Howell Township lists 28 dental practices on Dental.me, and 15 of them carry a Google star rating, averaging 4.53 stars across 1,335 reviews. Posted opening hours are stored for 16 of the 28, and a phone number for all 28. Start with the six highest Dental.me Scores in the table below, cross-check their review counts, then narrow your shortlist by the service — implants, periodontics, or cosmetic care — you actually need first.
How Howell’s dental directory breaks down
Howell Township is one of the largest municipalities in Monmouth County by land area, spreading along the Route 9 corridor between Lakewood to the south and Freehold to the north, with Interstate 195 and Route 33 cutting across it. In a township this size, the nearest office and the highest-rated office may not be the same address. Dental.me does not measure drive times, so check each address against your route.
Of those 28 practices, 15 carry a Google rating, and together they average 4.53 stars. The remaining 13 have no Google rating on file, which says nothing either way about the office itself. The practical move is to start with the 15 rated offices and keep the unrated ones as candidates worth a direct call if one sits closer to your home. You can see every one of them on the Howell dentist directory hub, filtered and sorted however you like.
The top Dental.me Scores in Howell
The table lists the six highest Dental.me Scores in Howell. 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. Paid placements are clearly labeled as Featured and never change the organic order. Four of the six hold a 5.0 Google rating, and the top three have 200 or more reviews each; an average built on that many reviews moves less when one new review arrives.
| Practice | Rating | Reviews | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.J. Oral & Facial Surgery of Howell, LLC | 5.0 | 239 | View profile |
| Swati Gupta | 5.0 | 201 | View profile |
| Tribula and Mcomber Dental Associates | 5.0 | 200 | View profile |
| Najwa Bahsoun-Jaber | 5.0 | 189 | View profile |
| Harrison Rubinstein | 4.9 | 190 | View profile |
| Oakwood Dental of Brick | 4.7 | 90 | View profile |
Note the tie at the top: N.J. Oral & Facial Surgery of Howell, Swati Gupta, Tribula and Mcomber Dental Associates, and Najwa Bahsoun-Jaber hold the same Score (ranks 1 to 4), listed here by review count — 239, 201, 200 and 189. Harrison Rubinstein ranks #5 with a 4.9 on 190 reviews, and Oakwood Dental of Brick #6 with a 4.7 on 90. Marc Gordon’s 5.0 rests on 24 reviews and ranks #7: the Score weighs the rating and the depth of reviews behind it together, so a higher star figure alone does not decide the order. Najwa Bahsoun-Jaber and Harrison Rubinstein are on none of the 12 category lists, so ask those offices directly what they offer.
Reading Howell’s rating bands
The 15 rated practices do not spread evenly across the rating scale. Eight of them clear 4.8 stars, three land in the 4.5-to-4.79 band, none fall in the 4.0-to-4.49 middle, and four score under 4.0. That empty middle is worth noticing: every rated Howell office sits either at 4.5 or above or below 4.0. Two of the eight at 4.8 or higher rest on 6 reviews or fewer.
Practically, the eight offices at 4.8 or higher include the four 5.0 ratings in the table above, while the four offices under 4.0 are worth a closer look at what their reviews actually say before you book. A low rating is a prompt to read, not an automatic disqualification. Dental.me holds no review dates, so it cannot tell you how recent a rating is.
Website coverage and first contact
Just under half of Howell’s directory — 13 of the 28 listed practices — has a website URL on file with Dental.me. When a site is linked, you can often check services and new-patient policies before you dial. For the other 15 practices with no website URL on file, the profile page and a phone call are your fastest route to the same answers; a phone number is on file for all 28.
Don’t read the split as a quality signal. A missing website URL says nothing about the care an office provides. It simply changes how you gather information: for those offices, plan to ask about services, insurance and availability by phone rather than expecting to find them online first. Dental.me holds no availability data, so call to ask how soon an office can see you. Dental.me does not record which insurance an office accepts.
Review volume tells you where the review base is deepest
Howell’s 15 rated practices have logged 1,335 ratings between them, and that volume is concentrated at the top. The chart below shows how the six leading offices compare: the most-reviewed has 239 ratings, and the other five have between 90 and 201. Together the six hold 1,109 of the 1,335 reviews (83%). A 5.0 built on 200-plus ratings moves less with each new review than the same average resting on a handful.
The takeaway is not that the highest count wins automatically. Harrison Rubinstein’s 190 reviews support a 4.9, close to the 5.0 offices on review depth, while Oakwood Dental of Brick holds its 4.7 on 90. When two practices sit close on rating, the one with more reviews behind it rests on a larger sample; neither number measures clinical quality.
Matching a Howell dentist to the care you need
Howell’s longest category lists are implants and periodontics. Eight practices list dental implants and eight list periodontics, while six list cosmetic dentistry and six list teeth whitening. Because a single office can appear on several of these lists, the counts overlap rather than divide the directory cleanly. A list entry reflects the services a practice lists, not a specialist credential, so ask an office about its training.
Let that shape your shortlist. If you are weighing tooth replacement, browse the eight offices on the Howell dental implants page and the matching Howell periodontists page, since implant planning and gum health so often travel together. If your goal is appearance-driven, the Howell cosmetic dentists page collects the six practices listing that work. N.J. Oral & Facial Surgery of Howell (Score #1) is one of three offices on the Howell oral surgeons list. Cross-reference any candidate against the rating bands above, and confirm with the office that it does the specific procedure you came for.
Widening the search into neighboring towns
Because Howell borders several Ocean and Monmouth County towns, your realistic search area is larger than the township line. If the offices nearest you don’t offer your procedure, nearby directory pages publish their own counts: the Lakewood dentist directory to the south lists 59 practices (36 rated), the Jackson dentist directory to the west 22 (14 rated) and the Brick dentist directory toward the shore 43 (20 rated). Each page ranks its practices by the same Dental.me Score. Dental.me does not measure drive times, so check each address against your route.
How the Dental.me Score works
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. Paid placements are clearly labeled as Featured and never change the organic order. The star figures in this guide are Google ratings. That is why a 5.0 backed by 239 reviews ranks #1 while Marc Gordon’s 5.0 on 24 ranks #7, behind Oakwood Dental of Brick’s 4.7 on 90 (#6).
Frequently asked questions
How many dentists are there in Howell, NJ?
Dental.me lists 28 dental practices in Howell Township. Of those, 15 carry a Google rating, and they average 4.53 stars across 1,335 reviews. The remaining 13 have no Google rating on file.
Which Howell dentist has the highest rating?
Seven practices hold a 5.0 Google rating, four of them on 189 reviews or more: N.J. Oral & Facial Surgery of Howell (239 ratings), Swati Gupta (201), Tribula and Mcomber Dental Associates (200), and Najwa Bahsoun-Jaber (189). Those four share the top Dental.me Score, and N.J. Oral & Facial Surgery has the most reviews among them. The other three 5.0 ratings rest on 24 reviews or fewer.
How many Howell practices are rated 4.8 stars or higher?
Eight of Howell’s 15 rated practices clear 4.8 stars. Three more land between 4.5 and 4.79, none sit in the 4.0-to-4.49 band, and four score under 4.0. The middle band is empty.
Do all Howell dental offices have a website?
No. 13 of the 28 listed practices have a website URL on file with Dental.me. The other 15 have none on file, so a phone call or their Dental.me profile is the fastest way to confirm services, insurance and new-patient availability; a phone number is on file for all 28.
Which specialties are easiest to find in Howell?
Dental implants and periodontics are the most widely listed, with eight practices each. Cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening each appear on six practices. Because one office often lists several of these services, the counts overlap rather than dividing the directory into separate groups.
What if no Howell dentist fits my needs?
Howell borders several towns with their own directory pages. Lakewood sits directly south and lists 59 practices, Jackson lies to the west with 22, and Brick is toward the shore with 43, each ranked by the same Dental.me Score. Dental.me does not measure drive times, so check each address against your route.
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.