Dentists in Fairhope, AL: Local Guide

Quick answer: Fairhope, AL has 44 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 28 are rated on Google, averaging 4.9★ across 6,392 reviews. Sweet Water Dentistry, Point Clear Dental Assoc LLC and Advanced Dental Comfort tie at the top of the independent Dental.me Score. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Of the 28 Fairhope dental practices that carry a Google rating, 26 sit at 4.8 stars or higher, though 7 of those 26 rest on 12 or fewer reviews. One lands in the 4.5–4.79 band, and one falls below 4.0. Those 26 hold 6,366 of the 6,392 Google reviews, and they are 26 of the 44 listings; the other 16 have no rating. Among rated offices the ratings cluster tightly at the top, so the harder job is telling those offices apart.

Below: how the ratings spread, who holds the most reviews, what each of the 12 service lists holds, which rows share an address, and how to pick among offices that all sit near the top of the scale.

The six largest review records hold 3,464 of the 6,392 reviews (54%). Sixteen of the 44 practices carry no Google rating, and none of those sixteen has a website URL on file. The 44 rows hold 40 distinct phone numbers, and at least eight of the 16 unrated rows share a phone or street address with a rated row, so totals on this page count listings, not distinct offices.

How the ratings are spread

Sorted into bands, the 28 rated Fairhope practices sit mostly at the top: 26 at 4.8 or higher, 16 of them at 5.0. Seven of those 16 rest on 12 reviews or fewer.

Among rated offices, a 4.8 in Fairhope is the norm, not a standout. The only rated rows below 4.8 are Fairhope Family Dentistry (4.7 on 13 reviews, with an (844) phone number and no URL on file) and Dr. Richard Cordero – Oral Surgeon Fairhope AL (3.6 on 13, a row that is not on the oral-surgeon list), so small rating gaps tell you little here. Dental.me holds the rating and the count, not the review text, so read the comments on Google yourself for anything a number cannot show, such as how billing is handled. Our ranking methodology explains how the Dental.me Score is weighted.

The review-count leaders

Ratings give you the average; review counts tell you how large a sample stands behind it. Abide Family Dental Eastern Shore holds a 4.9 on 40 reviews; Sweet Water Dentistry holds a 4.9 on 660. The six below are the most-reviewed offices rated 4.9 or higher. The single most-reviewed office in town sits just under that cut: Bay Pediatric & Adolescent Dentistry holds a 4.8 on 884 reviews.

• Sweet Water Dentistry — 4.9 stars across 660 reviews.
• Point Clear Dental Assoc LLC — 4.9 stars, 574 reviews.
• Advanced Dental Comfort — 4.9 stars, 560 reviews.
• Lagniappe Dental — a perfect 5.0 across 408 reviews.
• Living Oaks Dental — 5.0 stars, 378 reviews.
• Point Clear Dental Associates — 5.0 stars, 369 reviews.

Two of these six rows give one address. Point Clear Dental Assoc LLC (4.9 on 574) and Point Clear Dental Associates (5.0 on 369) both give 18157 Wright Blvd, with different phone numbers and URLs (fairhopedental.com and pointcleardental.com). Together they hold 943 reviews, 15% of the total, and they sit second and sixth by Dental.me Score, yet neither is on any of the 12 service lists. An unrated Fairhope Dental Associates LLC row shares the first row’s phone number at another address. Dental.me does not establish how these rows relate, so ask which office you have reached when you call.

There’s a practical footnote here, too: 25 of Fairhope’s 44 practices have a website URL on file, all of them rated offices. Three rated offices have none: Fairhope Family Dentistry, and Bay Somnus and Patricia Dumas, each a 5.0 on one review. A site may state hours, insurance and services, though nothing on this page read those sites. A row named for a person may hold a practice’s URL: Maggie Grissom (5.0 on 253) has stricklandorthodontics.com, Frank Kerbl (4.9 on 161) has southernendodontics.com, and Miles Jones (5.0 on 5) has fairhopefamilydentistry.com, while the row named Fairhope Family Dentistry has none. Dr. Fritz Harshberger (5.0 on 3) gives the suite and site of Advanced Dental Comfort. Posted weekly hours are on file in Dental.me for 26 of the 44, one of them an unrated row. Once you’ve shortlisted two or three names, look at each site, then call about the practical questions.

Notice the split within this list: the three 4.9-star offices carry more reviews (560–660 each) than the three 5.0 practices (369–408). Neither group is better in the abstract; both are averages of what reviewers chose to post. The largest record of all, Bay Pediatric & Adolescent Dentistry, is on the pediatric, orthodontist and Invisalign lists only. Every office is on the Fairhope dentist hub.

Care for what you actually need

A high town-wide rating means little if nobody lists the treatment you’re looking for. Dental.me sorts Fairhope rows onto 12 service lists, and only 18 of the 44 rows are on any of them. The chart shows all 12, longest first.

Teeth whitening (10 practices) and cosmetic dentistry (9) are the longest lists in town, and all nine cosmetic offices also list whitening. Six rows are on the dental implants list, and the orthodontics and Invisalign lists hold the same five rows as each other. Five rows are on the emergency list; Dental.me holds no availability data, so call to ask how soon an office can see you. The shorter lists: pediatric, periodontics, endodontics and oral surgery have three rows each, dentures two, and no row is on the prosthodontist list. Sweet Water Dentistry (4.9 on 660) is on 11 of the 12 lists, every one except prosthodontists, so it is one of the names on each short list. Two of the three oral-surgeon rows, Minto Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Rodger Grissett, share a phone number, and the third is Sweet Water Dentistry. Wondering what any of this runs? 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.

One nuance worth flagging: a category page records that an office lists a service, not how often it performs it. For anything beyond a routine cleaning, ask each office how often it performs the procedure you need. For a specialty, start from that list, then compare rating and review count among its rows. For routine care, do not stop at the lists: 26 of the 44 rows are on none, including 12 rated offices such as both Point Clear rows and Daniel Deese (5.0 on 356).

How to choose among high ratings

With 26 of 28 rated offices at 4.8 or higher, your decision comes down mostly to fit. Work through it in this order.

Insurance first, because even a well-rated office is the wrong office if you’ll pay out of pocket for no reason. Then match the treatment to a row on that list; a place on the cosmetic list doesn’t make an office your implant surgeon. Finally, read the comments on the practice’s Google listing. Dental.me holds no review text or dates, so those comments can show what an average cannot, though each is one person’s account.

If you live nearer a neighbouring town

If you want to widen the search, this guide links six neighbouring directories: Daphne (37 practices), Foley (24), Spanish Fort (13), Robertsdale (7), Loxley (3) and Magnolia Springs (1). All six are smaller than Fairhope’s 44; Mobile is the larger directory, at 184 practices, 123 of them rated. Fairhope’s prosthodontist list is empty, and so are those of Daphne, Spanish Fort and Robertsdale; Foley and Mobile hold one each. For dentures, Fairhope’s two compare with five in Foley and 12 in Mobile. Dental.me holds no drive-time data, so check the trip from your address. If you’re in Fairhope proper, start at the Fairhope dentist directory to build a shortlist.

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.