To find a dentist in Foster City, California, start with the 29 dental practices Dental.me lists there. Nineteen carry a Google rating, and those 19 average 4.62 stars as a plain mean, each rated office counted once, and 4.79 weighted by reviews, across 1,295 reviews. The other ten carry no rating, and Dental.me does not record why. Directory data as of November 2026.
Dental.me holds no review text and no review dates, so it cannot say how recent a rating is or what reviewers wrote; the dates are on each office’s Google profile.
Of the ten unrated listings, five are matched to a Google profile showing no reviews and five have no Google match on Dental.me. Dental.me holds a phone number for all 29, which come to 24 distinct phones, and posted hours for 14; two listings give a phone outside the 650 area code. Fifteen of the 29 listings came from the federal NPPES provider registry. A registry listing gives a provider’s name and the address filed with the registry, and it does not show that patients are seen there. One listing, Family Dental, also carries a plan list, languages and fields on new patients and emergencies; Dental.me holds those for none of the other 28 and has not checked them, so confirm them with the office.
How the ratings break down across Foster City
Eleven of the 19 rated offices sit at 4.8 or above and hold 1,188 reviews (92%). Nine of the 19 carry a 5.0, and six of those nine rest on ten reviews or fewer. Three sit between 4.5 and 4.79 with 32 reviews, four between 4.0 and 4.49 with 62, and one below 4.0, a 2.8 on 13. The median rated office holds 11 reviews, and a rating on that few can move a long way with the next review.
Two cutoffs cost different things here. A cutoff at 4.8 keeps 11 offices and removes 107 reviews (8%), including DRS KOKAS & JACOBS CORPORATION (4.7 on 12), ninth by Score. A cutoff at 100 reviews keeps two offices and removes 282 reviews (22%), including Big Little Teeth Pediatric Dentistry (5.0 on 60) and Jacklyn Kurth Orthodontics (5.0 on 58), third and fourth by Score. Ratings are third-party Google data: they show how reviewers scored an office, not its clinical quality.
Read the rating and the review count together. A 4.8 on 31 reviews and a 4.8 on 898 rest on different sample sizes, and neither shows how good the care is. The ten unrated listings are not a mark against those offices; Dental.me does not record why they carry no rating.
The highest-rated practices in Foster City
These are the six highest-rated Foster City practices with at least 10 reviews, sorted by star rating and then by the number of reviews behind each rating. Nine Foster City practices hold a perfect 5.0. Four of them make the table; the other five rest on eight reviews or fewer: Victor Sobrepena (8), Novinsky Laurie DDS (5), Bonahoom & Ghafourpour Complete General Dentistry (1), Ghafourpour Jamshid DDS (1) and JONATHON EVERETT LEE DDS INC (1). The two 4.8 practices round out the list on very different review volumes.
| Practice | Rating | Reviews | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula Dental Associates | Martin Phandl DMD | 5.0 | 115 | View profile |
| Big Little Teeth Pediatric Dentistry | 5.0 | 60 | View profile |
| Jacklyn Kurth Orthodontics | 5.0 | 58 | View profile |
| Jadallah Mark a DDS | 5.0 | 10 | View profile |
| Family Dental | 4.8 | 898 | View profile |
| Nicholas Goultas | 4.8 | 31 | View profile |
Four offices in the table hold a 5.0, on 115, 60, 58 and ten reviews; Jadallah Mark a DDS is the one on ten. Peninsula Dental Associates | Martin Phandl DMD holds the most reviews of the four, 115. Family Dental holds the largest record in the city, 898 reviews at a 4.8, and is first by Score; the six in the table are also the first six by Score. Laurie Novinsky (4.4 on 32) holds the fifth-largest record and sits outside the table on its rating. A row named Novinsky Laurie DDS (5.0 on five) gives the same street number, set out below. Neither number alone measures clinical quality.
Which offices list a website
Sixteen of the 29 Foster City practices have a website URL on file with Dental.me, leaving 13 with none on record. Fifteen of the 16 are rated offices, and four rated offices have no website on file, including Jadallah Mark a DDS from the table. Dental.me holds a phone number for all 29 and posted hours for 14, so for an office without a website, call during business hours.
A URL can name something other than the row it sits on. Laurie Novinsky (4.4 on 32) holds wenwudental.com, and DRS KOKAS & JACOBS CORPORATION holds beachparkdental.com. The two Ghafourpour rows hold different domains, sthetix.us and bonahoomghafourpour.com. Family Dental holds familydentalfostercity.com and Victor Sobrepena fostercitydentist.com. Nobody has confirmed how a listing relates to its URL, so ask the office who would treat you.
No URL on file does not mean an office lacks a website, only that Dental.me does not hold one. Dental.me did not open these sites, so it cannot say what any of them shows. Ask the office directly whether it is taking new patients, whether it is in your plan’s network and who would treat you.
Where the reviews actually concentrate
Across the 19 rated offices, Foster City has 1,295 reviews on file. Family Dental alone holds 898 of them (69%), and the other 18 rated offices hold the remaining 397 between them. The six largest records hold 1,194 (92%).
The chart above shows the six largest records; the other 13 rated offices hold 101 reviews between them. A 5.0 on 58 reviews at Jacklyn Kurth Orthodontics or on 60 at Big Little Teeth Pediatric Dentistry is a shorter record than 898, not a mark against the office, and a review count is not a measure of clinical quality. Dental.me holds no review dates, so open the reviews on each office’s Google profile to see how recent they are.
Service lists in Foster City
Foster City’s 12 Dental.me service lists, longest first: pediatric dentists 6, orthodontists 5, Invisalign 5, periodontists 4, teeth whitening 3, dental implants 3, cosmetic dentists 3, emergency dentists 2, oral surgeons 1, dentures 1, endodontists 1. The prosthodontist list is empty. The orthodontist and Invisalign lists hold the same five offices, and the cosmetic and whitening lists hold the same three. Peninsula Dental Associates | Martin Phandl DMD and Victor Sobrepena (5.0 on eight reviews) are on seven lists each, more than any other Foster City office. Family Dental is on five, and it is the only office on the endodontist list; Nicholas Goultas is the only office on the oral-surgeon list. A place on a list shows what an office lists, not how often it does that work, so ask whether the office does your procedure itself.
Shared addresses and phones among Foster City dentists
Read the address and the phone. The 29 listings give 24 phone numbers, and ten listings give 1291 E Hillsdale Blvd or 1291 East Hillsdale Blvd. Kwok Kanson Lau, DDS (4.6 on nine) and an unrated Dr. Kwok Lau row give one phone, (650) 522-8889, suite 115 and the domain kansonlaudds.com, so they may be two records for one office. Bonahoom & Ghafourpour Complete General Dentistry and Ghafourpour Jamshid DDS (5.0 on one each) give one phone, (650) 574-3611, and suite 110, the suite Peninsula Dental Associates | Martin Phandl DMD (5.0 on 115) gives with another phone. JONATHON EVERETT LEE DDS INC (5.0 on one) and an unrated BRIAN D LEE DDS INC give (650) 574-4447 and suite 100, and both are on the pediatric list. At 1261 E Hillsdale Blvd, Appell Martin E DDS (4.0 on four) and an unrated Peric-Sekelj Branislava DDS give one phone and suite 3, and Nicholas Goultas (4.8 on 31) gives suite #3 with its own phone. Maria Chui (4.0 on one) and an unrated Y. Wong give (650) 377-0281, at 963 E Hillsdale Ave and 963 E Hillsdale Blvd. At 1289 E Hillsdale Blvd, Laurie Novinsky (4.4 on 32, suite 9) and Novinsky Laurie DDS (5.0 on five) give different phones and domains. Nobody has confirmed how these listings relate, and one street address can hold separate offices, so call before you count them as separate choices.
Start from the service you need and read every row on that list, rated or not: the Foster City pediatric dentists list, the orthodontists list or the Invisalign list. The pediatric list holds six rows: Family Dental, Big Little Teeth Pediatric Dentistry (on that list only), Victor Sobrepena (5.0 on eight), JONATHON EVERETT LEE DDS INC (5.0 on one) and two unrated rows. The orthodontist list includes Jacklyn Kurth Orthodontics (5.0 on 58), Family Dental and Dr. Babak Shemirani (2.8 on 13). Ten of the 19 rated offices are on no list, including Jadallah Mark a DDS and Novinsky Laurie DDS, sixth and eighth by Score; they hold 99 of the 1,295 reviews (8%). Being on no list does not show that an office does not do that work. A place on a list shows what an office lists, not how often it does that work, so ask whether the office does your procedure itself.
Directories near Foster City
If you want more options, or a list that is empty or short in Foster City, Dental.me keeps a directory for each of these places. It has no practices on file under Redwood Shores.
Those practices are not counted in the 29 in the Foster City directory. Dental.me holds no drive-time data, so check the distance from where you live. These directories each cover a place in the wider area:
- San Mateo: 184 practices listed, 118 rated.
- Redwood City: 137 listed, 75 rated.
- Menlo Park: 56 listed, 30 rated.
- San Carlos: 42 listed, 25 rated.
- San Bruno: 39 listed, 24 rated.
- Burlingame: 38 listed, 19 rated.
- Belmont: 28 listed, 16 rated.
- Millbrae: 26 listed, 18 rated.
- Half Moon Bay: 13 listed, 10 rated.
- Hillsborough: 4 listed, 0 rated.
Dental.me also keeps a larger directory for San Francisco (1,108 listed, 566 rated). The prosthodontist list is empty in Foster City; it holds three rows in San Mateo and three in Menlo Park. The endodontist list holds one row in Foster City, 13 in San Mateo and 11 in Redwood City. Insurance networks do not stop at town lines, so check your plan against any office you add.
How to choose your Foster City dentist
To choose a dentist in Foster City, start from the service you need and read every row on that list, rated or not. Read each count as a sample size, read the address and the phone, then call and ask about insurance, new patients, who would treat you and how soon the office can see you. Dental.me holds no drive-time data and no availability data, so check the distance from where you live and ask the office about timing.
The Foster City directory lists all 29 over two pages, with no sort control. It opens with four cards marked Featured, out of Score order, and after those it follows the Dental.me Score. Those four are Jing-Jing Qian, JONATHON EVERETT LEE DDS INC, Ghafourpour Jamshid DDS and Novinsky Laurie DDS, 16th, 15th, 14th and eighth by Score.
The ratings and review counts in this guide are the Google figures on file. The Dental.me Score is built mainly from a practice’s Google rating and the depth of reviews behind it, with a small lift for an office that verifies its listing. That is why Family Dental, a 4.8 on 898, sits first by Score while nine offices hold a 5.0, six of them on ten reviews or fewer. It rests on the same Google data, so it does not measure clinical quality. Paid placements are labeled as Featured and do not change a practice’s Score. The table above is sorted by star rating, not by the Score.
Ask whether the practice is taking new patients and whether your plan is in-network, and what to bring to a first visit. If you are transferring care, ask how the office wants your prior X-rays sent. 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, itemized estimate.
Frequently asked questions
How many dentists are there in Foster City, CA?
Dental.me lists 29 dental practices in Foster City. Of those, 19 carry a Google rating, and those 19 average 4.62 stars as a plain mean and 4.79 weighted by reviews, across 1,295 reviews. Of the other ten, five are matched to a Google profile showing no reviews and five have no Google match; Dental.me does not record why.
Which Foster City dentist has the most reviews?
Family Dental has by far the deepest review history in Foster City, holding a 4.8 rating across 898 reviews. That single office accounts for 898 of the 1,295 reviews held by the city’s 19 rated practices.
Are there pediatric dentists in Foster City?
Yes. Six Foster City practices are on the pediatric dentists list, and two of them are unrated. Big Little Teeth Pediatric Dentistry is one example, holding a 5.0 rating across 60 reviews. You can see them all on the Foster City pediatric dentists list.
Does Foster City have orthodontists and Invisalign providers?
Yes. Five Foster City practices are on the orthodontists list, and the Invisalign list holds the same five. Jacklyn Kurth Orthodontics carries a 5.0 rating over 58 reviews. A place on a list shows what an office lists, not how often it does that work.
Why do some Foster City practices not show a rating?
Ten of the 29 Foster City practices are listed without a rating. Five are matched to a Google profile showing no reviews and five have no Google match, and Dental.me does not record why. That does not mean they are lower quality; they sit outside the rated comparison rather than below it.
Do all Foster City dental offices have a website?
No. Sixteen of the 29 Foster City practices have a website URL on file with Dental.me, while 13 have no website URL on record. Dental.me holds a phone number for all 29, so call those 13 during business hours to confirm hours and services. Dental.me holds no availability data, so call to ask how soon an office can see you.
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.