Dentists in Fayetteville, NC: Local Guide

Quick answer: Fayetteville, NC has 152 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 73 are rated on Google, averaging 4.58★ across 26,382 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: JOSEPH N. CATLETT, JR., D.D.S., P.A., then JOEL HEDGECOE, D.D.S., P.A., then LANE AND ASSOCIATES VIII DDS PA and LEWIS, DINE AND ASSOCIATES, P.A., which share rank 3 exactly. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Fayetteville’s rated offices carry a lot of reviews. Across the city we list 152 dental practices, and the 73 with a Google rating on file have collectively earned 26,382 Google reviews, an average of roughly 361 reviews per rated practice. Fayetteville sits next to Fort Bragg, the Army post that was named Fort Liberty from 2023 to 2025. A large review count tells you how many people have rated an office on Google; it does not tell you how good the dentistry is, so treat it as a reason to read reviews, not a verdict.

This guide is for anyone sorting that list, whether you have just moved to the area or have lived here for years and want to see how the offices compare on the data we hold. Everything below comes from the Dental.me dataset for the city: no invented names, no padded numbers.

What the numbers say about choosing here

With 152 offices, Fayetteville is not short on options; the work is sorting them. 74 of the 152 practices list a website, and of the 78 without one, 71 also have no Google rating on file, so for those offices the directory gives you little to read before you call. Every one of the 152 has a phone number listed, 72 have a set of opening hours on file, and 31 have at least one named provider.

The city-wide average of 4.58 sits over a wide spread: the median rated office is at 4.7 with 124 reviews, 38 have 100 or more reviews, 17 have 10 or fewer, and the lowest rating on file is 2.5. To use the average, you have to look under it.

Review volume is the second thing to weigh. Five offices here carry more than 1,000 Google reviews each, so their ratings rest on a much larger sample than a small office with 60 reviews. Neither is automatically better; a deeper review base simply means a rating built from more people’s opinions. Use the count to judge how much weight a rating can bear, not to decide everything you want from a visit.

How Fayetteville’s ratings spread

Of the 73 rated practices, 35 are rated 4.8 or higher, 19 land in the 4.5–4.79 band and another 12 in the 4.0–4.49 range. Fewer than half the rated practices are in the top band, and 7 sit below 4.0. Those seven are not all thin samples: four have 10 or fewer reviews, but the other three have 11, 25 and 50, so for them the reviews behind the score are worth reading before you book. At the top, 15 offices are at exactly 5.0; 7 of those have 10 or fewer reviews, and 5 have 100 or more: the four 5.0 offices in the table above (771, 578, 439 and 433 reviews) and Brian H. Willson, D.D.S., P.A. (183).

The practical takeaway: in Fayetteville, “4.5 and above” captures 54 of the 73 rated practices, so a 4.5 threshold alone does not narrow much. Raise the bar to 4.8 and check the review count as well: 22 offices are rated 4.8 or higher on at least 100 reviews.

The practices with the most Google reviews

These are among the offices that pair a high Google rating with a large number of reviews, so the rating rests on a large sample rather than a handful of reviews:

• Joseph N. Catlett, Jr., D.D.S., P.A.: a 5.0 across 771 reviews, the most reviews on any 5.0-rated office in the city.
• Lane and Associates VIII, DDS, PA: 4.9 from 1,500 reviews.
• Lewis, Dine and Associates, P.A.: 4.9 across 1,314 reviews.
• Joel Hedgecoe, D.D.S., P.A.: a 5.0 over 578 reviews.
• Olsen Orthodontics: 4.9 from 970 reviews, an orthodontic practice.
• Mike W. Choe, DDS, PA: 4.9 across 865 reviews.

The largest review counts in the city belong to offices outside that list: Riccobene & Associates XXVIII (4.6, 2,065 reviews), Southeastern Dental Specialists (4.8, 1,600) and Ryan, James, Wiles, Patel & Olsen (4.8, 1,509). The five most-reviewed offices hold 7,988 reviews between them, 30% of the city’s total. A count shows how much the public has said about an office; it says nothing about how soon any of them can fit you in, so ask about scheduling and about whether you will see the same dentist at each visit. You can compare every rated office side by side on the Fayetteville dentist hub.

What Fayetteville’s service pages list

The directory’s Fayetteville service pages, read in October 2026, list dental implants and teeth whitening at 33 profiles each and cosmetic dentists at 32. Orthodontists and Invisalign dentists list 28 each, periodontists 26, pediatric dentists 25 and emergency dentists 20.

For braces or clear aligners, the orthodontists and Invisalign pages each list 28 profiles. Families can start from 25 pediatric dentists, and the emergency dentists page lists 20; the directory holds no after-hours or same-week data, so call to ask. The surgical end is thinner: the oral surgeons page lists 7 and the endodontists page 17, so for a complex extraction or root canal, ask about timing when you call. The dental implants page lists 33, teeth whitening 33, cosmetic dentists 32, periodontists 26 and dentures 10. A listing on a service page reflects the profile’s categories, so confirm with the office that it offers the treatment you need.

A Fayetteville-specific way to choose

Given the size of this list, here is one way to narrow it. Start wide, then filter on the two signals the directory holds for every rated office: the Google rating and the number of reviews behind it.

One extra step matters here: confirm insurance and network status before your first visit. If your dental coverage comes through a military family plan or any other insurer, call and confirm your specific plan is in network; the directory does not record which plans an office accepts. 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.

Living near Fayetteville? Check these towns too

If you live toward the edge of the city, a neighbouring town may be a shorter drive. The directory files addresses on and around the post under two names: Fort Bragg lists 67 practices and Fort Liberty 11. Nearby, Spring Lake lists 12, Cameron 8, Hope Mills 4 and Stedman 1; a little further out, Sanford lists 35, Dunn 28 and Lumberton 23. If you split time between the post and town, the Fort Bragg and Fayetteville listings are worth reading side by side before you settle on a location.

Curious how we score these practices? Our ranking methodology explains how Google reviews, rating and volume combine in the Dental.me Score, the same score that orders the table at the top of this guide.

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.