Dentists in Lakeville, MN: Local Guide

Quick answer: Lakeville, MN has 41 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 25 are rated on Google, averaging 4.62★ across 6,169 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Advanced Oral Surgery & Periodontics, River's Edge Dental Clinic, Lakeville Dental Associates, PA. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Lakeville is one of the busiest dental markets in the south metro for a simple reason: patients here talk. Across the city’s 41 dental practices, 25 have earned enough Google review data to be rated, and together those clinics carry 6,169 published reviews — roughly 247 reviews for every rated practice. That is an unusually deep well of firsthand experience for a suburb this size, and it means you rarely have to gamble on a name. If you want the best dentist in Lakeville, the honest answer is that the data already narrows it down for you. This guide walks you through exactly what those numbers say, and how to turn them into a booked appointment.

Start with the headline figure. The Lakeville market’s average rating is 4.62 out of 5 — respectable, but that average hides a sharp split. Of the 25 rated clinics, 17 sit at 4.8 or higher, a genuinely elite tier. Only three practices fall below 4.5. In other words, the top of this market is dominated by a large cluster of near-perfect performers, while a small tail of weaker clinics drags the citywide average down. Your job is not to find a good dentist in Lakeville — those are plentiful — it is to match one of the excellent ones to what your mouth actually needs.

Where the reviews concentrate — and why that matters

Review volume is not vanity here; it is signal. When a Lakeville practice has collected hundreds or thousands of ratings and still holds near-five stars, that consistency is far harder to accumulate than a small clinic’s flawless-but-thin record. The market’s most-reviewed name is Advanced Oral Surgery & Periodontics, which has amassed 1,182 reviews at a 4.9 rating — a surgical and gum-health specialist. Close behind sits River’s Edge Dental Clinic with 976 reviews at 4.9, a general-practice heavyweight that many families use as their primary home.

For routine and family care, three more clinics carry deep review records: Lakeville Dental Associates, PA (545 reviews, 4.9), and two highly-rated individual dentists, Brian Harrison (301 reviews, 4.9) and Robert Miller (277 reviews, 4.9). If braces or aligners are on your list, Lakeville Orthodontic Associates LLC carries a 4.9 across 211 reviews. What is striking is how tightly these leaders cluster — every one of the six most-reviewed practices sits at 4.9. That is not typical, and it tells you the ceiling of care in Lakeville is genuinely high.

The shape of this market is worth pausing on, because it is different from most suburbs of comparable size. In a lot of towns the review count is spread thinly and evenly, so a 4.8 and a 4.6 can be separated by a handful of ratings and a single bad week. Lakeville is the opposite: feedback pools around a small number of names, and those names have had to sustain their scores over hundreds — in two cases, over a thousand — individual visits. A rating averaged over that many reviews is a deep sample, not a lucky streak. It also means the practical risk of picking one of the six leaders is very low; the question is fit, not quality. When one clinic alone (Advanced Oral Surgery & Periodontics) accounts for nearly a fifth of every review written in the city, you are looking at a genuine regional referral center rather than a neighborhood office that happens to review well.

What Lakeville treats well — and where the market thins out

A market’s specialty spread tells you whether you can stay local for a given procedure or should expect a referral. Lakeville leans heavily toward cosmetic and elective care: 10 practices offer cosmetic dentistry and 10 provide teeth whitening, the two deepest categories in town. Restorative work is well covered too, with 8 clinics doing dental implants. Orthodontic options are solid — 6 orthodontists and 6 Invisalign providers — which, combined with a dedicated orthodontic specialist among the review leaders, makes Lakeville a comfortable place to straighten teeth without driving into Minneapolis.

The one caveat with a whitening- and cosmetic-heavy market is that elective services are often loss-leaders — a clinic advertising whitening still needs to be judged on how it handles the un-glamorous work of fillings, crowns, and hygiene. Use the specialty pages to build a shortlist, then cross-check each candidate’s overall review record before you book anything cosmetic. Where the map thins: pediatric dentistry (5 practices) and periodontics (5 practices) are present but not abundant, so if your child needs a specialist or your gums need surgical attention, book early, since both are short lists. Notably, Lakeville has no separately listed endodontists or oral surgeons in general practice — root-canal and surgical work here tends to run through the periodontal and oral-surgery specialists rather than standalone endodontic offices, which is another reason the specialist anchor carries so much of the city’s review weight. You can browse each category directly — cosmetic dentists, dental implants, orthodontists, Invisalign providers, pediatric dentists, periodontists, and teeth whitening — from the Lakeville directory hub.

A practical way to choose in Lakeville

Because the top tier is so crowded, ratings alone will not separate your finalists — nearly everyone worth considering is at 4.9. Use a layered filter instead. First, match the need: a surgical or gum problem points you toward the specialist anchor; a family checkup points toward a broad general practice like River’s Edge or Lakeville Dental Associates. Second, weigh review depth over raw score — a 4.9 across 900 reviews is a stronger promise than a 5.0 across 40. Third, check for a website and online booking: 26 of Lakeville’s 41 practices maintain an active website, and that group skews toward the better-organized, more responsive offices. Finally, confirm the practical details — insurance, hours, and whether they take new patients — before you commit. One Lakeville-specific tip: because the strongest names double as the region’s referral destinations, the most-reviewed clinics are also the busiest, so if you need timely care it is worth calling two of your finalists in parallel rather than waiting on a single first choice.

If you need to look beyond city limits

Lakeville sits in a dense corner of the south metro, so a slightly wider search barely adds drive time. Neighboring Burnsville and Apple Valley both carry deep dental markets of their own, and Farmington, Savage, Rosemount, and Prior Lake round out the options within a short radius. If a specialist you want is booked in Lakeville, one of these neighbors almost always has an opening. And if you are weighing what a procedure should cost before you call, our national dental cost guide gives you the price ranges to expect.

The bottom line for Lakeville: this is a market where the data does the heavy lifting. Seventeen clinics rated 4.8 or higher, six review leaders all sitting at 4.9, and more than 6,000 reviews to draw on mean you can choose with real confidence. Start at the Lakeville dentist hub, filter by what you actually need, and book the practice whose depth of reviews matches the seriousness of your visit.

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