Dentists in Colorado Springs, CO: Local Guide

Quick answer: Colorado Springs, CO has 547 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 303 are rated on Google, averaging 4.69★ across 88,766 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Colorado Springs Oral and Facial Surgery – Central, Spruce Dental, MICHAEL KUNKEL DDS PROFESSIONAL LLC. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

If you want a single number that tells you what kind of dental market Colorado Springs is, use this one: 88,766. That is the total count of Google reviews sitting behind the city’s rated dental practices. Split across the 303 practices that carry a public rating, it works out to roughly 293 reviews per office. In the Springs, a practice with a real public record has several hundred, and the most-reviewed surgical group in town has cleared three thousand. This is a city where patients talk, loudly and in volume, and that changes how you should shop for care here.

Some context on the city. Colorado Springs is home to Fort Carson, Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever, and the Air Force Academy, which cycle tens of thousands of service members and their families through the region on multi-year rotations. Every move brings new families to the area. Dental.me holds the ratings, not the reasons behind them, so read the spread that follows as a pattern rather than an explanation. In the data, the gap between the top tier and the bottom is wide and visible.

The shape of the market at a glance

Colorado Springs has 547 dental practices in our directory. Of those, 303 have accumulated enough Google reviews to hold a rating, and 293 maintain a website — a little over half the field. The citywide average rating lands at 4.69, which is high, but the average hides the more useful story underneath it.

Start your search at the Colorado Springs dentist directory, where you can filter the full field by rating, specialty and neighborhood rather than scrolling a generic map. The directory is the fastest way to turn 547 options into a short list of five.

Why the 4.69 average is misleading — and what to read instead

A citywide average of 4.69 sounds like almost everyone is highly rated. They are not. When you break the 303 rated practices into rating bands, the market splits into a clear top tier and a long, cautionary tail.

Two-thirds of rated practices — 205 of 303 — hold 4.8 stars or better. That is the densest concentration of top-rated offices you will find in a mid-sized city, and it is why simply picking a highly-rated dentist is not enough here to make you stand out. Nearly everyone worth considering is highly rated. Meanwhile 43 practices sit below 4.5, and 19 of those are under 4.0. In a market this well-reviewed, a low rating is not noise; it is worth reading closely. Read the one- and two-star reviews on any office you are considering before you book.

The practical takeaway: with the top tier so crowded, your deciding factors should be review volume (does the rating rest on 40 reviews or 400?), recency (are the good reviews from this year?), and fit for the specific procedure you need. A 4.9 built on 1,000 reviews is a far stronger signal than a 5.0 built on twelve.

The most-reviewed dentists in Colorado Springs

Because volume matters so much in this market, the practices that have earned both a high rating and a mountain of reviews deserve a first look. These are the offices Springs with the most Google reviews:

• Powers Dental Group Colorado Springs — 4.9 stars across 3,467 reviews, the single most-reviewed dental practice in the city.
• Colorado Springs Oral and Facial Surgery – Central — a perfect 5.0 across 1,721 reviews, a name to check for extractions, wisdom teeth and surgical implant placement.
• Spruce Dental — 5.0 stars over 1,044 reviews, a modern general practice with a perfect score on a large sample.
• Michael Kunkel DDS — 5.0 stars over 691 reviews.
• Word of Mouth Mobile Dentistry — 5.0 stars over 678 reviews, notable for bringing care to patients who cannot easily travel.
• Brinton Family Dentistry — 5.0 stars over 618 reviews.

Every one of these clears 600 reviews at 4.9 or 5.0 — and here that is merely the front of the pack.

What Colorado Springs is deep in — and where it is thin

The specialty mix in the Springs tilts toward restorative and cosmetic work. Here is how many practices offer each service:

Cosmetic and restorative care dominates: teeth whitening (127 practices), dental implants (123), and cosmetic dentistry (121) are the three most widely offered services, so you will have real choice and room to compare written estimates on elective work. Straightening is well-covered too, with 86 practices each for orthodontics and Invisalign.

The scarcer end of the market is where you need to plan ahead. Prosthodontists number just 11 citywide, and oral surgeons only 37 — which makes the perfect-rated Colorado Springs Oral and Facial Surgery’s 1,721 reviews a deep sample for a specialty this small. If you anticipate complex full-mouth reconstruction or advanced surgical implants, do not wait until you are in pain to start looking; the specialist bench is smaller than the general-dentist bench.

A field guide to choosing well in a crowded top tier

Because so many Springs dentists are highly rated, the usual advice — “pick a five-star office” — barely narrows anything. Here is the sequence that actually works in this market.

1. Match the specialty first. A general dentist with 800 reviews is not the right pick for an emergency extraction or a growing child’s first orthodontic evaluation. Filter by the service you actually need before you look at anything else. 2. Weigh volume, not just the star number. As covered above, a 4.9 across hundreds of reviews beats a fragile 5.0. 3. Confirm the money side. With so many military families in town, ask up front whether a practice takes TRICARE or your specific dental plan, and ask for a written, itemised estimate — our national dental costs guide publishes no prices, but it lists what a quote depends on. 4. Read the worst reviews last. In a market this documented, the negative reviews are your clearest window into how a practice handles billing disputes, wait times and complications.

Looking just outside the city

Colorado Springs sprawls, and some of the best-fit practices for you may sit in an adjoining community — especially if you are stationed on base or living east of the city. It is worth widening the net to Peterson Space Force Base, Peterson AFB, Falcon, Security, and Peyton, all within an easy drive and each with its own cluster of practices. When you are ready to compare the full field side by side, the Colorado Springs directory remains the cleanest place to compare what matters to you.

Below are the questions Springs patients ask most, answered from the current directory data. For more on how these ratings are compiled, see how we rank practices.

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