To find a dentist in Hays, Kansas, start with the 25 dental practices Dental.me lists there. Fourteen carry a Google rating, and those 14 average 4.84 stars as a plain mean, each rated office counted once, and 4.95 weighted by reviews, across 1,222 reviews. The other 11 carry no rating, and Dental.me does not record why. Directory data as of November 2026.
Dental.me holds no review text, no review dates, no appointment-availability data and no insurance data, so it cannot say how recent a rating is or what reviewers wrote; the dates are on each office’s Google profile.
The top-rated dentists in Hays right now
The table below lists six of the 14 rated offices, sorted by star rating and then by review count; it is not the Dental.me Score order. It holds five of the Score top six: Canterbury Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, sixth by Score, is not in it, and Dr. Melinda Miner, eighth, is. Only three of the six have more than 20 reviews. Dr. Melinda Miner’s 5.0 rests on five, and Daniel Loftus, also outside the table, holds the same 5.0 on five. Every practice name links to its Dental.me profile.
| Practice | Rating | Reviews | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lodge Dental Group, P.A. | 5.0 | 537 | View profile |
| Cornerstone Orthodontics | 5.0 | 263 | View profile |
| Leiker Smiles Hays LLC | 5.0 | 18 | View profile |
| Werth Family Dental PA | 5.0 | 10 | View profile |
| Dr. Melinda Miner | 5.0 | 5 | View profile |
| eyeSMILE Vision and Dental | 4.9 | 342 | View profile |
The review counts behind those ratings differ widely. Cedar Lodge Dental Group, P.A. carries a 5.0 across 537 reviews, the largest record in Hays, while eyeSMILE Vision and Dental holds a 4.9 across 342 and Cornerstone Orthodontics a 5.0 over 263. Leiker Smiles Hays LLC, Werth Family Dental PA and Dr. Melinda Miner also hold 5.0 marks, on 18, ten and five reviews. A 5.0 on 537 reviews and a 5.0 on five rest on very different sample sizes, and neither shows how good the care is.
What a 4.84 city average actually tells you
The 14 rated offices average 4.84 stars as a plain mean and 4.95 weighted by reviews, but the counts behind most of them are thin: eight of the 12 offices at 4.8 or above rest on 14 or fewer reviews, and seven of the 14 rated offices rest on five or fewer. Ratings are third-party Google data: they show how reviewers scored an office, not its clinical quality.
Two cutoffs cost different things here. A cutoff at 4.8 keeps 12 offices and removes 22 reviews (2%): Daniel I. Miner, DDS Family Dental Care (3.6 on 20), 14th by Score, and Timothy Wright (4.5 on two), 13th. A cutoff at 100 reviews keeps three offices and removes 80 reviews (7%), including Leiker Smiles Hays LLC, Werth Family Dental PA and Canterbury Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, fourth, fifth and sixth by Score.
How Hays ratings break down
Twelve of the 14 rated offices sit at 4.8 or above and hold 1,200 of the 1,222 reviews (98%). Ten of the 14 carry a 5.0, and six of those ten rest on five reviews or fewer. One sits between 4.5 and 4.79, Timothy Wright (4.5 on two), none between 4.0 and 4.49, and one below 4.0.
The one office below 4.0 is Daniel I. Miner, DDS Family Dental Care, at 3.6 on 20 reviews, the fourth-largest record in Hays; leave it out and the other 13 average 4.94. With seven of the 14 ratings resting on five reviews or fewer, read each rating with its count.
Website coverage among Hays practices
Nine of the 25 listings have a website URL on file: eight of the 14 rated offices and one unrated row, Dr. Jarrod Jones. 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. For the 16 without one, call to ask about hours, insurance and whether the office takes new patients; Dental.me holds posted hours for 11 of the 25.
A URL can name something other than the row it sits on. Dr. Brandon Johnson holds cornerstoneorthodontics.com, the domain Cornerstone Orthodontics holds, and the URL on file for Dr. Jarrod Jones, an unrated row, is a page on eyesmilehays.com, the domain eyeSMILE Vision and Dental holds. Nobody has confirmed how a listing relates to its URL, so ask the office who would treat you.
Six of the 14 rated offices have no URL on file: Werth Family Dental PA, Daniel Loftus, Dr. Melinda Miner, DANIEL T GILBERT, DDS, PA, Leiker Mark DDS and Timothy Wright, with 27 reviews between them. Each still has a Dental.me profile with its rating, review count and phone number.
Where the most feedback has been left in Hays
The 14 rated offices hold 1,222 Google reviews, and three of them hold most of that. The chart below shows the six largest records; the other eight rated offices hold 32 reviews between them.
Cedar Lodge Dental Group, eyeSMILE Vision and Dental and Cornerstone Orthodontics together hold 1,142 of the 1,222 reviews (93%), and Cedar Lodge alone holds 537. The other 11 rated offices hold 80 reviews between them. A review count shows how much feedback a rating rests on, not clinical quality, and Dental.me holds no review dates, so open the reviews on each office’s Google profile to see how recent they are.
How much of the Hays market carries a rating
Of the 25 listings, 14 carry a Google rating and 11 do not. Of those 11, four are matched to a Google profile showing no reviews and seven have no Google match on Dental.me; Dental.me does not record why. Dental.me holds a phone number for all 25, which come to 21 distinct phones; one listing, Caleb Borland, gives a phone outside the 785 area code. Sixteen of the 25 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.
The averages above describe the 14 rated offices only. The 11 unrated listings are not a mark against those offices; if one is close to where you live or work, call and ask.
The Hays service lists
Start from the service you need and read every row on that list, rated or not. The Hays lists are short. The orthodontist and Invisalign lists hold the same three rows: Cornerstone Orthodontics (5.0 on 263), Dr. Brandon Johnson (5.0 on two) and Robert Kennemer (4.8 on eight). The pediatric list holds Cornerstone and Dr. Brandon Johnson, both orthodontist rows, and the oral-surgeon list holds Cornerstone and Canterbury Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. The implant list holds those two and two unrated rows, Christine Thomas and Daryl Beam, which are the only rows on the periodontist list. The endodontist list holds one row, Daniel Loftus (5.0 on five), and the emergency, dentures and prosthodontist lists are empty. Cedar Lodge Dental Group, P.A. is on the cosmetic and whitening lists only, and Cornerstone is on seven of the 12. Eight of the 14 rated offices are on no list, including eyeSMILE Vision and Dental, Leiker Smiles Hays LLC and Werth Family Dental PA, second, fourth and fifth by Score; they hold 402 of the 1,222 reviews (33%). 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.
Shared addresses and phones among Hays dentists
Read the address and the phone. The 25 listings give 21 phone numbers. Cornerstone Orthodontics (5.0 on 263) and Dr. Brandon Johnson (5.0 on two) give one phone, (785) 621-2953, one address, 2707 Vine St Ste 5, and one domain. An unrated Kurt Glendening row gives 2707 Vine St Suite #3 and the phone of DANIEL T GILBERT, DDS, PA (5.0 on three), (785) 628-6469, while the Gilbert row gives 2702 Vine St Suite #3. eyeSMILE Vision and Dental (4.9 on 342) and an unrated Dr. Jarrod Jones row give one phone, (785) 621-4242, at 1300 Main St; a separate, unrated JARROD E. JONES, D.D.S., P.A. row gives 1513 E 27th St and another phone. Dr. Melinda Miner (5.0 on five) and Leiker Mark DDS (5.0 on two) give 1010 Downing Ave #10 with different phones, and an unrated THE DENTIST PA row gives the same building and suite with a third phone. Timothy Wright (4.5 on two) and an unrated Dr. Alex De Carvalho row give one phone, (785) 261-7599, and 2500 Canterbury Dr #112. Nobody has confirmed how these listings relate, and one street address can hold separate offices, so call before you count them as separate choices.
How to choose a Hays dentist
To choose a dentist in Hays, 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 availability data and no drive-time data, so check the distance from where you live. 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.
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. 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 Hays directory lists all 25 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. In order, those four are Daniel I. Miner, DDS Family Dental Care (14th by Score); Dr. Brandon Johnson (12th); Canterbury Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (sixth); and Robert Kennemer (ninth).
Directories near Hays
If you want more options, or a list that is empty or short in Hays, Dental.me keeps a directory for each of these places. It has no practices on file under Victoria, Stockton, Ness City or La Crosse.
Those practices are not counted in the 25 in the Hays 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:
- Great Bend: 13 practices listed, 7 rated.
- Colby: 3 listed, 2 rated.
- Quinter: 2 listed, 1 rated.
- Oakley: 2 listed, 1 rated.
- Plainville: 2 listed, 0 rated.
- Russell: 1 listed, 1 rated.
- Ellis: 1 listed, 0 rated.
Dental.me also keeps a larger directory for Salina (39 listed, 21 rated). The emergency, dentures and prosthodontist lists are empty in Hays; in Great Bend the dentures list holds one row and the emergency and prosthodontist lists are empty too. The Great Bend orthodontist list holds three rows and its endodontist list one. Insurance networks do not stop at town lines, so check your plan against any office you add.
Frequently asked questions
How many dentists are in Hays, KS?
Dental.me lists 25 dental practices in Hays. Of those, 14 carry a Google rating, and those 14 average 4.84 stars as a plain mean and 4.95 weighted by reviews, across 1,222 reviews. Of the other 11, four are matched to a Google profile showing no reviews and seven have no Google match; Dental.me does not record why.
Which Hays dentist is rated highest?
Cedar Lodge Dental Group, P.A. holds a perfect 5.0 across 537 reviews, the largest review base in Hays. Nine other offices also hold 5.0 marks, on far fewer reviews: from 263 (Cornerstone Orthodontics) down to 2.
What is the average dental rating in Hays?
The 14 rated Hays practices average 4.84 out of 5. The distribution is top-heavy: 12 of the 14 sit at 4.8 or above, one is in the 4.5–4.79 band, none are between 4.0 and 4.49, and just one falls below 4.0.
Is there an orthodontist in Hays?
Yes. Three practices are on the Hays orthodontist list: Cornerstone Orthodontics (5.0, 263 reviews), Dr. Brandon Johnson (5.0, 2) and Robert Kennemer (4.8, 8), and the Invisalign list is the same three. Confirm the specific treatment you need — braces, aligners, or a consult — directly with the office before booking.
How many Hays dental practices have a website?
Nine of the 25 Hays listings have a website URL on file with Dental.me. The other 16 have no URL recorded, which does not mean the office lacks a website; each still has a profile showing its rating, review count and phone number.
What about Hays practices that aren't rated?
Eleven of the 25 Hays listings carry no Google rating. Four are matched to a Google profile showing no reviews and seven have no Google match on Dental.me, and Dental.me does not record why. An unrated listing is not a mark against the office, so if one is convenient, call and ask.
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