The listings are spread across several roads rather than piled onto one, and the specialty mix is wide but thin. Everything below comes from the registry records, which hold counts, specialties, streets and ZIP codes but nothing on fees, hours or insurance.
What is listed in Lamar Terrace
General dentistry is recorded against 30 listings. There are also 4 dental clinics, 3 in prosthodontics, 2 in endodontics, 2 in orofacial pain, 2 in orthodontics, one in periodontics and one in pediatric dentistry. One practice holds two registrations, so those counts total 45 against 44 practices.
Richmond Ave and Westheimer Rd have 9 practices each. Sage Rd has 5, Winsome Ln has 4 and Augusta Dr has 3. No single street dominates, so it is worth checking the exact address rather than assuming one road is the local dental strip. The neighborhood covers two ZIP codes, 77056 and 77057.
Twenty-six are registered as individual practitioners and 18 as organizations. Twenty-two of the 44 have been registered since before 2010, and the earliest registration here dates to 2006.
- 44 practices, 30 recorded as general dentistry
- Richmond Ave and Westheimer Rd have 9 each
- ZIP codes 77056 and 77057
- 22 of the 44 registered before 2010
How to choose between them
With 30 general dentistry listings across two ZIP codes and five main roads, location genuinely does narrow things here, unlike in neighborhoods where everything sits on one street. Pick the road that suits your journey first.
The two orofacial pain listings are worth knowing about. That specialty deals with jaw joint problems, chronic facial pain and headaches connected to the bite, and most neighborhoods have no local option at all.
Otherwise the specialties are present but thin: 3 in prosthodontics, 2 each in endodontics and orthodontics, and one each in periodontics and pediatric dentistry. Enough to try locally, not enough to compare. The near even split between 26 individual practitioners and 18 organizations means both small practices and larger ones are available.
If you need something Lamar Terrace does not have
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the one missing specialty. The nearest listings are elsewhere in Houston, about 2.3 miles away, and there are a great many: 176 practices are recorded. Wisdom teeth and surgical extractions will mean a short trip, but choice will not be the problem.
For more general dentists nearby, Gulfton is 2.0 miles away with 57 practices and Uptown is 1.2 miles away with 55, both considerably larger than Lamar Terrace. Weslayan Plaza has 26 at 1.9 miles, Highland Village has 18 at 1.6 miles, Afton Oaks has 8 at 1.0 miles and Royden Oaks has 3 at 2.0 miles.
Uptown is the closest of the large ones, so it is the sensible first place to widen a search.
Insurance and paying
In network versus out of network is what shapes your bill more than anything else. In network means the practice and your insurer have agreed rates and your share is fixed in advance. Out of network means the practice sets its own fee and the plan pays part of it, or nothing.
Confirm network status with your insurer rather than the practice, then ask for a written estimate before treatment starts. It should list the procedure codes, the fee for each, the expected insurance payment and the balance you owe on the day.
Our listings are built from public registry data. That registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information for any practice. In Lamar Terrace, one of the 44 listings has a published website, none has published hours on record, and none has been claimed by its owner. Claiming a listing is how a practice adds the rest of that detail.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that painkillers are not managing, call the general dentists on Richmond Ave and Westheimer Rd and ask outright for a same day appointment. Say what happened and when, because practices decide urgency from what you tell them.
Certain symptoms need a hospital emergency room rather than a dentist. Go there if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if breathing or swallowing has become difficult, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If nothing local is free, search by distance at dentist directory and try Uptown, 1.2 miles away with 55 listings.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Lamar Terrace, Houston?
Our directory lists 44 dental practices in Lamar Terrace, out of 4,448 across Houston. Thirty are recorded under general dentistry. There are also 4 dental clinics, 3 prosthodontics, 2 endodontics, 2 orofacial pain, 2 orthodontics, one periodontics and one pediatric dentistry listing.
Where is the nearest oral surgeon to Lamar Terrace?
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the only specialty with no listing in Lamar Terrace. The nearest recorded practices are elsewhere in Houston, about 2.3 miles away, where the directory holds 176. That is a short trip with a very large pool of options at the end of it.
Which streets in Lamar Terrace have dentists?
Richmond Ave and Westheimer Rd have 9 practices each, Sage Rd has 5, Winsome Ln has 4 and Augusta Dr has 3. No single road dominates here, so checking the exact address matters. The neighborhood covers two ZIP codes, 77056 and 77057.