice has agreed to your insurer's contracted fees. Out of network means treatment is still available, usually at a higher price and sometimes with a claim you file yourself. It is a commercial arrangement rather than a quality rating. Hospital and teaching settings often bill differently again, so ask exactly what you would be charged and by whom.
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 check what is left of your annual maximum. Our registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of these 35 listings have been claimed or had hours published with us, which is why claimed listings are the useful ones.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or crown, or pain that kept you awake, call early and ask plainly whether anything is available today. Because only 17 of the local listings are general practices, it is worth also having numbers from Southwest Schuylkill, which lists 136 practices just over half a mile away.
Go to an emergency room rather than a dental office if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if breathing or swallowing is difficult, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after an extraction. To search by distance rather than by neighborhood, use dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in University City?
Our directory lists 35 dental practices with a University City address, all in ZIP code 19104. Seventeen list general dentistry, 12 are oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, three are pediatric, three orthodontic, three are recorded under oral pathology, two are endodontic and one is periodontic.
Are these regular dental offices?
Some are, but 18 of the 35 listings are on Civic Center Blvd, a hospital campus address, and 31 of the 35 are individual practitioners rather than organizations. That pattern points to clinicians registered inside institutions. Ask when you call whether you are booking with an independent practice, a hospital department or a teaching clinic.
Where should I look for a regular check up?
Seventeen general dentistry listings have University City addresses, and the neighboring areas add far more. Southwest Schuylkill is 0.6 miles away with 136 listed practices and Powelton Village is 0.5 miles with 27. Fitler Square, 0.8 miles away, has 16. All of those are closer than most cross city journeys.