Everything here comes from the registry records behind those listings, which cover addresses, ZIP codes, provider type and registration dates. There are no rankings. What there is instead is a clear account of what is within a few streets and what is a mile away.
What is listed in Fairchester
All 36 listings sit in one ZIP code, 22030, and three roads carry most of them. Main St has 11 and Fairfax Blvd has 12 once you include one entry filed as Fairfax Bulvard, a misspelling of the same road in the registry. Lee Hwy has 9 and Walnut St has 2.
Twenty listings are registered to individual practitioners and 16 to organizations. Some dentists appear in both forms, as with Arnold S Fariello, DDS and Arnold S. Fariello, DDS PC, so the number of listings runs slightly ahead of the number of separate offices.
Twenty of the 36 were registered before 2010, and the oldest dates to 2006. So a small majority have held the same registration at the same address for fifteen years or more.
- 36 practices listed, from 413 across Fairfax
- 28 general dentistry, 8 specialist or clinic listings
- 12 on Fairfax Blvd, 11 on Main St, 9 on Lee Hwy
- One ZIP code, 22030
- 20 individual practitioners, 16 organizations
- 20 registered before 2010, oldest in 2006
How to choose between them
Four periodontic listings in a neighborhood of 36 is better coverage than most, which matters if you have been told you have gum disease and want a second opinion rather than a single option.
For routine care there are 28 general dentistry listings across three roads. Ask whether you see the same dentist each visit, how far ahead cleanings are booked, and whether the practice will put recommended treatment in writing and say what is urgent.
Orthodontics has a single listing, and pediatric dentistry and oral surgery have two each, so those are worth calling early rather than assuming availability. None of the 36 publish a website or opening hours in the registry, so all of this happens by phone.
If you need something Fairchester does not have
Two specialties have no listing here. Endodontics and prosthodontics both point elsewhere in Fairfax, about 1 mile away, where there are 11 endodontic listings and 9 prosthodontic. That is about as short a gap as a missing specialty can produce.
The neighborhoods around are close and well supplied. Ardmore has 27 practices at 0.7 miles and Random Hills has 26 at the same distance. Fairfax Woods has 16 at 1 mile and Lord Fairfax Estates has 13 at 1 mile. Green Acres has 4 at 1.1 miles and Kiels Gardens has 3 at 1.1.
Insurance and paying
Network status decides most of what you pay. In network means the practice has agreed rates with your plan, so your share comes off a discounted fee. Out of network means no agreement, and you can be left covering the difference between the fee charged and what your plan allows.
For periodontal treatment, which often runs over several appointments, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes covering the whole course rather than the first visit, and have your plan pre authorize it.
These listings are built from a federal provider registry recording names, addresses, credentials and specialty codes. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance networks. That is why claimed listings matter, since claiming is how a practice adds those details itself. None of the 36 in Fairchester have been claimed so far.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost crown or filling, or pain that is getting worse, call the general dentistry listings on Main St, Fairfax Blvd and Lee Hwy and ask directly for same day care. With no hours published anywhere here, the phone is the only way to find out who has an opening.
Certain symptoms mean an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to the ER if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if breathing or swallowing is becoming difficult, if you have a fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop.
If nobody nearby can take you today, search outward by distance at dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Fairchester, Fairfax?
There are 36 dental practices listed in Fairchester, out of 413 across Fairfax. Twenty eight are general dentistry. The other eight are 4 periodontists, 2 oral and maxillofacial surgeons, 2 pediatric dentists, one orthodontist and one dental clinic. All of them sit in ZIP code 22030.
Where is the nearest endodontist to Fairchester?
There is no endodontic listing inside the neighborhood, but there are 11 elsewhere in Fairfax about a mile away. Prosthodontics is the other gap, with 9 listings at the same distance. Given how short that trip is, neither absence should cause you much difficulty.
Which streets have the most Fairchester dentists?
Fairfax Blvd has 12 of the 36 listings once the entry misspelled as Fairfax Bulvard is counted with it. Main St has 11 and Lee Hwy has 9, so those three roads hold the large majority. Walnut St has 2 more, and all of them fall in ZIP code 22030.