This guide uses only the registry data behind those listings, which records addresses, ZIP codes, provider type and registration dates. There are no ratings here. What there is instead is a straight account of what is available locally and the one thing that is not.
What is listed in Mount Vista
The concentration is as tight as it gets. All 43 listings sit in one ZIP code, 98686, and all 43 are on the same road, NE 20th Ave, once you count the single entry filed as NE 20th Avenue with the 42 filed as NE 20th Ave. No other street appears in the data at all.
Twenty seven listings are registered to individual practitioners and 16 to organizations. Names range from Alvin S Watanabe, DMD and Craig W Wong, DMD to entities such as Access Dental Plan. That split describes the registration rather than the size or standard of the practice.
Twenty six of the 43 were registered before 2010, and the oldest goes back to 2005. So around 60 percent have held the same registration at the same address for fifteen years or more.
- 43 practices listed, from 549 across Vancouver
- 30 general dentistry, 13 specialist or clinic listings
- All 43 on NE 20th Ave
- One ZIP code, 98686
- 27 individual practitioners, 16 organizations
- 26 registered before 2010, oldest in 2005
How to choose between them
The mix here is broad for a neighborhood of 43. Oral and maxillofacial surgery and endodontics have 3 listings each, and pediatric dentistry, orthodontics and periodontics have 2 each, so most referrals can be handled locally with at least one alternative if the first is full.
Since every listing is on the same avenue, location tells you nothing. Choose on how a practice runs. Ask whether you see the same dentist each visit, how far ahead cleanings are booked, and whether they separate work that is urgent from work that can wait.
Only 1 of the 43 has a website recorded in the registry and only 1 has hours, so nearly all comparison happens on the phone. Confirm new patient availability and network status while you are on the call.
If you need something Mount Vista does not have
One specialty is missing: prosthodontics, which handles complex restorative and implant work. The nearest listings are elsewhere in Vancouver, about 5.8 miles away, where 6 practices are recorded. That is the one journey the neighborhood cannot save you.
For general care the nearby options are strong. Salmon Creek has 31 practices at just 0.5 miles, close to matching Mount Vista itself. Hazel Dell has 55 at 3.3 miles and Northeast Hazel Dell has 25 at 2.9. Sherwood has 4 at 1.5 miles, Green Meadows 4 at 4.5 and Walnut Grove 3 at 3.7.
Insurance and paying
Network status is the biggest single factor in 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 surgery or endodontic treatment, ask for a written estimate with procedure codes covering the whole course rather than the first appointment, 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 a claimed listing matters, since claiming is how a practice adds those details itself. None of the 43 in Mount Vista 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 NE 20th Ave and ask directly for same day care. The whole neighborhood is on one road, so working down the list is quick, and there are 3 oral surgery listings locally if the tooth needs removing.
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 nobody local can take you today, search outward by distance at dentist directory.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are listed in Mount Vista, Vancouver?
There are 43 dental practices listed in Mount Vista, out of 549 across Vancouver. Thirty are general dentistry. The other 13 are 4 dental clinics, 3 oral and maxillofacial surgeons, 3 endodontists, 2 pediatric dentists, 2 orthodontists and 2 periodontists. All of them sit in ZIP code 98686.
Are all Mount Vista dentists on the same street?
Effectively yes. All 43 listings are on NE 20th Ave, counting the single entry recorded as NE 20th Avenue with the 42 recorded as NE 20th Ave. No other street appears in the data for this neighborhood, so location will not help you narrow the list at all.
Where is the nearest prosthodontist?
Prosthodontics is the one specialty with no listing in Mount Vista. The nearest are elsewhere in Vancouver, about 5.8 miles away, where 6 practices are listed. Everything else, including oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics and pediatric dentistry, has at least two local listings.