Dentists in Claremont, CA: Local Guide

Quick answer: Claremont, CA has 51 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 25 are rated on Google, averaging 4.8★ across 2,405 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Krutav Patel, Courtyard Dentistry: Nicholas Gih, DDS, Michele Pavlisin. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Consider a spread-out field — a few top-rated practices, a comfortable middle, and one or two rated low. Claremont breaks the pattern. Of the 25 dental practices here that carry a public rating, not a single one sits below 4.0 stars. The bottom band that drags down almost every other city on Dental.me is simply empty. What Claremont hands you instead is a subtler, more pleasant problem: you’re not avoiding a low-rated office, you’re choosing among highly rated ones.

That character fits the town. Claremont is a college town — the seven Claremont Colleges anchor a walkable, tree-lined community. What the numbers below can show you is narrower than any of that: how each office is rated, and how many people have said so. On that measure Claremont is a small market that scores well. Across 51 total practices, the Claremont dentist directory shows an average rating of 4.8 stars among the rated ones — the top of the scale, not the middle of it.

The catch: a quality market that talks quietly

Here’s the counterweight to all that shine. Those 25 rated practices share only 2,405 reviews between them — an average of fewer than 100 reviews apiece. Compare that to a busy suburban market where a single practice can carry a thousand reviews on its own, and Claremont starts to look less like a loud, review-saturated town and more like a less-reviewed one. High ratings, thin sample sizes.

That matters for how you read the data. A 5.0-star practice with 15 reviews is a promising signal, not a settled one; a 4.8 built on 300+ reviews is a deep sample. In a town like this, weigh review volume as heavily as the star number. A near-perfect score on a handful of reviews just means the practice hasn’t been tested at scale yet — it’s the difference between a good first impression and an average several hundred people have already weighed in on.

Where the ratings actually land

Break the 25 rated practices into bands and the story sharpens. Nineteen of them — more than three in four — earn 4.8 stars or higher. The 4.5–4.79 tier and the 4.0–4.49 tier hold three each. And, again, the floor is empty.

Practically, that means your downside is capped. In Claremont there aren’t any rated duds to dodge. Your energy is better spent matching a practice to your specific need — a gentle hand for anxious patients, a cosmetic eye, late hours, the right insurance — than on defensive vetting.

The practices leading the pack

A few names combine the two things that matter most: a top score and the review volume to back it. Krutav Patel tops the list on depth — a 5.0-star rating built across 485 reviews, the largest base in town, and the only practice on this page above 400 reviews. Michele Pavlisin follows with 314 reviews at 4.8, another practice whose average rests on substantial review volume.

On the pristine-score end, Courtyard Dentistry (Nicholas Gih, DDS) holds a clean 5.0 across 177 reviews, and Hashimi and Pelaez Dental Corp carries a 5.0 over 129. For families, Little Crown Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics runs a 5.0 focused specifically on kids and braces — a useful shortcut if you’re booking for the whole household. You can see all of them, with current ratings and contact details, on the full Claremont directory.

Notice the pattern in those two groups. The practices with the biggest review counts — Patel and Pavlisin — carry ratings a hair below a perfect five, while the flawless 5.0s tend to have smaller review bases. That’s not a knock on either; it’s how averages work. Every dentist eventually meets the patient who can’t be pleased, and the more reviews you gather, the more likely one or two of them nick your score. Read a 4.8 or 4.9 on 300-plus reviews as the more heavily tested number, not the weaker one. The average simply has more behind it — which, in a market where most scores rest on thin evidence, is worth more than an untested five.

A quick note on how these numbers are compiled: Dental.me pulls public ratings and review counts rather than accepting practices’ own claims, and the figures above reflect the most recent snapshot. If you want the full methodology behind the scores and bands used throughout this guide, our ranking methodology lays it out.

What Claremont is deep in — and what it isn’t

The specialty mix tells you what this town’s dentists have built around. Cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening lead, with 13 practices each offering them. Implants are broadly available (9 practices), and there’s real coverage across the specialties that usually thin out in a small market.

If you know what you need, jump straight to the filtered lists: cosmetic dentists in Claremont, teeth whitening, dental implants, pediatric dentists, Invisalign providers, or emergency dentists. The one number to plan around: emergency coverage is thin at five practices, so if you’re prone to dental urgencies, save an after-hours contact before you need it.

The website gap — and why the phone still wins here

One stat is easy to misread: only 21 of 51 practices list a website. In a big market that would look like a red flag. In Claremont it mostly tells you how few offices market themselves online. A practice without a site is not ranked lower by anything we measure; it is simply harder to research before you call.

The takeaway for you: don’t equate “no website” with “not worth calling.” For the 30 practices without a website on file, a two-minute phone call answers the questions a website would — hours, insurance accepted, whether they’re taking new patients, and how they handle emergencies.

A simple way to choose in a top-heavy market

Because the rating floor is so high, the smart move is to treat your first visit as an audition rather than a commitment. Book a routine cleaning and exam — low cost, low stakes — and judge the things a rating can’t capture: how the front desk treats you, whether the dentist explains before they drill, and how the office handles billing. If it clicks, you’ve found your practice. If it doesn’t, you’ve lost nothing and there are two dozen more good options. Dental.me does not publish prices, and our national guide to dental costs gives no price ranges either; it lists what a quote depends on (the procedure, exam findings, insurance and materials), so ask each office for a written, itemised estimate.

Just outside Claremont

Claremont sits at the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, and its neighbors widen your options considerably — useful if you want a closer emergency provider or a specialty that’s thin locally. Worth a look: La Verne and Upland right next door, plus Montclair, Pomona, Ontario, and Chino Hills. When you’re ready to compare the local field side by side, start at the Claremont dentist directory and compare what matters to you.

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.