Dentists in Mansfield, OH: Local Guide

Quick answer: Mansfield, OH has 51 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 32 are rated on Google, averaging 4.59★ across 3,253 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: David Henry DDS and Randell Roark DDS Inc., Bookwalter & Skulski Orthodontics, Snap On Smile. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Across the city’s 51 practices, we have ratings for 32 of them, and those 32 carry 3,253 Google reviews at a 4.59 average. That average hides the real story: Mansfield’s ratings are spread out. Twenty-one of the 32 rated offices sit at 4.8 or higher, yet 8 (a quarter) sit at 4.49 or lower, and three fall below a 4.0. Here the choice matters. Mansfield rewards a patient who does ten minutes of homework, and this guide is that homework.

Who sits at the top in Mansfield

Reviews in this city concentrate. Seven offices have 164 or more reviews each, and together they hold 2,593 of the 3,253. The most-reviewed practice on our Mansfield list is David Henry DDS and Randell Roark DDS Inc., which carries a 4.9 across 617 reviews — the deepest review count in town. For families and teens weighing braces, Bookwalter & Skulski Orthodontics holds a perfect 5.0 over 482 reviews, and Snap On Smile pairs a 4.9 with 410 reviews. The fourth-largest count belongs to Playtime Dental and Braces, 364 reviews at 4.6.

Below those four, the counts drop under 300. Andrew Basinger (5.0, 283 reviews) and Gregory Owens (5.0, 273 reviews) come next, while John Cucuras keeps a 5.0 across 164 reviews. A perfect score on 270-plus reviews is a stronger signal than a perfect score on a dozen — keep the sample size in view as you compare: 17 Mansfield offices hold a 5.0, and 13 of them rest on 28 or fewer reviews. You can see every rated office, side by side, on the Mansfield dentist hub.

It is worth noticing what this top group tells you about the city. Between them, the six largest counts hold 2,429 of Mansfield’s 3,253 reviews (75%) — the reviews here are concentrated in a relatively small number of offices rather than spread thinly across the whole field. For a newcomer to town, the shortlist of heavily reviewed offices is short enough to work through in an evening. Dental.me cannot see local recommendations, only the public record, so a referral is a separate check worth making.

Read the spread before you read the average

Here is the distribution that the 4.59 headline conceals. Of the 32 rated offices, 21 earn a 4.8 or higher, three land in the 4.5–4.79 band, five sit between 4.0 and 4.49, and three fall under 4.0. That bottom cluster is the reason Mansfield is not a close-your-eyes-and-pick town.

Practically, this means you should treat a Mansfield office’s rating as a filter, not a verdict. When a practice sits in that 4.0–4.49 band, open the reviews and look for a pattern: is it a scheduling or billing complaint (fixable, and often not about the dentistry) or a recurring clinical concern (a reason to keep looking)? Our ranking methodology weights both the star average and the depth of the review base for this exact reason — a small sample can flatter or punish an office unfairly.

The three offices under a 4.0 deserve a specific note. Two of them rest on 3 reviews and 1 review, so a few ratings can swing them; the third, David Hoag, holds a 3.2 across 127 reviews. A star rating is not a measure of clinical quality either way. But in a city where 21 offices clear 4.8, you rarely need to gamble on the exception. Use the low scorers as a prompt to read carefully rather than a reason to dismiss outright, and compare them with the 21 offices at 4.8 or higher. That is the advantage of seeing all 32 rated practices at once instead of clicking whichever office ran the highest ad bid that week.

The website gap changes how you search

Only 25 of Mansfield’s 51 practices — just under half — have a website on file, and 26 do not. The gap sits mostly among unrated offices: 23 of the 32 rated practices have a website, against 2 of the 19 unrated. A missing website says nothing about a clinician’s experience on its own. That is precisely why a directory earns its keep here: an office with no website still appears, rated and reviewed, on the Mansfield hub right alongside the ones with polished homepages.

What Mansfield is equipped to do

The dental implants list is Mansfield’s longest, with 11 practices, followed closely by cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening (10 each). Dentures and periodontists list 6 each and pediatric dentists 5. The shortest lists are endodontists and oral surgeons (2 each), then prosthodontists and emergency dentists (3 each). These are category listings, not a measure of how much of each service an office performs.

If you already know what you need, jump straight to the shortlist: implant dentists, cosmetic dentists, teeth whitening, dentures, periodontists, or pediatric dentists. Five practices are on the pediatric list. Dental.me holds no availability data, so ask each office how soon it can see a new patient.

A choosing routine that fits this market

Given the spread and the website gap, a simple four-step routine beats guesswork in Mansfield.

Step four is not optional here. With 26 of 51 offices lacking a website on file, a phone call is often the only way to confirm whether an office is taking new patients and which plans it accepts. 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, itemised estimate.

One more piece of local context worth building into the routine: coverage depth matters as much as the headline rating when the work is complex. An implant case, a full denture fitting, or ongoing periodontal treatment can span months and several appointments, so continuity and clear billing weigh more heavily than they would for a routine cleaning. When you read a candidate’s reviews, pay attention to how patients describe the follow-through — whether crowns fit on the first try, whether the front desk chased down insurance pre-authorizations, how urgent problems were handled. Those operational details separate two offices that share an identical star average, and they are the difference you actually live with over a course of treatment.

If Mansfield doesn’t have your match

The surrounding towns add 47 practices in our directory, and several are a short drive away. It is worth checking the neighbors, especially for a specialist or for a wider choice of offices: Ontario and Lexington sit right on Mansfield’s doorstep, while Ashland, Shelby, Bellville, and Crestline round out the wider catchment. Their directories list Ashland 19, Lexington 12, Ontario 8, Shelby 6, and Bellville and Crestline 1 each.

Start with the full list on the Mansfield dentist directory — every rated office, its review depth, and its specialties in one place, so you can turn a 4.59-average market into the one dentist who is right for you.

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.