This guide is built only from the registry data behind those listings, which records addresses, ZIP codes, provider type and registration dates. It has no ratings in it. What it can tell you is what is genuinely here, and how short the trip is for everything that is not.
What is listed in Harbor Heights
The 31 listings fall across two ZIP codes, 98335 and 98332, and they are spread over several streets rather than one. Pioneer Way has the largest group with 8. Stinson Ave has 6, Kimball Dr has 4, and Skansie Ave and Wollochet Dr have 2 each.
Eighteen listings are registered to individual practitioners and 13 to organizations. The names run from Alain R Flores, DDS and Debra M Enneking, DDS to entities such as Affordable Dental INC. That split describes how the registration is held rather than the size or standard of the practice.
Seventeen of the 31 were registered before 2010, and the oldest goes back to 2005. So a small majority have held the same registration at the same address for fifteen years or more.
- 31 practices listed, from 110 across Gig Harbor
- 29 general dentistry, 2 dental clinics, one orthodontist
- 8 on Pioneer Way, 6 on Stinson Ave, 4 on Kimball Dr
- Two ZIP codes, 98335 and 98332
- 18 individual practitioners, 13 organizations
- 17 registered before 2010, oldest in 2005
How to choose between them
This is about as close to a pure general dentistry neighborhood as the data gets. Twenty nine of the 31 listings cover exams, cleanings, fillings, crowns and simple extractions, which is most of ordinary dental life, and 29 options is plenty of choice for that.
So choose on how a practice runs rather than on what it offers. Ask whether you will see the same dentist every visit, how far ahead routine cleanings are booked, and what happens if you call with pain and no appointment. Ask too whether they will put recommended treatment in writing.
None of the 31 have a website or opening hours recorded in the registry, so all of that is a phone call. Use it to confirm they are accepting new patients and are in network for your plan.
If you need something Harbor Heights does not have
Five specialties have no listing here, but four of them are barely a journey. Pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery are all available elsewhere in Gig Harbor about 0.3 miles away, with 7, 4, 2 and 4 practices respectively. Prosthodontics is the exception and means going to Tacoma, 8.8 miles out, where 9 practices are listed.
For general care the nearest neighborhoods are close. Midway has 53 practices at 1.3 miles, considerably more than Harbor Heights itself, and Shore Acres has 8 at 1.1 miles.
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 is calculated from a discounted fee. Out of network means no agreement, and you may owe the difference between the fee charged and what your plan allows.
For anything beyond an exam and cleaning, ask for a written estimate with the procedure codes listed and have your plan pre authorize it before treatment starts.
These listings come from a federal provider registry that holds names, addresses, credentials and specialty codes. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance networks. That is why a claimed listing matters, since claiming is how a practice adds those details itself. None of the 31 in Harbor Heights 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 Pioneer Way and Stinson Ave and ask directly for same day care. With no hours published anywhere here, phoning down the list is the only way to find out who has room today.
Some symptoms need an emergency room rather than a dentist. Go to the ER if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if you have trouble breathing or swallowing, if there is fever alongside facial swelling, or if bleeding will not stop after an extraction or injury.
If nothing local can see you, search outward by distance at dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Harbor Heights?
There are 31 dental practices listed in Harbor Heights, out of 110 across Gig Harbor. Twenty nine of them are general dentistry, with 2 dental clinics and a single orthodontist. They fall across two ZIP codes, 98335 and 98332, spread over Pioneer Way, Stinson Ave, Kimball Dr and a few other streets.
Where is the nearest specialist to Harbor Heights?
Very close for most specialties. Pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery are all elsewhere in Gig Harbor about 0.3 miles away, with 7, 4, 2 and 4 listings. Only prosthodontics requires a real trip, to Tacoma about 8.8 miles away, where 9 practices are listed.
Which nearby neighborhood has the most dentists?
Midway, about 1.3 miles away, has 53 listed practices, which is considerably more than Harbor Heights itself. Shore Acres is closer at 1.1 miles but smaller, with 8 listings. Between the three of them there is a large pool of general dentists inside about a mile and a half.