Dentists in Massillon, OH: Local Guide

Finding a good dentist in Massillon, Ohio starts with the numbers: this Stark County city lists 26 dental practices, 19 of them carrying a public rating that averages 4.35 stars across 6,470 combined reviews. Start with the highest-rated offices in the table below, confirm they take your insurance, and then book a first visit.

That 4.35 average sits on a real spread, so the sections below break the 26 practices down by rating, by review volume, by whether a website URL is on file, and by the specialties they cover. The goal is a shortlist of two or three offices along Lincoln Way and the State Route 21 corridor that you can call this week, rather than a name pulled at random from a map.

Massillon’s dental directory at a glance

Massillon is the second-largest city in Stark County, set on the Tuscarawas River in northeast Ohio just west of Canton. Its dental directory holds 26 practices, 19 of which carry a public rating and seven of which are listed without one, typically because too few reviews have accumulated to publish a rating rather than because of anything about the office itself. Those 19 rated practices average 4.35 stars and, between them, hold 6,470 reviews, a deep pool for a city this size.

Two features of that pool shape the whole search. First, the ratings are top-heavy: most of the rated field sits at 4.8 stars or above, with nothing at all in the 4.5-to-4.79 band. Second, the reviews are lopsided, with a single large practice holding close to half the city’s entire total. Keep both facts in mind as you move through the sections below, because together they explain why a shortlist comes together quickly at the top of the range and why review count deserves as much attention here as the star rating itself.

The highest-rated dentists in Massillon

Six Massillon practices pair a strong rating with enough reviews to be worth a first call. The table is sorted by rating, then by review count, so the two offices holding a perfect 5.0 lead, while the practice with by far the deepest review history sits just below them. Each name links to its full Dental.me profile, where the rating, the review count, and the office-confirmation status are shown together.

Read the table as two signals, not one. David Underwood and Theresa Mellion top it on rating with a perfect 5.0, earned across 348 and 221 reviews respectively. Buckeye Dental Group of Bach, Lamielle and Stanich sits at 4.9, but on 3,232 reviews, roughly half of every review recorded across the entire city, so its score has been tested far more heavily than any other Massillon office. Stark Family Dental matches that 4.9 on a still-substantial 998 reviews, and Kron Dentistry and Stafford General Dentistry round out the group at 4.9 on 316 and 211 reviews. A perfect score on a few hundred reviews and a near-perfect score on a few thousand are both good outcomes; which one reassures you more is a personal call worth making before you dial.

How Massillon’s dentists rate

Of the 26 practices in the directory, 19 carry a public rating. The chart below sorts those 19 into four bands. The headline is concentration at the top: 13 of the 19 rated offices sit at 4.8 stars or higher, none land in the 4.5-to-4.79 band, four fall between 4.0 and 4.49, and two rate below 4.0.

The empty middle band is the useful detail. In Massillon the rated offices are not spread evenly across the quality range; they cluster near the top, with a short tail below 4.0. That makes the sorting easy: start with the 4.8-and-up group, and treat the six offices below 4.5 as ones to read closely before booking rather than to rule out on the number alone. Several of those lower-scored offices may still be a fine choice if one is already in your insurance network or a short drive from home.

Which offices list a website

A website URL is on file for 15 of the 26 Massillon practices. That does not tell you an office is better or worse; it tells you where you can check hours, insurance, and new-patient forms before you pick up the phone. For the other 11, the practice profile on Dental.me is the most complete public record we hold, and the phone number remains the direct line to details a website would otherwise carry.

Read a missing website as a missing link, not a missing office. Several of the higher-volume practices in the table above carry a URL, but a strong rating and a full review history do not depend on one, so keep website coverage as a convenience filter rather than a quality test. When no URL is listed, plan to settle hours and insurance on the first call instead.

Where the reviews are concentrated

Massillon’s 6,470 reviews are not shared evenly. The chart below shows the review counts behind the six ranked offices, and one office dominates: Buckeye Dental Group of Bach, Lamielle and Stanich alone accounts for 3,232 of them. Stark Family Dental follows at 998, and the remaining four each sit in the low hundreds.

Concentration like this shapes how you read a rating. A 4.9 built on more than three thousand reviews has absorbed a very wide range of visits, so a single unusual appointment barely moves it. A 5.0 on a couple hundred is strong but thinner, and each new review still carries visible weight. Neither is a reason to skip an office; both are reasons to weigh the review count next to the star figure instead of scanning the stars alone.

The same logic applies to the lower end of the directory. The four offices in the 4.0-to-4.49 band and the two below 4.0 are not automatically wrong for you, especially if one is close to home or already in your plan. What a lower score signals is that you should read the reviews yourself and ask direct questions on the first call, rather than booking on reputation alone. In a field this concentrated, the distance between a 4.8-plus office and a sub-4.0 office is wide enough to be worth ten minutes of reading before you commit.

Specialty care in Massillon

Beyond routine cleanings and fillings, the directory tags Massillon practices by the specialty care they list. Six offices appear under emergency dental care, six under cosmetic dentistry, six under pediatric care, and six under teeth whitening, while five list dental implants and five list periodontal care. If you already know you need a specific service, start from that list rather than from the general ranking.

These tags are entry points, not exclusions. Browse the offices that handle emergency dental visits in Massillon when you need to be seen fast, compare the practices that offer cosmetic dentistry in Massillon if you are weighing veneers or bonding, or check who lists pediatric dentistry in Massillon before booking for a child. Households planning restorative work can also start from the Massillon dental implant providers list, since only five offices in the city list that service.

Nearby options in Stark County

Massillon sits on the Tuscarawas River just west of Canton, the Stark County seat, and a good match one town over is often worth the short drive. If the Massillon shortlist does not fit your schedule or insurance, widen the search into the neighboring directories: dentists in Canton to the east, dentists in North Canton to the northeast, and, closer in, dentists in Canal Fulton to the north and dentists in Navarre to the south. Dentists in Uniontown round out the eastern edge of the county.

Each of those hubs carries its own ranked list built the same way as this one, so you can compare a Canton office against a Massillon office on the same rating and review-count basis rather than guessing across two different sources. If you live on the edge of town, checking the neighboring hub can easily double the number of well-rated offices within a reasonable drive.

How to choose your Massillon dentist

Put the numbers to work in order. Open the full Massillon dentist directory and start from the 4.8-and-up group, since 13 of the 19 rated offices sit there. Weigh each office’s review count next to its rating, because a 4.9 across 3,232 reviews and a 5.0 across 221 tell you different things about how widely the score has been tested. Where a website URL is on file, use it to confirm hours and insurance; where none is listed, the profile and the phone number carry that detail instead.

Then narrow by fit with a short call. Confirm the office takes your dental plan and is accepting new patients, since a high rating guarantees neither. Ask how far out the next new-patient appointment is, and whether the practice handles the specific work you need in-house: for restorative or surgical cases, check whether implants or periodontal care are done on site or referred out, since only five Massillon offices list each. For an urgent problem, start from the emergency list and ask about same-day slots rather than assuming the highest-rated general office can fit you in.

When two offices still look close, a first visit settles it. How the front desk handles your insurance, whether the hygienist explains what they see, and how the office answers a question about a treatment plan will tell you more than any single star figure. The data narrows Massillon’s 26 practices to a short, honest list; the visit tells you which one is yours.

Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are there in Massillon, OH?

The Dental.me directory lists 26 dental practices in Massillon. Nineteen of them carry a public rating, and those rated offices average 4.35 stars across a combined 6,470 reviews. The remaining seven are listed but not yet rated, usually because too few reviews have accumulated.

Which Massillon dentist has the highest rating?

Six Massillon offices hold a perfect 5.0 rating, two of them on 221 reviews or more: David Underwood, with 348 reviews, and Theresa Mellion, with 221. Four more practices, including Buckeye Dental Group and Stark Family Dental, sit just behind at 4.9 stars.

Which Massillon practice has the most reviews?

Buckeye Dental Group of Bach, Lamielle and Stanich DDS LLC has by far the most, with 3,232 reviews at a 4.9 rating, roughly half of every review recorded across the city. Stark Family Dental is next with 998 reviews, also at 4.9.

Are there emergency dentists in Massillon?

Yes. Six Massillon practices are tagged for emergency dental care in the directory. If you have an urgent problem, start from that list and ask each office about same-day or next-day availability rather than assuming the highest-rated general office can fit you in.

Do Massillon dentists offer dental implants and specialty care?

Five Massillon practices list dental implants and five list periodontal care. On the cosmetic side, six offices list cosmetic dentistry and six list teeth whitening, while six are tagged for pediatric care, so most common specialty needs are covered locally.

What does the Dental.me Score mean for a Massillon practice?

The Dental.me Score weighs a practice’s rating, its review volume, and whether the office has been confirmed, among other signals, into one figure. It is earned from that public record and never sold; only Featured placement can be paid for, and it cannot change a practice’s 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.