Dentists in Islip, NY: Local Guide

To find a good dentist in Islip, start with the 24 practices Dental.me tracks here, focus on the 14 that carry a patient rating, and note the strong 4.88 average across them. Compare each practice’s rating against its review count, confirm a website URL is on file, and shortlist three before you call.

What the Islip directory actually shows

Islip is a South Shore hamlet in Suffolk County, Long Island, wrapped by East Islip, Islip Terrace, Bay Shore, Brightwaters, and Central Islip. On Dental.me, the Islip listing holds 24 dental practices. Of those, 14 carry a patient rating and the other 10 are listed without one yet, so a first pass through the directory is really a comparison across 14 measurable offices rather than all 24. The rated group is unusually strong: its ratings average 4.88, and together the Islip practices hold 1,036 reviews. That combination, a high average built on more than a thousand reviews, is what makes the shortlist below worth taking seriously rather than treating any single five-star score in isolation.

Two numbers deserve weight from the start. The first is the rating itself, which tells you how patients scored a practice. The second is the review count behind that rating, which tells you how much the score can be trusted. A 5.0 drawn from 389 reviews is a very different signal from a 5.0 drawn from a handful, and the Islip data lets you see both side by side. Use the ranked table and the charts on this page to hold those two figures together, then confirm each finalist has a website URL on file before you spend time on the phone. Twenty-four practices is a compact field, small enough to read end to end in one sitting, which means you can make a genuinely informed choice here without guesswork.

The top-rated dental practices in Islip

The table below ranks every Islip practice that appears among the directory’s top providers, sorted by rating and then by review volume. Four offices reach a perfect 5.0, and the order among them comes down to how many reviews stand behind each score. Follow a profile link to see the full listing.

Mohammad Usmani tops the list not because the rating is higher than the others at 5.0 but because 389 reviews stand behind it, the deepest record in the hamlet. Kathleen M. Frost, DDS PC and Innovative Dental Care: Joseph R. Morris DDS follow with 212 and 185 reviews at the same perfect score, and Islip Dental Associates PC holds 173. Don A. Pantino, D.D.S. also shows a 5.0 but on 28 reviews, a thinner record, while Natalia Elson DDS PC rounds out the group at 4.7 across 23 reviews.

Read the table as two tiers. The first four offices each sit at a 5.0 with more than 170 reviews apiece, so their scores rest on a deep sample and move very little with any single new review. The last two, Don A. Pantino at 28 reviews and Natalia Elson at 23, carry strong ratings on much lighter records. A 5.0 on 28 reviews is a promising early signal, but it is not yet as settled as a 5.0 on 389, so weigh the top tier as your anchors and the lighter records as encouraging tie-breakers when location or scheduling points you toward them.

How Islip’s ratings are distributed

Reading the 14 rated practices as a distribution tells you more than any single score. Eleven of them sit at 4.8 or higher, two land between 4.5 and 4.79, one falls in the 4.0 to 4.49 range, and none score below 4.0. In plain terms, the rated field in Islip is concentrated at the very top, which is why the 4.88 average holds up rather than being dragged down by weak outliers.

What this shape means in practice is that the risk of a poor choice among the rated offices is low: there is no sub-4.0 practice to steer around, and the middle of the range is nearly empty. Your decision is less about avoiding a bad office and more about matching a very good one to your location within the hamlet, your insurance, and the kind of care you need.

Website coverage and the review base

Beyond ratings, two practical facts shape how you compare Islip offices. The first is whether a website URL is on file: 10 of the 24 listed practices have one, leaving 14 without a URL recorded. A missing URL is not a mark against the office itself, only a note that Dental.me has no website link for it yet, so for those you will rely on the profile and a phone call. The second fact is the size of the review base. The 1,036 Islip reviews are not spread evenly; a large share sits with the four deepest-reviewed offices, which is exactly why review count belongs next to rating in any comparison.

Practically, a website is a convenience rather than a verdict: it lets you check services, hours, and new-patient forms before you call. For the 14 offices without a URL on file, plan to ask those questions by phone instead. Either way, the presence or absence of a website says nothing about the quality of care, only about how much you can learn before you dial.

Where the reviews concentrate

The chart below plots the review count behind each top-ranked practice. It shows at a glance why Mohammad Usmani anchors the list and how quickly the depth of the record thins as you move down the order. When two offices share a 5.0, this is the figure that breaks the tie.

The takeaway is not that a bigger review count equals better care, but that it makes a rating steadier. Usmani’s 389 reviews and Frost’s 212 give their perfect scores real weight, while a 5.0 on 28 reviews can shift more easily. Use the deep-count offices as the backbone of your shortlist and let the lighter records round it out.

Rated versus unrated in the directory

It helps to keep the whole hamlet in view. Of the 24 practices listed, 14 carry a rating and 10 do not yet. An unrated listing is not a lesser office; it simply has no patient rating recorded on Dental.me at this time, and several of those may be perfectly good practices that have not accumulated reviews here. When your top choices are booked or too far from your part of Islip, the unrated listings are worth a direct call.

How to choose your Islip dentist

Put the numbers to work in order. Start with the ranked table and pick two or three practices whose rating sits at 4.8 or above, since 11 of the 14 rated offices meet that bar. Next, check the review count beside each: prefer the deeper records, where 173 to 389 reviews back the score, and treat a perfect rating on a small number of reviews as promising but less settled. Then confirm a website URL is on file for your finalists so you can review services and hours before calling; if none is listed, plan to ask on the phone instead.

Location within the hamlet matters too. Islip runs along Montauk Highway and Main Street on the South Shore, and neighboring hamlets sit only minutes away, so widen your search when a strong practice is on the far side of town. If you are new to the area, a first appointment for a cleaning and exam is a low-stakes way to judge fit before committing to larger work. Bring your insurance details and a list of any current concerns, and confirm the practice files with your plan.

Questions worth asking when you call

Because the rating and review figures already do the heavy screening, your phone call can focus on fit. Ask whether the practice is taking new patients, whether it participates in your insurance network, and what the wait is for a routine cleaning versus an urgent visit. If you need a specific service, confirm the office provides it in-house or refers out. For any of the 14 practices without a website URL on file, this call is also where you gather the hours and services you could not check online. For the full listing and every practice in the hamlet, the Islip dentist directory is the place to browse beyond the top providers shown here.

Nearby options on the South Shore

Islip sits in a dense cluster of Suffolk County hamlets, so if scheduling or distance rules out your first pick, the surrounding directories are a short drive away. Just east, the East Islip dentist directory covers the neighboring hamlet along Montauk Highway. To the west, the Bay Shore dentist directory lists a larger commercial stretch with its own practices. And directly around the village center, the Islip Terrace dentist directory rounds out the immediate options. Between Islip and these neighbors, you have a wide field of rated practices within a compact radius, which is useful when a top-rated office is booked out or sits inconveniently across the hamlet from you.

How the Dental.me Score works

Every rating you see on this page reflects the Dental.me Score, which weighs a practice’s patient rating, its review volume, and whether the office has been confirmed, among other signals. It is earned from that record, never purchased. The only element that can be paid for anywhere on Dental.me is Featured placement, which is labeled as such and does not change a practice’s score or its position in a rating-sorted list like the table above. That separation is why you can read Islip’s 4.88 average and the ranking behind it as a reflection of review records rather than of who paid for visibility. Taken together, the 24-practice field, the 4.88 average across 14 rated offices, and 1,036 reviews on file give you a clear, honest starting point for choosing a dentist in Islip.

Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are in Islip, NY?

Dental.me lists 24 dental practices in Islip. Of those, 14 carry a patient rating, averaging 4.88, and the remaining 10 are listed without a rating on file yet.

Which Islip dentist has the strongest rating and review record?

Mohammad Usmani holds a 5.0 rating on 389 reviews, the deepest review record among Islip’s top providers, followed by Kathleen M. Frost, DDS PC at 5.0 on 212 reviews.

How many Islip dental practices are rated 4.8 or higher?

Eleven of the 14 rated practices sit at 4.8 or higher, two fall between 4.5 and 4.79, one lands between 4.0 and 4.49, and none score below 4.0.

Do all Islip dentists have a website listed?

No. Dental.me has a website URL on file for 10 of the 24 listed practices; for the other 14 there is no website URL on file, so you would confirm services and hours by phone.

How many reviews back the Islip listings?

The Islip directory holds 1,036 reviews in total, concentrated among the four deepest-reviewed offices, each of which carries more than 170 reviews.

How does the Dental.me Score decide the ranking?

The score weighs a practice’s patient rating, its review volume, and whether the office is confirmed, among other signals. It is earned, not purchased; only Featured placement can be paid for, and it does not change the score.

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.