Dentists in Culver City, CA: Local Guide

Quick answer: Culver City, CA has 88 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 51 are rated on Google, averaging 4.61★ across 8,038 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Dalit Yadegaran, Culver City Dental, Zamani Dental Inc. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Few cities in America pack as much reputation into three square miles as Culver City. This is a studio town — the old MGM backlot, Sony Pictures’ water tower, Amazon and Apple’s creative offices — and the people who work here trade on how they look on camera and across a conference table. That single fact quietly shapes the local dental market. Of the 88 practices Dental.me tracks inside the city, 51 carry a public rating, and together they hold 8,038 Google reviews at an average of 4.61 stars. But the more telling number isn’t the average — it’s the mix. Culver City has more cosmetic, whitening, and gum-and-implant specialists per capita than almost any comparable Westside neighborhood, and that tells you exactly who its dentists are built to serve.

This guide is a working map of that market: where the quality actually concentrates, which specialties run deep, the practices carrying the heaviest review loads, and a plain-English method for choosing among them. Start with the full roster on the Culver City dentist hub, then use the sections below to narrow it.

The market in one glance

Before any names, here is the shape of the whole field — the counts that frame every decision that follows.

Two things stand out. First, coverage is genuine: at roughly 158 reviews per rated practice, you are almost never choosing blind here. A city with this much documented feedback is a gift to a patient — every leading office has a paper trail hundreds of reviews long, so patterns in service, gentleness, and billing show up clearly if you take the time to read. Second, only 48 of 88 practices publish a website. That gap matters more than it looks. A practice with a real online presence is where you can often check online scheduling and treatment-planning details before you call. When two offices look otherwise equal, a website is a small but practical tiebreaker — it lets you check the details first.

It is worth naming what those 88 practices are packed into. Culver City is barely five square miles, which puts 88 practices in a compact area. You are rarely more than a few minutes from a highly rated office. Density works in the patient’s favor here.

Where the quality actually sits

An average of 4.61 is healthy, but averages hide the story. The distribution tells you how concentrated the excellence really is — and in Culver City it is concentrated hard at the top.

More than two-thirds of rated practices — 35 of 51 — land in the top 4.8-to-5.0 band. That is a top-heavy curve, and it means your real job in Culver City is not weeding out bad dentists; it is separating excellent from excellent. The flip side is the tail: 6 practices sit below 4.0, and a handful in the 4.0–4.49 band. Those aren’t automatically bad — a low count on a new office can drag a score — but they are the ones to read the actual reviews on before booking, not just the star number. When you compare offices, weigh the rating and the review volume together; that is the same logic behind how Dental.me ranks practices.

A specialist-heavy town

The specialist bench is deep, and it leans toward cosmetic and reconstructive work.

Read the top of that chart and the town’s character is obvious. Teeth whitening (28 practices) and cosmetic dentistry (27) lead the field — appearance work is the local specialty. But the number that surprises people is periodontists: 23 practices, a deep gum-and-foundation bench, and a natural pairing with the 25 practices doing dental implants. If you need implant or gum reconstruction, Culver City is genuinely a destination, not a compromise. Families are covered too — 16 pediatric practices — and if something breaks on a weekend, 18 offices handle emergencies.

The names carrying the reviews

Six practices anchor the top of the Culver City rankings by a combination of rating and review volume. These are the offices with the most Google reviews — each links through to its full Dental.me profile.

• Dalit Yadegaran — a perfect 5.0 across 377 reviews, the highest star rating among the city’s most-reviewed offices.
• Culver City Dental — 4.9 stars over 358 reviews; the highest raw review count in the top tier.
• Zamani Dental Inc — 4.9 stars across 329 reviews.
• Culver City Smiles Dentistry — 4.9 stars over 323 reviews.
• Krisena Borenstein — 4.9 stars across 319 reviews.
• Concierge Smile Boutique — 4.9 stars over 318 reviews; a name is not a measurement, so ask what the office focuses on.

Notice how tightly bunched these are — five of the six sit at 4.9 with review counts within about 60 of one another, and the sixth is a flawless 5.0. That is the signature of a mature, competitive market: no single office runs away with it, and the difference between the top pick and the fifth pick is measured in a rounding error, not a reputation gap. It also means online reputation alone will not choose for you. In a race this close, the deciding factor is rarely the star rating; it is fit — the specific service you need, the chairside manner you want, and the logistics you can live with. Which brings us to method.

How to choose when everyone is a 4.9

Culver City’s top-heavy curve is a luxury problem. Use a simple sequence to cut through it.

Step one does most of the work: filter by what you actually need. Someone shopping for veneers should start on the cosmetic list; a parent belongs on the pediatric list first. Step two is where the 4.9s separate — read the substance of recent reviews, because a 4.9 built on gentle-with-anxious-patients is a different office from a 4.9 built on same-day crowns. Step three catches the practical dealbreakers, and step four is the only real test: book a cleaning and judge the chairside experience yourself. When you are ready to compare side by side, the Culver City hub lays out every practice with its rating and review count in one place. 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 past the city line

Culver City sits at the center of the Westside, so your options don’t stop at the border. If your schedule or specialty need points elsewhere, these neighbors are minutes away and each has its own Dental.me directory:

• Venice — the beachside neighbor to the west.
• Marina del Rey — harbor-adjacent, an easy hop down Washington.
• Playa Vista — the tech corridor just south.
• Westchester — convenient if you’re near LAX.
• Beverly Hills — for the premium cosmetic end of the market.
• Century City — a quick drive up the 405 for office-tower practices.

But for most residents, the answer is already inside the city limits. With 51 rated practices, 35 of them at 4.8 or higher, and a deep bench of cosmetic and reconstructive providers, Culver City gives you plenty to choose from. Start your search on the Culver City dentist directory and work down the list with the four-step filter above.

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.