Dentists in Delano, CA: Local Guide

Finding a good dentist in Delano starts with the numbers: the city has 34 dental practices, 13 of them carry enough feedback to earn a rating, and those rated offices average 4.28 out of five stars. This guide ranks the top-scoring practices by name and shows exactly how each of those figures was measured.

Delano sits along State Route 99 in northern Kern County, the second-largest city in the county after Bakersfield, and its dental market is compact enough to read in full. Of the 34 practices Dental.me tracks inside the city, 13 have accumulated enough public feedback to hold a rating, and together those offices hold 1,896 reviews. The sections below break that pool down band by band, name the highest-scoring offices, show where the review history is concentrated, and point you toward specialty pages and neighboring directories when you want to widen the search. Every figure comes straight from Dental.me’s recorded data for the city, so each one is a number you can check against a practice’s own profile.

How Delano’s rated dentists break down by score

Not every practice in the city carries a rating. Thirteen of the 34 do, and they do not cluster in one place on the scale. Six sit at 4.8 stars or higher, two land in the 4.5-to-4.79 range, two more fall between 4.0 and 4.49, and three sit below 4.0. That spread matters because a citywide average of 4.28 hides a real division: the top of the Delano market is genuinely strong, while a handful of low-scoring offices pull the mean down. Nearly half the rated field, six of thirteen, already clears 4.8 stars, so the challenge in Delano is less about finding one good office and more about telling the strong ones apart.

Read practically, the chart tells you that a strong choice is easy to reach: six rated offices clear 4.8 stars, so you are not scraping for a single standout. It also tells you to check the score before you commit, because roughly a quarter of the rated field sits under 4.0. The average of 4.28 is a citywide summary, not a floor you can assume any individual office meets.

The highest-rated dental offices in Delano

Six Delano practices carry enough detailed feedback to appear on the ranked list below, sorted by rating and then by review volume. COCO Kids Dental tops the score column at a full 5.0, while Star Tek Adult Dental Group holds the deepest history at 506 reviews. Each name links to its Dental.me profile, where the score, the review count, and the office-confirmation signals are laid out in detail.

The ranking rewards two different strengths. COCO Kids Dental and Paul Mallouk DDS PC sit at the top on score, at 5.0 and 4.9. Star Tek Adult Dental Group ranks just below on rating but carries the largest evidence base in the city, 506 reviews, which is worth weighing when you value a long track record. Notice that Star Tek and Delano Family Dentistry share an identical 4.8, yet one is backed by 506 reviews and the other by 76, so the same headline number is standing on very different amounts of evidence. At the other end of the list, Jennifer Ann Ramirez holds a respectable 4.5 on only 13 reviews, a reminder that a smaller sample is a thinner signal, not a worse office. Note too that the score band chart counts six offices at 4.8 or higher, while only four of them, COCO Kids, Paul Mallouk, Star Tek, and Delano Family, appear here by name; two more top-band practices sit on the full city directory.

Where Delano’s reviews are concentrated

Review history in Delano is not spread evenly. The six profiled offices above account for 1,401 of the city’s 1,896 recorded reviews, roughly three-quarters of everything patients have written, while the remaining seven rated practices share just 495 between them. Star Tek Adult Dental Group and Paul Mallouk DDS PC alone hold 901 reviews, more than the other four profiled offices combined. When most of a city’s feedback sits with a few names, those names carry the most reliable signal, but they are also the offices most likely to be busy, so it pays to keep a well-rated backup in mind.

The practical takeaway is to read the bar next to the star. A 4.7 built on 197 reviews, as Carlos Bahamon DDS shows, is a steadier reading than a higher score resting on a dozen, and the longest bars mark the offices whose scores are least likely to swing with the next handful of reviews.

Website coverage across Delano practices

When you research a dentist online, an office website is often the fastest place to confirm services, staff, and location details before you call. In Delano, 11 of the 34 tracked practices have a website URL on file with Dental.me. That is just under a third of the market, which means that for many offices the profile page and its public reviews will be your primary reference point rather than a dedicated practice site.

A practice with no website URL on file is not a lesser office; it simply means Dental.me does not have a site recorded for it. For those practices, lean on the rating, the review count, and the profile page, and confirm the specifics you care about, hours, insurance, and whether they are taking new patients, directly with the office. For the 11 that do list a site, the website is a useful second source, but the score and review count on the profile remain the parts you can compare like for like across the whole city.

Teeth whitening and specialty care in Delano

Most Delano practices are general and family dentists, and one cosmetic service surfaces often enough to have its own directory page: teeth whitening. Five of the city’s practices list teeth whitening among their services, so if a brighter smile is your goal you have a small but real set of offices to compare rather than a single option. That is the only specialty tag with enough listings to break out separately in Delano, which tells you the local market is built around everyday and family care first, with cosmetic work available at a subset of offices.

Explore every option on the Delano teeth whitening directory, then cross-check each candidate against its overall rating on the profile page. A high whitening interest is best paired with a strong general score, since the same team handling your cosmetic work also manages routine cleanings and exams. If you need a specific procedure that is not listed for any Delano office, the nearby-city directories at the end of this guide widen the field considerably.

How the Dental.me Score is earned, and how to build a shortlist

Every rating you see in this guide is a Dental.me Score, and it is earned rather than sold. The Score weighs a practice’s star rating, its review volume, and whether the office has confirmed its own details, among other signals, into a single figure you can compare across the city. That is why Star Tek Adult Dental Group and Delano Family Dentistry can share a 4.8 rating yet read very differently once you factor in that one has 506 reviews and the other 76. The only thing money changes is visibility, not rank: a practice can pay for a Featured placement, but it cannot buy a higher Score or move up the rating order. When you scan the ranked table above, the sort reflects measured performance in Delano, full stop.

To turn these numbers into a decision, work in three passes. First, filter by score: start with the six offices at 4.8 or higher, since that band alone gives you real choice. Second, read the review count beside each score to judge how much history sits behind it, and lean toward the offices whose bars in the chart above are long enough that a single new review will not move the needle. Third, match the office to your need, whether that is the whitening list, a location on your side of the river, or simply the first practice with an opening, then confirm the specifics by phone. Used in that order, the Score is your fast filter and the review count is your confidence check.

Looking beyond Delano

If the Delano field does not have the office or the appointment window you want, the surrounding towns each have their own directory. Earlimart lies just north across the Tulare County line, Wasco and Shafter sit to the south in Kern County along the Highway 99 corridor, and Porterville is the larger city to the northeast. Corcoran, north in Kings County, rounds out the nearby set. Each of these is a short drive from Delano, so widening your search by one town rarely adds much travel while it can add several more rated offices to compare.

Browse dentists in Earlimart, Wasco, Shafter, or Porterville when you want to compare a wider slate, and return to the Delano dental directory for the full list of all 34 local practices with their current Scores. Between the city hub and its neighbors, you can line up a shortlist that balances rating, review depth, and driving distance before you pick up the phone, and every office on it will be one whose numbers you have already checked.

Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are there in Delano, CA?

Dental.me tracks 34 dental practices in Delano. Of those, 13 have accumulated enough public feedback to carry a rating, and those rated offices average 4.28 out of five stars across a combined 1,896 reviews.

Which Delano dentist has the highest rating?

COCO Kids Dental holds the highest score in the city at a full 5.0, based on 214 reviews. Paul Mallouk DDS PC follows at 4.9 on 395 reviews. Six Delano practices in all sit at 4.8 stars or higher.

Which Delano dental office has the most reviews?

Star Tek Adult Dental Group has the deepest review history in Delano with 506 reviews and a 4.8 rating. Together with Paul Mallouk DDS PC, the two account for 901 of the city’s 1,896 recorded reviews.

What does the Dental.me Score mean, and can a practice pay for a higher one?

The Dental.me Score weighs a practice’s star rating, its review volume, and whether the office has confirmed its own details, among other signals. It is earned, not sold: a practice can pay for a Featured placement, but it cannot buy a higher Score or a better rank.

Do Delano dental practices have websites?

Eleven of the 34 tracked Delano practices have a website URL on file with Dental.me, just under a third. For the others, no website URL is recorded, so the profile page, rating, and review count are your main reference points.

Where can I find teeth whitening or other options near Delano?

Five Delano practices list teeth whitening, the city’s most-listed cosmetic service. To widen the search, the nearby directories in Earlimart, Wasco, Shafter, Porterville, and Corcoran each list their own rated offices a short drive away.

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.