Almost every listing is on the same road, and three common specialties are missing. This guide covers what the registry records, how to choose between practices, where to go for the gaps, and what to check on cost and urgent care.
Thirty five listings, one road
Twenty six of the 35 listings are general dentistry and 4 are dental clinics. The specialist entries are three orthodontics, one periodontics and one prosthodontics. Practices can hold more than one registration, so those numbers describe the range of care available rather than counting separate offices.
The addresses are remarkably concentrated. Dairy Ashford St has 16 listings, Dairy Ashford Rd has 12 and a further 4 are recorded simply as Dairy Ashford, which is 32 of the 35 along one route. Memorial Dr has 2 and N Eldridge Pkwy has 1.
Twenty two of the listings are registered to individual practitioners and 13 to organizations. Twenty four of the 35 were registered before 2010, a high share, and the oldest registration in the area dates to 2006.
- 35 practices, 26 of them general dentistry
- 32 of the 35 listings are on Dairy Ashford
- One ZIP code, 77079
- 22 individual practitioners, 13 organizations
- 24 registered before 2010
How to choose
With almost everything on one road, comparing practices in person is unusually easy. The questions that separate them are practical: how far ahead do routine appointments book, will you see the same dentist each visit, and what happens when a patient calls in pain on a busy morning.
Ask too what the practice treats in house. Only five of these listings are specialist, so most referrals will send you elsewhere. A general dentist who does simple extractions or root canals themselves saves you those trips, and one with a settled referral relationship saves you arranging things yourself. Twenty four of these listings predate 2010, so many have been at the same address a long time.
Three specialties are elsewhere in Houston
Pediatric dentistry, endodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery have no listing in Woods on Memorial. All three are nearest elsewhere in Houston, about 9.1 miles away, where there is no shortage of choice: 246 pediatric practices, 176 oral surgery practices and 121 endodontics practices are recorded. The distance is real, so plan around it.
For general care closer to home, Westwick is 1.1 miles away with 21 listed practices and Nottingham Forest is 0.6 miles away with 14. Energy Corridor has 8 at 0.3 miles, Westchester has 6 at 0.5 miles, Ashford Forest has 6 at 1.1 miles and Yorkshire has 4 at 1.1 miles. Those are the closest places for a second opinion.
Paying, and what these listings do not include
The registry holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information. None of the 35 practices in Woods on Memorial has claimed its listing or published a website or hours through it, so nothing on this page indicates price or availability. Claimed listings are how a practice adds that detail, which is why they matter.
That leaves the phone. Ask whether they are in network for the exact plan you hold rather than for your insurer generally, since one company usually runs several networks. Ask for a written estimate before treatment, with procedure codes, the fee, the expected plan payment and your share. If you are being referred nine miles across the city, ask whether that practice is in network too.
- Confirm the network for your specific plan
- Ask for a written estimate before treatment
- Check the referral practice's network status as well
- Ask what remains of your annual maximum
If it is urgent
For same day pain, call early and ask for an emergency appointment rather than the next routine slot. With 32 practices along Dairy Ashford and 21 more listed 1.1 miles away in Westwick, several calls should find someone without a long drive. 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 you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, 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 Woods on Memorial?
Thirty five dental practices are listed in Woods on Memorial, all inside ZIP code 77079. Twenty six are general dentistry, four are dental clinics, three are orthodontics, one is periodontics and one is prosthodontics. Houston as a whole has 4,448 listed practices, of which these 35 sit about 9.1 miles from the center.
Where is the nearest pediatric dentist to Woods on Memorial?
No pediatric dentistry practice is listed in the area. The nearest are elsewhere in Houston, about 9.1 miles away, where 246 are recorded. Many of the 26 general dentists here will also see children, so ask your own practice what ages they treat before arranging a trip across the city.
Why are so many dentists on Dairy Ashford?
Thirty two of the 35 listings in Woods on Memorial share a Dairy Ashford address, recorded variously as Dairy Ashford St, Dairy Ashford Rd and Dairy Ashford. Only Memorial Dr, with two, and N Eldridge Pkwy, with one, appear otherwise. That makes visiting several practices for consultations unusually straightforward.