Finding a good dentist in Lihue starts with narrowing 32 dental practices down to the 17 that carry a public rating, which together average a strong 4.72 stars. Focus on those rated offices, weigh each one’s review count against its score, and confirm a website is on file before you call.
How Lihue’s dental market breaks down
Lihue is the county seat of Kauai and the island’s commercial gateway, home to Lihue Airport and Nawiliwili Harbor, and its dental market is compact enough to work through carefully. Our directory lists 32 practices inside the city. Seventeen of them have accumulated enough public feedback to display a star rating; the remaining 15 are listed with their contact details but do not yet show a score. That distinction matters when you build a shortlist, because a rated office gives you something concrete to compare, while an unrated one asks you to do more of the legwork yourself.
The 17 rated practices average 4.72 stars, and that average is not the product of one or two standouts dragging up a weak field. The rating spread is what tells the real story. Twelve of the 17 rated offices earn 4.8 stars or higher, a single practice lands in the 4.5 to 4.79 range, four sit between 4.0 and 4.49, and none fall below 4.0. In other words, the floor in Lihue is relatively high and the top is crowded, so your job is less about avoiding a bad score and more about separating several good ones. The chart below shows how tightly the city clusters near the top of the scale.
Rated and unrated practices, and what the split means
The gap between the 17 rated practices and the 15 that are listed without a score is worth understanding before you rule anything out. An unrated listing does not mean an office is new, small, or lower quality; it means our directory has not yet gathered enough public feedback to publish a star rating for it. Dental.me does not record why those 15 have less feedback online. The practical consequence is that the 17 rated offices are the ones you can compare on hard numbers today, so they belong at the center of your search, while an unrated office is best treated as a candidate you research directly rather than one you dismiss on the absence of a score.
It also puts the 4.72 average in context. That figure describes only the rated 17, not all 32, so it is a snapshot of the practices with a visible rating rather than the whole market. Reading it that way keeps you from over-relying on a single number: use the average to confirm that Lihue’s rated field is strong overall, then move straight to the individual offices, their review counts, and the bands above to decide among them.
The highest-rated dentists in Lihue
Six Lihue practices stand out on the combination of rating and review depth. The table below ranks them by star rating, breaking ties by the number of reviews, so the office with both a perfect score and the largest body of feedback sits at the top. Every practice name links to its full profile, where you can see its contact details and confirm what it offers.
| Practice | Rating | Reviews | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kauai Dental Studio — Drs. Paul Yoo, Miriam Gonzalez & Joyjoy Fries | 5.0 | 683 | View profile |
| Pacific Rim Dental Group, LLC | 5.0 | 363 | View profile |
| Alan J Ing DDS LLC | 4.9 | 739 | View profile |
| Garden Island Dental ~ Dr. Chris Godla | 4.9 | 127 | View profile |
| Ivan Chuah LLC | 4.8 | 77 | View profile |
| Hawaiian Island Dental, Inc. | 4.7 | 67 | View profile |
Kauai Dental Studio holds a perfect 5.0 across 683 reviews, the deepest feedback of any five-star office in the city, while Pacific Rim Dental Group matches that 5.0 mark on 363 reviews. Alan J Ing DDS LLC carries the single largest review count in Lihue at 739, paired with a 4.9 rating, and Garden Island Dental matches that 4.9 on a smaller base of 127. Ivan Chuah LLC sits at 4.8 across 77 reviews, and Hawaiian Island Dental rounds out the list at 4.7 on 67. Any of the six is a defensible starting point; which one fits depends on how much weight you place on a perfect score versus a larger sample.
Reading review volume across the island
A star rating is only as trustworthy as the number of reviews behind it. A 4.9 built on 739 reviews rests on far more evidence than a 4.9 built on a dozen, so it pays to read the score and the count together rather than sorting on stars alone. Lihue’s rated practices have gathered 2,135 published reviews between them, and that total is concentrated in a handful of offices. The chart below scales each of the six featured practices by its review count so you can see where the weight of feedback actually sits.
Alan J Ing DDS and Kauai Dental Studio together account for more than 1,400 of Lihue’s 2,135 reviews, meaning the two most-reviewed offices carry roughly two-thirds of all the feedback in the local directory. That concentration is useful: their scores are well-supported, so a high rating there reflects a large sample rather than a lucky handful. The remaining featured practices contribute smaller but still meaningful samples, from Pacific Rim’s 363 down to Hawaiian Island Dental’s 67, and any office with dozens of reviews gives you more to go on than one with only a few.
Website coverage and making contact
Sixteen of Lihue’s 32 practices have a website URL on file with our directory, which works out to an even split. A website lets you check services, insurance acceptance, and posted hours before you pick up the phone, so it shortens the research on half the market. For the other 16 practices, which have no website URL on file, the profile page and the listed phone number are your starting point instead. The chart below shows that fifty-fifty split at a glance.
That even split is worth planning around rather than treating as a drawback. When a practice has no website URL on file, its profile on Dental.me still carries the rating, the review count, and the phone number, so you can shortlist by reputation first and gather the practical details by phone afterward. In practice that means the absence of a website should not knock a well-rated office off your list; it simply changes the order in which you collect what you need to know.
Dental implants and specialty care in Lihue
Specialty tagging in Lihue currently centers on one procedure, and it is a significant one: dental implants. Six of the 32 practices are tagged for implant care, the deepest specialty pool in the local directory. If you are weighing an implant, or a full treatment plan that may lead to one, that group of six is the natural place to begin. The chart below sets those six against the full field of 32 so you can see how common implant tagging is across the city.
Because implant work usually involves surgery, imaging, and a longer course of visits, it is worth cross-referencing each of those six offices against its rating and review depth using the table above before you commit. You can browse the full implant list on the Lihue dental implants directory, then confirm the specific procedure, the imaging on site, and the consultation process directly with the practice. Fees and timelines vary by case, so treat the specialty tag as a way to build a shortlist, not as a final answer on who should do the work.
Looking beyond Lihue on Kauai
Kauai is a small island, and a strong option a short drive from Lihue can be worth the trip if it fits your needs better. Our directory also covers Kalaheo and Hanapepe toward the south and west sides of the island, along with Hanalei and Princeville on the north shore. If your search takes you off-island, the Waianae hub on the west side of Oahu is listed as well. Each of those hubs carries its own rated practices, review counts, and specialty tags, and you can compare them the same way you would compare Lihue’s offices. Widening the net is especially sensible if you are after a specific procedure and the Lihue shortlist is thin, or if a nearby practice simply lines up better with your schedule.
Turning the numbers into a shortlist
Every rating in this guide feeds the Dental.me Score, an independent measure that weighs a practice’s star rating, its review volume, and whether its office details are confirmed. The Score is earned, never sold: only a Featured placement can be paid for, and paying for placement does not raise a practice’s rating or move where it ranks on merit. That separation is the point of the system, so you can trust that a high Score reflects the feedback and not a marketing budget. To put it to work in Lihue, open the Lihue dental directory, work down its Score ranking, and pull together two or three offices whose rating and review count both hold up under scrutiny. That shortlist, drawn from the feedback rather than from a map, is the foundation for the final step below.
What to confirm before you book
Once you have two or three Lihue offices that hold up on rating and review count, a short phone call settles the rest. Start with insurance: ask whether the practice is in network for your specific plan, and if you are paying out of pocket, ask how they handle estimates and payment. Confirm that they are accepting new patients and what the wait is for a first appointment, since availability is the one detail no rating can tell you. If you need a specific service, such as an implant, a crown, a root canal, or care for a child, ask whether it is done in house or referred out, and to whom. It is also worth asking how the office handles urgent problems outside normal hours, because a broken tooth rarely waits for a convenient time. None of these answers change a practice’s rating, but together they tell you whether a well-scored office is the right fit for your situation, turning the shortlist you built from the numbers above into a booking you can make with confidence.
Frequently asked questions
How many dentists are in Lihue, HI?
Our directory lists 32 dental practices in Lihue. Seventeen of them carry a public star rating, and that rated group averages 4.72 stars across 2,135 combined reviews.
Which Lihue dentist has the highest rating?
Two practices hold a perfect 5.0 rating: Kauai Dental Studio, with 683 reviews, and Pacific Rim Dental Group, with 363 reviews. Kauai Dental Studio has the larger review base of the two.
What is the most-reviewed dental practice in Lihue?
Alan J Ing DDS LLC has the single largest review count in the Lihue directory, with 739 reviews alongside a 4.9 rating.
How many Lihue dentists handle dental implants?
Six of the 32 practices are tagged for dental implants, the deepest specialty pool in Lihue. You can view them on the Lihue dental implants directory and confirm the procedure with each office.
How many Lihue dental practices have a website?
A website URL is on file for 16 of the 32 practices, an even split. The other 16 have no website URL on file, but their Dental.me profiles still show ratings, review counts, and phone numbers.
Are there good dentists near Lihue?
Our directory also covers nearby Kauai towns including Kalaheo, Hanapepe, Hanalei, and Princeville, plus Waianae on Oahu. Each hub lists its own rated practices and review counts to compare.
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