Finding a good dentist in Bell, California starts with the numbers: the Dental.me directory lists 28 practices here, 15 of them carry a public rating, and those rated offices average 4.51 stars across the city. This guide ranks the highest-scoring practices, shows how the field distributes, and points you toward nearby specialty care.
What the Bell directory records
Bell sits in the Gateway Cities of southeastern Los Angeles County, a compact city of roughly two and a half square miles wedged between the Los Angeles River and the 710 freeway. Inside that small footprint, the Dental.me directory tracks 28 dental practices. Of those 28, 15 carry a public star rating; the remaining 13 appear in the directory without enough rating signal to score. The 15 rated offices average 4.51 stars, and together the rated field has accumulated 1,292 reviews.
Those four numbers — 28 listed, 15 rated, 4.51 average, 1,292 reviews — are the backbone of every recommendation below, and they are worth holding in mind because a citywide average can hide a wide spread between the strongest and weakest offices. Because Bell is geographically small and hemmed in by neighboring Gateway cities, the practical search area for most residents extends only a few blocks past the city line. This guide treats the 28 Bell listings as the core and then points to the surrounding directories where the field widens.
How Bell’s rated practices distribute
Averages flatten detail, so the more useful view is the rating band. Of the 15 rated Bell practices, 7 sit at 4.8 stars or higher, 3 land in the 4.5 to 4.79 range, 4 fall between 4.0 and 4.49, and a single office scores below 4.0. That shape matters: nearly half of the rated field clears the 4.8 line, which is why Bell’s citywide 4.51 average holds up despite one low outlier pulling it down.
The takeaway for a searcher is that the top tier in Bell is genuinely crowded — seven practices at 4.8-plus is a lot of good options for a city this size — but that four of the fifteen rated offices sit in the merely-adequate 4.0 to 4.49 band, and one sits below it. Knowing which band a practice falls into before you call keeps your shortlist near the top of the range.
The highest-rated dentists in Bell
Ranked by star rating, then by review count, here are the six most visible practices in the Bell directory. Each name links to its full profile on the Bell hub.
| Practice | Rating | Reviews | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yang H Kim DDS Inc | 4.9 | 435 | View profile |
| Maia Montoya | 4.9 | 95 | View profile |
| Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc | 4.8 | 300 | View profile |
| Leila Hakim | 4.8 | 88 | View profile |
| Mojdeh Fatemi, DDS, a Professional Corporation | 4.8 | 81 | View profile |
| GS Castillo DDS Dental Corporation | 4.7 | 50 | View profile |
A few of these deserve a closer look. Yang H Kim DDS Inc leads the city on both axes at once: a 4.9 rating built on 435 reviews, by far the largest review base in Bell and more than a third of the city’s entire 1,292-review total. Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc is the second-heaviest by volume with 300 reviews at 4.8 stars, so between those two offices alone you have 735 of Bell’s recorded reviews. Maia Montoya matches the top 4.9 rating on a smaller 95-review base, while Leila Hakim and Mojdeh Fatemi, DDS both hold 4.8 stars in the 80-to-90 review range. GS Castillo DDS Dental Corporation rounds out the list at 4.7 stars on 50 reviews. Rating and review count measure different things — one is the average experience, the other is how many people have weighed in — so reading them together tells you more than either number alone.
What the Dental.me Score reflects
Every rating you see in the Bell directory feeds an independent Dental.me Score. The Score is earned, never purchased — it weighs a practice’s star rating, the volume of reviews behind that rating, and whether the office’s details are confirmed, among other signals. Only Featured placement can be paid for, and paying for it does not lift a practice’s Score. For Bell, that means the seven offices in the 4.8-plus band earned their positions through public rating and review history, not through any paid arrangement. When you compare Yang H Kim DDS Inc’s 435-review, 4.9-star profile against a practice with a similar rating but a fraction of the reviews, the Score is doing exactly what it is built to do: rewarding a strong rating that a large number of people have confirmed.
Reading a rating and a review count together
The most common mistake in a directory like Bell’s is to sort by star rating and stop reading. Because seven offices share the 4.8-and-up band, the rating alone cannot separate them; the review count is the tie-breaker that shows how settled each score is. Consider the spread among Bell’s own top six: 435, 300, 95, 88, 81, and 50 reviews. A 4.9 that 435 people have rated is a different weight of evidence than a 4.9 that 95 people have rated — both are strong, but one has been tested far more times. When two Bell practices sit close on rating, let the deeper review base break the tie; when a lighter-volume office holds a top score, treat it as promising but less proven. Applied to Bell, that logic puts Yang H Kim DDS Inc and Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc at the front of the queue, with Maia Montoya’s matching 4.9 close behind on a smaller sample.
Website listings across the Bell field
Of the 28 practices in the directory, 11 have a website URL on file and 17 do not. A website is not a quality signal in itself, but it changes how you research an office before booking: for the 11 with a URL you can often confirm services, hours, and insurance online, while for the other 17 your first contact will typically be a phone call.
If online research matters to you, start with the 11 Bell practices that list a site. If you are comfortable calling, the 17 without a URL on file are not disqualified — the directory simply has no website recorded for them, which says nothing about the care.
Review volume tells its own story
Bell’s 1,292 reviews are not spread evenly. The chart below ranks the six leading practices by how many reviews each has drawn.
The concentration is striking: Yang H Kim DDS Inc alone accounts for 435 reviews and Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc for 300, so the two busiest offices hold more than half of the reviews attached to the entire top-six list. A larger review base means a star rating rests on more data points, which is worth weighing alongside the rating itself when a practice’s score and its volume both sit near the top.
Cosmetic and whitening options in Bell
Beyond general care, the Bell directory tags practices by specialty. Two specialties are represented here: cosmetic dentistry, listed by 6 practices, and teeth whitening, also listed by 6 practices.
If you are searching for cosmetic dentistry in Bell or teeth whitening in Bell, those specialty pages narrow the 28-practice directory down to the offices that list the service. With six practices in each category, Bell has a workable set of options for elective and cosmetic work without leaving the city.
Looking just past the Bell city line
Because Bell is small and surrounded by other Gateway cities, widening your search by even a mile adds a lot of options. The directories for the bordering communities pick up where Bell’s 28 listings end: Maywood and Bell Gardens sit directly against Bell, and Huntington Park, Cudahy, and Lynwood are all within a short drive. If none of the seven top-tier Bell offices fit your schedule or insurance, those neighboring directories are the logical next stop.
A step-by-step way to shortlist in Bell
With 28 listings and a top tier that clusters tightly, a repeatable process beats scrolling. Here is one way to move from the full Bell directory to a two- or three-office shortlist using only the figures in this guide.
- Start at the top band. Seven of Bell’s fifteen rated practices score 4.8 or higher. Begin there rather than with all 28, and treat the single sub-4.0 office and the four in the 4.0-to-4.49 band as second-tier unless something specific draws you to them.
- Weigh the review count next. A 4.9 on 435 reviews and a 4.9 on 95 reviews are both excellent, but the first rests on far more feedback. Yang H Kim DDS Inc and Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc carry the two deepest review bases in Bell, at 435 and 300; if you value a heavily-confirmed score, they lead.
- Check for a website URL. Eleven of the 28 practices have a site on file. If you prefer to read about services and insurance before calling, prioritize those eleven; if you are ready to phone, the seventeen without a URL on file are still open to you.
- Match the specialty. If you want cosmetic work or whitening, jump straight to the six practices that list each service rather than calling every office in the city.
- Keep a fallback ready. If none of the seven top-tier Bell offices fits your schedule or insurance, the neighboring Gateway directories add options within a mile.
None of these steps trades the data for guesswork. Every figure — the seven-office top band, the 435-review leader, the eleven websites, the six-and-six specialty split — comes straight from Bell’s own directory, which is what makes a shortlist built this way defensible rather than a hunch.
Putting it together
To find a good dentist in Bell, work from the data rather than the map. Start with the full Bell directory and the ranked table above: seven of the fifteen rated practices score 4.8 or higher, and the two largest — Yang H Kim DDS Inc and Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc — combine a top rating with by far the deepest review histories in the city. Check whether your shortlisted office is one of the 11 with a website on file, decide whether cosmetic or whitening care is part of what you need, and keep the neighboring Gateway directories in reserve. With 28 listed practices, a 4.51 average, and a top tier this deep, Bell rewards a searcher who reads the numbers before picking up the phone.
Frequently asked questions
How many dentists are in Bell, CA?
The Dental.me directory lists 28 dental practices in Bell. Of those, 15 carry a public star rating, and the rated offices average 4.51 stars across 1,292 total reviews.
Which is the highest-rated dentist in Bell?
Yang H Kim DDS Inc and Maia Montoya both hold the top 4.9 rating in Bell. Yang H Kim DDS Inc rests on a far deeper base of 435 reviews, versus 95 for Maia Montoya.
Which Bell dental practice has the most reviews?
Yang H Kim DDS Inc leads with 435 reviews at 4.9 stars, followed by Zainab Ali Rubaie DDS Inc with 300 at 4.8. Together those two hold more than half of the top six’s reviews.
How many Bell dentists offer cosmetic dentistry or whitening?
Six practices list cosmetic dentistry and six list teeth whitening in the Bell directory. The specialty pages narrow the 28 listings down to the offices that offer each service.
Do Bell dental offices have websites?
Eleven of the 28 listed Bell practices have a website URL on file; the other 17 do not. A missing URL is only a note about the directory record, not a statement about the office.
What cities near Bell should I also check?
Bordering Maywood and Bell Gardens, plus nearby Huntington Park, Cudahy, and Lynwood, each have their own Dental.me directory within a short drive of Bell.
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