Dentists in Marietta, OH: Local Guide

Start with Marietta’s 24 dental practices, 15 of which carry enough patient feedback to earn a Dental.me Score, together averaging a strong 4.71. Build your shortlist from the highest-scored offices, confirm each one handles the specific treatment you need, then call two or three to ask about new-patient openings and your insurance.

Marietta sits at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, the seat of Washington County and the oldest permanent settlement in the old Northwest Territory. For a city this size, the dental market is unusually top-heavy with well-reviewed offices, which makes the sorting job easier than the raw count of 24 practices suggests. The task is less about weeding out weak offices and more about matching a strong one to your needs. This guide walks you through the numbers Dental.me actually holds for Marietta, so your first phone call goes to a shortlist you trust rather than a search box full of names.

How Marietta’s dentists rank

Six practices carry the most decorated Scores in town, and the table below sorts them by rating, then by review volume, exactly the way you would weigh them yourself. Two offices reach a perfect 5.0, and one of them, River City Dental Group, backs that mark with 579 individual ratings, a far heavier sample than most small-city practices ever accumulate. The largest review base in Marietta belongs to Family Tree Dental, whose primary listing gathers 2,629 ratings at a 4.9 Score, an enormous evidence base for a Washington County office. When a rating rests on hundreds of entries, a single unhappy visit barely moves it, which is why volume belongs right beside the number itself.

You will notice Family Tree Dental appears twice, under two closely related listings that together hold nearly 3,900 ratings. When a practice shows more than one profile like this, call the number on each and confirm which location and which dentist you would actually see before you book. Valley Smiles Orthodontics is the one specialist among the leaders, so if your need is braces or aligners rather than a general checkup, it belongs near the top of your list. The Marietta dentist directory shows every one of the 24 practices, not just these six, if you want to widen the field.

What the ratings spread tells you

Of the 15 Marietta practices with a Dental.me Score, 12 sit at 4.8 or higher. Only one lands in the 4.0 to 4.49 range, and two fall below 4.0, with no practice at all in the 4.5 to 4.79 band. That is a sharply divided picture: the town’s rated offices are overwhelmingly excellent, with a small tail of lower-scored practices and almost nothing in the middle.

For you, the practical takeaway is that Marietta rewards a little diligence. Because the strong offices cluster so tightly at the top, small differences in review volume and specialty fit matter more than the Score alone. A 4.8 with 1,247 ratings and a 5.0 with 139 ratings are both excellent; the right one depends on whether you need a large general practice or a focused specialty office. The nine practices with no Score yet are not warning signs, only unknowns, and a quick call can tell you what the directory cannot.

Reading a Dental.me Score before you book

A Score is earned, never bought. It weighs a practice’s rating, its review volume, and whether the office has confirmed its own details, among other signals, and the only element that can be paid for anywhere on Dental.me is a Featured placement, which cannot lift a Score. That matters when you compare two Marietta offices that look similar on paper. River City’s 5.0 rests on 579 ratings, while Valley Smiles reaches the same 5.0 on 139; both are genuinely strong, but the larger sample is harder to move and gives you more to read through. Treat the Score as a fast filter, then let the profile and your own phone call settle the final decision, because no single number can tell you whether a specific dentist is the right personality and price for your family.

Which offices list a website

Dental.me records whether a website URL is on file for each practice, and in Marietta 13 of the 24 practices have one. The remaining 11 have no website URL on file, which does not mean they lack an online presence, only that Dental.me does not hold a direct link. For those offices, the profile page and a phone call are your fastest route to hours, insurance, and new-patient policies.

Where Marietta’s 5,527 reviews concentrate

Across every scored practice, 5,527 ratings have been left in Marietta, and the distribution is lopsided. The two Family Tree Dental listings alone account for roughly 3,900 of those, so a large share of the town’s collective feedback describes a single practice group. That concentration is useful: it means the busiest office in Marietta is also one of its most documented, and thinner-reviewed practices simply give you a smaller evidence base to judge, not necessarily worse care. Frye Dental Group’s 294 ratings and Valley Smiles’ 139 still clear the bar most small-town offices never reach.

Specialty care in Marietta

Beyond routine cleanings, Marietta’s practices list a handful of focused services. Eight offices appear under cosmetic dentistry and eight under teeth whitening, while six list dental implants. If you are weighing a bigger procedure, start with those subsets rather than the full directory, because a practice that regularly performs the work you need is worth more than a marginally higher Score at an office that does not.

Each of these categories has its own page on Dental.me, filtered to just the Marietta offices that list the service. Browse the Marietta cosmetic dentists, compare options for teeth whitening in Marietta, or review the practices that handle dental implants in Marietta before you commit to a consultation. Because whitening and cosmetic work often overlap at the same office, you may find the same names on more than one list, which can make a single visit cover two of your goals.

It is worth noting what these counts do and do not tell you. Six implant listings and eight cosmetic listings mean those offices present the service on their Marietta profile; they are a starting point for your questions, not a ranking of skill. A general practice that scores well and refers implant work to a trusted colleague may serve you as well as a listed provider, which is exactly the kind of detail a short phone call surfaces. Use the specialty pages to build the list, then let each office describe how it actually handles the procedure you came for.

Looking beyond the city limits

Marietta anchors a cluster of smaller Washington County and Mid-Ohio Valley communities, and a practice a short drive away can be the better fit, especially for a specialty visit. Belpre sits just downriver along the Ohio, across from Parkersburg, while Beverly lies upstream on the Muskingum and Vincent is a short run north. If your Marietta shortlist comes up empty for a specific service or a new-patient opening, widen the search into the neighboring hubs rather than settle for a poor match in town.

You can jump straight to the Belpre dentist directory, the Beverly dentist listings, or the Vincent dentist directory to see how each nearby town’s practices score. Between Marietta and these neighbors, the Mid-Ohio Valley gives you a wider pool than the city’s 24 practices alone, and the drive between them is measured in minutes, not hours. For a routine cleaning that convenience rarely justifies leaving town, but for a scarcer service, or simply for the first available appointment, the neighboring directories are the natural next stop after Marietta’s own list.

Questions worth asking on your first call

The directory narrows the field; the phone call closes it. Once you have two or three names, ask each office whether it is accepting new patients and how soon it could schedule you, since even a top-scored practice is only useful if it has room. Confirm that the office takes your dental plan, or ask what a first visit costs without insurance, so the estimate is clear before you sit in the chair. If you are after implants, whitening, or braces, ask how often the practice performs that specific procedure and whether it is done in-house or referred out. Finally, ask about after-hours or emergency coverage, because the answer separates a practice you visit once from one you can rely on for years.

How to choose, step by step

Put the pieces together in order. First, decide whether you need general care or a specific procedure, and start from the matching list, whether that is the full directory or a specialty page. Second, weigh Score alongside review volume: a 4.8 or 5.0 backed by hundreds of ratings, like River City’s 579 or Family Tree’s 2,629, is a sturdier signal than a high mark on a handful of reviews. Third, confirm the practical details, since the Dental.me Score weighs rating, review volume, and office-confirmation among other signals but cannot tell you whether an office takes your plan or has an opening this month.

Finally, call your top two or three and work through the questions above. With 12 practices scoring 4.8 or higher and a directory that surfaces the strongest offices first, a Marietta resident can build a confident shortlist in an afternoon and book with a practice whose track record is documented, not guessed. The numbers do the heavy lifting; your call confirms the fit.

Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are in Marietta, OH?

Dental.me lists 24 dental practices in Marietta. Of those, 15 have accumulated enough patient feedback to carry a Dental.me Score, and those rated offices average 4.71. The remaining nine are not yet scored, which usually means fewer public ratings rather than a quality signal.

Which Marietta dentist has the highest rating?

Two Marietta practices reach a perfect 5.0: River City Dental Group, backed by 579 ratings, and Valley Smiles Orthodontics of Marietta, with 139. Because River City’s score rests on a much larger sample, it is the sturdier of the two top marks for general dental care.

Which Marietta practice has the most reviews?

Family Tree Dental holds the deepest review base in Marietta. Its primary listing carries 2,629 ratings at a 4.9 Score, and a closely related second listing adds 1,247 more at 4.8, so the two together account for roughly 3,900 of the city’s 5,527 total ratings.

Do Marietta dentists offer implants, whitening, or cosmetic work?

Yes. Eight Marietta practices list cosmetic dentistry, eight list teeth whitening, and six list dental implants. Start from the matching specialty page on Dental.me, then confirm with each office how often it performs the procedure and whether it is done in-house.

Why do some Marietta practices have no website listed?

Dental.me records whether a website URL is on file, and 13 of Marietta’s 24 practices have one. The other 11 have no website URL on file, which does not mean the office lacks an online presence, only that Dental.me does not hold a direct link. Use the profile page and a phone call instead.

What if I can't find the right dentist in Marietta?

Look to the neighboring Mid-Ohio Valley towns. Belpre sits downriver along the Ohio, Beverly is upstream on the Muskingum, and Vincent is a short run north. Each has its own Dental.me directory, giving you a wider pool than Marietta’s 24 practices when you need a specific service or an earlier opening.

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.