Most of those listings are general dentistry, with three specialties missing. This guide covers what the registry records, how to choose between practices, where to go for what is not here, and what to check on cost and urgent care.
The thirty listings
Twenty four of the 30 listings are general dentistry and 2 are dental clinics. The specialist entries are three orthodontics, one endodontics and one pediatric dentistry. Practices can hold more than one registration, so those numbers describe the care available rather than counting separate offices.
Johnnie Dodds Blvd carries 14 of the listings, with one more recorded under a variant spelling. Queensborough Blvd has 8, Bowman Rd has 5 and Mathis Ferry Rd has 1. Everything falls inside a single ZIP code, so the whole set is compact and easy to compare.
Twenty of the listings are registered to individual practitioners and 10 to organizations. Nineteen of the 30 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration in the neighborhood dates to 2006.
- 30 practices, 24 of them general dentistry
- 14 listings on Johnnie Dodds Blvd
- One ZIP code, 29464
- 20 individual practitioners, 10 organizations
- 19 registered before 2010
Choosing between them
With 24 general practices and only a handful of specialists, the dentist you register with will be handling most of your care and arranging the rest. Ask what they treat in house, since some general dentists carry out simple extractions and root canals themselves, and ask who they refer to for everything else.
Then compare the practical points: how far ahead routine appointments book, whether the same dentist sees you each visit, and how a call about sudden pain is handled. Two thirds of the listings here belong to individual practitioners, which often means smaller practices, though the registry records registrations rather than staffing, so confirm when you call.
Three gaps, all within two miles
Periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics have no listing in Lake Hunter Commons. All three are nearest elsewhere in Mount Pleasant, about 2.0 miles away, with 9 periodontics practices, 8 oral surgery practices and 5 prosthodontics practices recorded there. None of that is a long trip.
The neighboring areas are small. Moss Park is 0.7 miles away with 7 listed practices and Sea Island Hamlet is 1.2 miles away with 7. Mathis Ferry Court has 6 at 1.1 miles, Wakendaw Lakes has 5 at 1.1 miles, and Green Hill Park and I'On each have 4, at 0.4 and 0.9 miles. For a second opinion, the wider town is the better bet.
Paying, and what these listings do not show
The registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 30 practices in Lake Hunter Commons has claimed its listing or published a website or hours through it, so nothing here indicates price or availability. Claimed listings are how a practice adds that, which is why they matter when you are choosing.
Ask on the phone whether they are in network for your exact plan rather than for the insurer generally, since one company usually runs several networks. Ask for a written estimate before treatment, with procedure codes, the practice fee, the expected plan payment and your share. Check how much of your annual maximum is left, and ask whether large work can be split across two benefit years.
- Confirm the network for your specific plan
- Ask for a written estimate before treatment
- Check what remains of your annual maximum
- Ask whether treatment can be staged across two years
If it is urgent
For same day pain, call early and ask for an emergency appointment rather than the next routine slot. With 14 practices on Johnnie Dodds Blvd and 30 listings in the neighborhood in total, a few calls will usually turn something up, and Mount Pleasant as a whole has 198. To search by distance from where you are, use dentist directory.
Some symptoms need an emergency room instead of a dental office. Go straight 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. A knocked out adult tooth should be held by the crown, kept in milk or saliva, and seen within the hour.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Lake Hunter Commons?
Thirty dental practices are listed in Lake Hunter Commons, all inside ZIP code 29464. Twenty four are general dentistry, two are dental clinics, three are orthodontics, one is endodontics and one is pediatric dentistry. Mount Pleasant as a whole has 198 listed practices, so about one in seven sits here.
Where is the nearest oral surgeon to Lake Hunter Commons?
No oral and maxillofacial surgery practice is listed in the neighborhood. The nearest eight are elsewhere in Mount Pleasant, about 2.0 miles away. That covers wisdom teeth, difficult extractions and jaw surgery. Your general dentist can refer you and send the relevant X-rays with the referral.
Is there a pediatric dentist in Lake Hunter Commons?
One pediatric dentistry practice is listed in the neighborhood, along with three orthodontics practices. Many of the 24 general dentists here will also see children. The registry does not record which practices take new pediatric patients or from what age, so it is worth calling ahead before booking.