Most of the listings are general dentists, spread over several streets rather than concentrated on one. Three specialties are missing entirely, and while that sounds serious, the rest of Houston offers them in very large numbers.
What is listed in Houston Heights
Forty seven of the 58 listings are general dentists. Also listed are 6 orthodontists, 3 pediatric dentists, 2 endodontists and 2 dental clinics.
Yale St has 14 listings, W 19th St has 11, N Shepherd Dr has 10, and Studewood St and W 20th St have 7 each. No street holds more than a quarter of the neighborhood.
Thirty four of the listings are individual practitioners and 24 are organizations. Twenty five of the 58 have held their federal registration since before 2010, with the oldest dating to 2006. None of the 58 has been claimed, and none has published a website or opening hours with us.
- 58 practices across ZIP codes 77008, 77009 and 77007
- 47 general dentists, 6 orthodontists, 3 pediatric dentists
- 14 listings on Yale St, 11 on W 19th St, 10 on N Shepherd Dr
- 34 individual practitioners, 24 organizations
How to choose between them
Forty seven general dentists is a wide field, so use geography first and pick a street you can reach easily. Then compare properly: ask when a new patient can be seen, whether your exact plan is in network, and what an initial exam with x rays costs.
The split between 34 individual practitioners and 24 organizations gives you a genuine choice of style. Individually registered dentists usually mean continuity with the same person. Organizations more often mean multiple chairs and wider hours, though you will have to ask, since none of these listings has published hours with us.
Six orthodontists and 3 pediatric dentists cover braces and children's care locally. Two endodontists means root canal referrals can also stay in the neighborhood.
If you need something this neighborhood does not have
Three specialties have no listing in Houston Heights: periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. All three are available elsewhere in Houston, about 4.1 miles away, and the numbers there are large: 176 oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, 141 periodontists and 127 prosthodontists.
So the gap is about travel rather than availability. Ask your general dentist who they refer to, and ask whether that practice takes your insurance before you book.
For more general options closer in, Old West End has 20 listed practices about 1.8 miles away, Lindale Park has 9 at 1.6 miles, and Woodland Heights and Westwood Grove have 8 each at 1.3 and 1.9 miles. Independence Heights has 7 at 1.5 miles and Silverdale has 3 at 2.0 miles.
Insurance and paying
Our listings are built from public registration data. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, and none of the 58 practices in Houston Heights has published any of it, so the page cannot tell you what anything costs.
Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan rather than with the insurer generally. The same company often runs several plans, and offices treat them differently.
For anything beyond a routine exam, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes before treatment starts and send it to your insurer for a written answer. Practices that claim their listing on this site can publish hours, prices and insurance participation themselves, which is the only route by which that information reaches this page.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, call the general practices on Yale St, W 19th St and N Shepherd Dr. Because the neighborhood is spread out, have several numbers ready and say on each call that you are in pain and can come immediately.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. 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 alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
With no oral surgeon listed in the neighborhood, an urgent surgical problem means traveling. Search by distance at dentist directory to find the closest option among Houston's 4,448 listings.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Houston Heights?
Fifty eight dental practices are listed in Houston Heights, across ZIP codes 77008, 77009 and 77007. Forty seven are general dentists, with 6 orthodontists, 3 pediatric dentists, 2 endodontists and 2 dental clinics also listed. Houston as a whole has 4,448 listed practices.
Is there an oral surgeon in Houston Heights?
No. Oral and maxillofacial surgery has no listing in the neighborhood, and neither does periodontics or prosthodontics. All three are available elsewhere in Houston, about 4.1 miles away, where 176 oral and maxillofacial surgery listings, 141 periodontists and 127 prosthodontists are recorded.
Which streets in Houston Heights have the most dentists?
Yale St has 14 listed practices, W 19th St has 11 and N Shepherd Dr has 10. Studewood St and W 20th St have 7 each. Because no street holds more than a quarter of the neighborhood, starting with the one nearest you is the quickest way to narrow the list.