Dentists in Clackamas, OR: Local Guide

Finding a good dentist in Clackamas starts with the numbers: our directory tracks 33 dental practices across the city, 15 of them carrying enough patient feedback to earn a Dental.me Score, and those rated offices average a remarkable 4.83 out of 5 — so a strong, well-reviewed match here is genuinely within reach today.

Clackamas sits just southeast of Portland, wrapped around the Clackamas Town Center and the I-205 corridor, and its dental market reflects that suburban density: a manageable number of offices, most of them long-established, and a scoring picture that skews unusually high. This guide walks through what those 33 practices actually look like once you sort them by the data, which offices lead on the Dental.me Score, and how to narrow the list to the right chair for your family.

What the Clackamas dental market looks like by the numbers

Thirty-three practices is a compact field for a city this size, and that works in your favor — it is a list you can genuinely read end to end rather than drown in. Of those 33, fifteen have accumulated enough reviews to be scored, meaning roughly 45 percent of Clackamas offices have a public track record dense enough to compare with confidence. The other eighteen exist in the directory but have not yet built a review base large enough to rank, which usually points to newer offices, specialty practices, or practices whose patients simply have not left much feedback online.

The headline figure is the average: 4.83 out of 5 across every scored office. That is a tight, high band, and it tells you something practical — in Clackamas the meaningful decision is rarely between a great office and a poor one, but between several genuinely strong offices competing on convenience, specialty depth, and chairside style. When the floor is this high, your job shifts from screening out weak options to matching a good office to your specific needs.

The top-rated dentists in Clackamas

The table below ranks the highest-scoring practices in the city, sorted by Dental.me Score and then by review volume, so the offices that have earned a strong rating across the most patients rise to the top. Every one of these six carries a 4.9, which is why review count becomes the natural tiebreaker: a 4.9 held across 663 reviews reflects a far deeper, more consistent record than the same score across a couple of dozen.

Two names carry the deepest records in the city. Avenue Dental Care and Sunnyside Dentistry for Children, P.C. each hold a 4.9 across 663 reviews — the largest feedback bases in Clackamas by a wide margin. If you want a general-dentistry home for the whole family, Sunnyside Dentistry and Brookside Dental – Milwaukie, LLC both pair a 4.9 with several hundred reviews, and the practices of Mark Reaksecker and Noelle Klemann round out the leaders with the same score across a still-substantial 200 and 198 reviews.

Reading the rating bands

Averages hide the shape of a market, so it helps to see how the 15 scored offices actually distribute. The band chart below groups them into tiers, and the picture is striking: twelve of the fifteen sit at 4.8 or above, two land in the 4.5-to-4.79 range, a single office falls in the 4.0-to-4.49 band, and not one scored practice drops below 4.0.

What this means in practice is that the Dental.me Score does most of its useful work at the top of the scale in Clackamas. A 4.7 that might look excellent in another market is actually a middle result here, and the single office below 4.5 stands out precisely because it is an exception. When you read a Clackamas profile, weigh the rating against how many reviews it represents — a high score earned across hundreds of reviews is a much sturdier signal than the same score from a handful.

Website coverage and office confirmation

Beyond ratings, the directory tracks whether a practice has a website URL on file — a small but useful proxy for how easy an office is to research before you ever pick up the phone. In Clackamas, 15 of the 33 listed practices have a website URL on file, which happens to be the exact same count as the scored offices.

Do not read the missing eighteen as a mark against those offices — a practice with no website URL on file may run a thriving book of business entirely on referrals and phone bookings. What the overlap does tell you is that in Clackamas, the offices with the deepest review records are also the ones easiest to vet online, so your research and your shortlist will tend to converge on the same names.

How deep the review record runs

Clackamas offices have collected 3,677 reviews in total, and the way that volume clusters matters. The chart below shows the review counts behind the six leading practices; together those six account for more than two-thirds of every review in the city, which is why they anchor any serious shortlist.

Review depth is what turns a rating from a rough impression into a dependable expectation. A brand-new office might post a perfect score for a while simply because only its most enthusiastic patients have written in yet. The Clackamas leaders have the opposite profile — a 4.9 averaged over hundreds of reviews, where a single disappointing visit barely registers. That depth of sample is the most useful thing the review count adds on top of the score itself.

Specialty care across the city

General cleanings are only part of the picture, and Clackamas is reasonably well covered on specialty needs. The directory flags nine practices offering pediatric care, eight providing dental implants, six handling dental emergencies, and five each for cosmetic work and teeth whitening. Pediatric depth is a particular strength here, which tracks with the presence of a dedicated children’s practice among the city’s top-scored names.

If your search is specialty-driven, start from the category page rather than the citywide list. The Clackamas pediatric dentists page is the natural first stop for families, the dental implants in Clackamas directory narrows the field to the eight offices equipped for that work, and the emergency dentists in Clackamas list is worth bookmarking now rather than searching for during an actual toothache at nine on a Sunday.

Looking just beyond Clackamas

Clackamas blends almost seamlessly into its neighbors, so a strong option a few minutes down the road can beat a merely adequate one around the corner. Immediately to the east, dentists in Happy Valley serve much of the same commuter base, while dentists in Milwaukie to the west cover the area several of the top Clackamas practices already draw patients from. A little farther south, dentists in Gladstone add another cluster worth checking if your schedule or insurance network pushes you outside the city line. Because these communities sit within a short drive of one another, it is entirely reasonable to compare a Clackamas office against one in the next town before you commit.

However you weigh it, the full picture lives on the Clackamas dental directory, where you can sort every one of the 33 practices, open individual profiles, and filter by the specialty you actually need. Start with the leaders in the table above, confirm the office fits your insurance and location, and you will have turned a vague search into a short, confident list.

Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are there in Clackamas, OR?

Our directory lists 33 dental practices in Clackamas. Of those, 15 have collected enough patient feedback to earn a Dental.me Score, and those scored offices average 4.83 out of 5 — an unusually high citywide average.

Which Clackamas dental practice has the best rating?

Six practices share the top 4.9 score. Avenue Dental Care and Sunnyside Dentistry for Children, P.C. lead on depth, each holding that 4.9 across 663 reviews — the two largest feedback bases in the city.

What does the Dental.me Score actually measure?

The Score weighs a practice’s rating, the volume of reviews behind it, and whether its office details are confirmed, among other signals. It is earned from a practice’s real record and can never be purchased; only Featured placement can be paid for.

Are there pediatric dentists in Clackamas?

Yes. Nine practices in Clackamas offer pediatric care, the city’s best-covered specialty, and one of them — Sunnyside Dentistry for Children, P.C. — ranks among the highest-scored offices in town. The Clackamas pediatric dentists page lists them all.

What if I have a dental emergency in Clackamas?

Six Clackamas practices are flagged for emergency care. Save the emergency dentists in Clackamas page before you need it, since availability and same-day openings vary by office and by day.

Should I consider dentists in nearby cities?

Often, yes. Happy Valley, Milwaukie, and Gladstone all sit within a short drive of Clackamas and share much of the same patient base, so comparing a top Clackamas office against a strong neighbor is a reasonable way to widen your options.

Dental.me organizes dental directory data so patients can compare offices with confidence. Use each practice profile and its available website, map, and phone details for current appointment, payment, and care decisions.