That distance is the thing to keep in mind throughout. The nearest neighboring areas with listings are several miles off, so the practices here matter more than they would elsewhere. Below is what the registry records, how to choose, and what to check on cost and urgent care.
What is listed in Clear Lake City
Twenty seven of the 41 listings are general dentistry and 2 are dental clinics. The specialist entries are five orthodontics, four pediatric dentistry, two prosthodontics, two periodontics and one oral and maxillofacial surgery. Practices can hold more than one registration, so those numbers describe the care available rather than counting separate offices.
El Camino Real and Bay Area Blvd carry 14 listings each, which between them is more than two thirds of the area. Gemini St has 5, Hercules Ave has 2 and Hercules Dr has 1. Everything sits inside a single ZIP code, so comparing practices does not involve much travel.
Thirty two of the listings are registered to individual practitioners and 9 to organizations. Twenty three of the 41 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration in the area dates to 2006.
- 41 practices, 27 of them general dentistry
- 14 listings each on El Camino Real and Bay Area Blvd
- One ZIP code, 77058
- 32 individual practitioners, 9 organizations
- 23 registered before 2010
Choosing when the alternatives are far away
Because the next neighborhoods with listings are 5.7 miles away and further, it is worth choosing carefully rather than settling on the first practice with an opening. Ask how far ahead routine appointments book, whether the same dentist sees you each visit, and how they fit in a patient who calls in pain, since driving elsewhere is not a quick option here.
Ask too what the practice handles in house. With five orthodontics and four pediatric listings locally, families are reasonably well served without traveling. Only one oral surgery listing exists here, so extractions of wisdom teeth may involve a wait or a longer trip. Settle those questions before you need the answer.
The one gap, and how far the neighbors are
Endodontics is the only specialty with no listing in Clear Lake City. The nearest practices are in Webster, about 0.9 miles away, where 8 are recorded. That is much closer than any of the neighboring Houston areas, so a root canal referral is the easiest trip on this page.
Everything else is a drive. Humble Camp is 5.7 miles away with 5 listed practices, Edgebrook is 9.2 miles away with 8 and East Haven is 9.7 miles away with 10. Park Place has 35 at 13.3 miles, Golfcrest has 15 at 14.0 miles and Skyscraper Shadows has 3 at 10.3 miles. For a second opinion, Webster is the practical option.
Cost and what the registry does not hold
This registry carries no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 41 practices in Clear Lake City has claimed its listing or published a website or hours through it. So the directory is a reliable record of who is registered at which address and nothing more. Claimed listings are how practices fill that in.
Ask when you call whether they are 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. Given the distances, also ask how many visits a course of treatment will take.
- Confirm the network for your specific plan
- Ask for a written estimate before treatment
- Ask how many appointments the treatment needs
- Check what remains of your annual maximum
Urgent care at this distance
Same day pain is where the 25 mile distance from central Houston really tells. Call early, say plainly that you are in pain, and work through the 41 local numbers before considering a longer drive. Webster, 0.9 miles away, is the nearest alternative. To search by distance from where you are, use dentist directory.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dental office, and that decision should not wait. 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 kept in milk or saliva, held by the crown, and seen within the hour.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Clear Lake City?
Forty one dental practices are listed in Clear Lake City, all inside ZIP code 77058. Twenty seven are general dentistry, five are orthodontics, four are pediatric dentistry, two are prosthodontics, two are periodontics, one is oral and maxillofacial surgery and two are dental clinics. Houston as a whole has 4,448 listed practices.
Where do I go for a root canal from Clear Lake City?
Endodontics is the one specialty with no listing here. The nearest eight practices are in Webster, about 0.9 miles away, which is closer than any neighboring Houston area. Many general dentists also treat straightforward root canals themselves, so ask your own practice before arranging a referral.
How far is Clear Lake City from other dental practices?
Further than most neighborhoods. The area sits about 25 miles from the center of Houston, and the nearest listed neighborhoods are Humble Camp at 5.7 miles with five practices and Edgebrook at 9.2 miles with eight. Webster, at 0.9 miles, is the closest alternative for specialist care.