This is a general dentistry neighborhood. Thirty-two of the 34 listings report general dentistry, 3 are dental clinics and there is a single endodontist. Every other specialty means a short trip elsewhere in Spokane.
What is listed in the Garland District
Thirty-two of the 34 listings report general dentistry as their primary specialty, 3 are registered as dental clinics and 1 is an endodontist. No other dental specialty has an address in the district.
The addresses group onto a few streets. N Maple St has 17 listings, N Ash St has 9 with 1 more recorded under a fuller address form, and W Garland Ave has 4 with 1 more entered as W Garland Avenue.
Twenty-three listings are registered to an individual dentist and 11 to an organization. Twenty-two of the 34 were registered before 2010, and the oldest registration here dates to 2005, so most of these practices have been listed at the same address for a long time.
How to choose between them
With 32 general dentists and 3 clinics, routine care is easy to arrange without leaving the district. Exams, cleanings, fillings, crowns and many extractions all happen in general practice.
Because specialist coverage is almost absent, the referral question matters more than usual. Ask a prospective dentist who they refer to for gum treatment, extractions, braces and children's care, and how far away those practices are. Everything you need is about 1.4 miles away, so the answers should be manageable.
The tilt toward individual registrations suggests many practices built around a named dentist, which usually means continuity of care. Ask how urgent problems are handled when that dentist is away.
- Ask who the practice refers to and where.
- Ask whether root canals and extractions are done in house.
- Check which of the three main streets the practice is on.
If you need something the Garland District does not have
Five specialties have no listing here: orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. In every case the nearest listings are elsewhere in Spokane, about 1.4 miles away. The wider city has 33 orthodontic listings, 23 in oral surgery, 16 pediatric, 11 in periodontics and 6 in prosthodontics.
None of that is far, so the gaps are more of an inconvenience than an obstacle, and many general dentists here will see children and handle simpler extractions themselves.
Nearby neighborhoods add some general choice. Audubon / Downriver is 0.9 miles away with 6 listings, Five Mile Prairie 1.6 miles with 19 and Nevada Heights 1.6 miles with 28. Balboa / South Indian Trail has 5 at 1.7 miles, Garfield 11 and Northwest 8 at 1.8 miles.
Insurance and paying
Ask whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, not just whether it accepts your insurer. Plans from the same company can be contracted differently, and out of network work usually leaves you paying more.
For anything beyond an exam and cleaning, ask for a written estimate that lists each procedure code, the practice's fee, the expected insurance payment and your share. Ask before treatment starts.
Our listings come from the national provider registry, which holds only name, address and reported specialty. There are no fees, no opening hours and no insurance details in it. In the Garland District, none of the 34 listings has a published website or published hours. That is why claimed listings matter: claiming a page is how a practice publishes what the registry never carried.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or crown, or pain that has kept you awake, call the general practices nearest you and ask specifically whether they hold same day emergency slots. With 32 general dentists and 3 clinics listed, and 17 of all listings on N Maple St, several calls can be made quickly.
Go to an emergency room rather than a dentist if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down into your neck, if you have any difficulty breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop under steady pressure.
If nothing local can see you, search by distance from your location at dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in the Garland District?
Our directory lists 34 dental practices with Garland District addresses, all in ZIP code 99205. Thirty-two report general dentistry as their primary specialty, 3 are registered as dental clinics and 1 is an endodontist. No other dental specialty has a listing in the district.
Where do I go for braces or a pediatric dentist near the Garland District?
Both mean a short trip. Orthodontics and pediatric dentistry have no listing in the district, and the nearest are elsewhere in Spokane, about 1.4 miles away, where 33 orthodontic and 16 pediatric dental practices are registered. Many local general dentists also see children routinely.
Which street has the most dentists in the Garland District?
N Maple St, with 17 of the 34 listings. N Ash St has 9, plus one more recorded under a fuller address form, and W Garland Ave has 4 with one entered as W Garland Avenue. Those three streets hold nearly every dental address in the district.