Dentists in Myrtle Beach, SC: Local Guide

Quick answer: Myrtle Beach, SC has 112 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 65 are rated on Google, averaging 4.51★ across 21,297 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Seabreeze Orthodontics, INNOVATIVE ENDODONTICS MB, ST. JAMES DENTISTRY, LLC. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Myrtle Beach is a coastal city — and its dental market is heavily reviewed. Across the Grand Strand we track 112 dental practices here, and the 65 with enough Google reviews to score have accumulated 21,297 combined reviews. That is a large volume of firsthand feedback. We record the review counts, not who wrote them, so read that depth as sample size rather than as a description of who visits: what it buys you is ratings built on hundreds of opinions rather than a handful.

The headline number for quality is an average rating of 4.51 across scored practices. That is genuinely good, but the average hides the shape of the market — and the shape is what actually helps you choose. So let us start there.

One thing worth naming up front: 65 of the 112 practices carry enough reviews to score, which means 47 offices have no public rating at all. We do not record why a practice has no reviews, so the absence is not evidence about the practice — it only means the review record is thin. It is not a red flag to be one of the unrated 47, but it does mean the burden of proof falls on you to look closer before you book one of them.

The quality curve is top-heavy — but not uniformly

Of the 65 practices we have enough data to rate, 36 sit at 4.8 stars or higher. That is 55% of the scored field clustered near the very top. Another 12 land in the strong 4.5–4.79 range. But Myrtle Beach is not a market where every door is a safe bet: 8 practices score between 4.0 and 4.49, and 9 sit below 4.0 — a below-4 share of roughly 14%. That spread is your single most useful signal. The gap between a 4.9-star office and a 3.6-star office is not noise here; it is real.

The practical takeaway: in Myrtle Beach you can afford to be selective. With more than half the field at 4.8+, there is no reason to settle for a practice with a mediocre or thin record. Sort for the top tier and work down. The wider point is that the loudest advertiser and the highest-rated dentist are frequently not the same office — in a tourist economy the marketing budget and the clinical reputation are separate things, and the data is how you tell them apart.

Who the data points to

A few names rise above the crowd not just on rating but on the sheer weight of feedback behind that rating — which is what separates a genuinely dependable office from a new one with a lucky handful of five-stars.

The most-reviewed practice in the city by a wide margin is Ocean Bay Dental Care, holding a 4.9 rating across 2,744 reviews — nearly 900 more than the next most-reviewed office. A rating held at that scale is the least likely in the city to move on any single new review, which makes it a sturdy starting point rather than a guaranteed outcome.

For specialist work, eighteen offices sit at a perfect 5.0. Seabreeze Orthodontics carries 569 reviews without a blemish, and Innovative Endodontics MB holds 560 reviews at the same flawless mark — notable because endodontics (root canals) is exactly the kind of stressful, high-stakes care where a spotless reputation is worth paying attention to. Behind them, a tight cluster of 4.9-star offices rounds out the top bench: Flossy Orthodontics LLC (875 reviews), the general practice of Jeffrey H. Wallen, D.D.S. (856 reviews), and Dental Care at Sayebrook (832 reviews). You can compare all of them side by side on the Myrtle Beach directory hub.

A tourist town needs a strong emergency bench — and here it is thinner

Here is where Myrtle Beach’s character as a destination matters most. If you live here you can plan your dental care; if you are visiting, you cannot. A cracked crown or an abscess on vacation turns into a scramble for same-day help. So it is worth knowing that we count only 7 practices flagged for emergency dental care in the city — a short list to work from. If you are a visitor, save an emergency number before you need it and call first thing in the morning. We do not track appointment availability, so confirm an opening directly rather than assuming a walk-in slot.

The rest of the specialty landscape is deeper. Cosmetic work is the most heavily represented, with 15 cosmetic dentists and 16 offices offering teeth whitening — unsurprising in a beach town where a bright smile is practically local currency. For restorative and structural needs there are 11 implant providers, 9 endodontists, and 9 periodontists. Families are well served with 10 pediatric dentists, and orthodontic options include 7 orthodontists plus 7 Invisalign providers.

How to actually choose — a Myrtle Beach filter

Because this market is top-heavy but uneven, a simple filter beats browsing. Work through it in order:

1. Start at the top tier. With 36 practices at 4.8+, begin there and only widen your search if none fit your location or needs. 2. Weight review volume, not just the star. A 4.9 across 800+ reviews is a stronger promise than a 5.0 across 20. 3. Confirm the specialty match. An orthodontist and a general dentist are not interchangeable; use the specialty pages above to shortlist correctly. 4. Check that they have a web presence.

That last point is worth dwelling on. Only 62 of the 112 practices — about 55% — have a website in our records. That is a fact about what an office publishes, not about the care it provides; we have no data linking website presence to patient experience. What it does change is your search: for the other 50 there are no hours, no insurance list, and no booking form to read, so you will be calling rather than clicking.

Looking just outside the city

The Grand Strand is a continuous corridor, and for many residents the nearest excellent dentist sits one town over. If your search inside the city limits comes up short — or if you live on the fringes — it is worth widening to the neighboring communities: Surfside Beach and Murrells Inlet to the south, North Myrtle Beach and Little River to the north, Conway inland, and Pawleys Island down the coast. Several of these are a shorter drive from the northern and southern neighborhoods than crossing Myrtle Beach itself.

Whatever you decide, base it on evidence rather than the biggest billboard on Highway 17. Browse the full list of every scored practice on the Myrtle Beach dentist hub, and on cost, our national guide to dental costs publishes no prices, so ask each office for a written, itemised estimate.

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