Dentists in Patchogue, NY: Local Guide

Patchogue lists 29 dental practices, 15 of them rated, with a 4.17 average rating across the village. To find a good dentist here, start with the top-rated names on Dental.me, weigh review volume against the score, confirm the office handles your specific need, and match a location near Main Street or the Four Corners.

That headline average of 4.17 hides a real split. Of the 15 rated practices in Patchogue, seven sit at 4.8 stars or higher and four fall below 4.0 stars, with nothing at all in between the 4.0-to-4.49 band. The middle of this market is hollow, so the practical decision here is usually between a clearly strong office and a clearly weak one rather than a crowded field of near-identical choices. That is unusual, and it is good news for a searcher: it means a short, honest shortlist does most of the work, and you do not need to agonize over a dozen middling options that do not actually exist in this village. The sections below turn Patchogue’s real numbers into that shortlist and show you how to read them.

What Patchogue’s dental numbers actually say

Patchogue is a compact Suffolk County village, and its 29 listed practices are packed into a small footprint around Main Street, East Main, and the medical corridor near Sunrise Highway. Because the village is dense and the LIRR station sits right in the center, “close to home” is rarely the deciding factor here the way it is in a spread-out town. Almost every rated office is within a ten-minute drive of downtown, so you can afford to weight quality and specialty fit far more heavily than raw distance. That changes the search: instead of drawing a radius on a map, you start from the ratings and work outward only if the office you want cannot see you.

The rating spread is the first thing to read, and in Patchogue it is dramatically top-and-bottom heavy. Seven of the 15 rated practices earn 4.8 stars or better. Four more land between 4.5 and 4.79. Zero sit in the 4.0-to-4.49 range. Four fall below 4.0. A distribution like that tells you the village sorts cleanly into a strong group and a weak group, with almost no ambiguous middle to agonize over.

The other structural fact is how many offices publish a website. Of the 29 practices Dental.me tracks in Patchogue, 10 have a website URL on file and 19 do not. That is not a verdict on any office; plenty of well-run village practices operate on phone calls, referrals, and a long-standing local reputation, and a missing URL only means the directory has no site recorded for that listing. But it does shape your workflow. For roughly two in three Patchogue practices you will confirm hours, insurance participation, and new-patient status by phone rather than online, so it pays to build a short call list before you commit an afternoon to booking, and to phone during regular business hours when the front desk is staffed.

The highest-rated dentists in Patchogue

Here are the six practices with the strongest ratings on Dental.me, sorted by star rating and then by review count. Steven Bear holds a perfect 5.0, while Matthew Schorr pairs a 4.8 with by far the largest review base in the village. Follow any name to its full Dental.me profile to see the specialties and details on file.

Two names anchor the list from opposite ends. Steven Bear tops the ranking on a spotless 5.0 across 154 reviews, the highest score any office in the village carries. Matthew Schorr sits three spots down at 4.8, but his 924 reviews make him the most-reviewed practice in Patchogue by a wide margin, so his score is the most heavily sampled number on the page. In between, Austin Khorasanchi holds a 4.9 across 421 reviews, a rare combination of a near-perfect score and real depth, while Dental Care of Patchogue rounds out the group at 4.7 with a substantial 384-review base of its own. Any of these six is a defensible first call; the right one depends on what you need, which the rest of this guide helps you decide.

Why review volume changes the read

A 4.9 or a perfect 5.0 tells you a lot, but the number of reviews behind it tells you how settled that rating is. Patchogue’s 15 rated practices carry 2,469 reviews between them, and that volume is not spread evenly across the board. Matthew Schorr alone accounts for 924 of them, more than a third of every review in the village, which means his 4.8 has been earned across an unusually large sample rather than a lucky handful of reviews. Austin Khorasanchi’s 421 and Dental Care of Patchogue’s 384 are also deep, well-tested records. A perfect 5.0 built on 154 reviews, like Steven Bear’s, is genuinely strong, but it rests on a smaller sample, so the honest way to read it is excellent-and-consistent rather than infinitely proven.

The pattern to take away is reassuring: in Patchogue you rarely have to choose between a high rating and a well-tested one, because several of the top names carry both at once. Use review volume as a tie-breaker when two offices rate the same, and give slightly more weight to a strong score that is already averaged over hundreds of ratings. If you are anxious about a first appointment, the deep-review offices are the safest place to start, because their number is unlikely to move much on the strength of any single visit, good or bad.

Specialty care: implants and gum health

Two specialties surface clearly in Patchogue’s data. Six practices list dental implants and five list periodontists, which reflects an older-skewing patient base along the South Shore where tooth replacement and gum treatment are common reasons to search. If you are weighing an implant, the overlap between those two lists matters: an office that handles both the surgical placement and the periodontal groundwork can often keep your care under one roof, which usually means fewer handoffs, one coordinated treatment plan, and a cleaner timeline from consultation to final crown.

For routine cleanings and general dentistry the field is wider and the top-rated table above is the right starting point. But for these two needs the qualified shortlist is naturally shorter, so lead with the specialty page rather than the general rating list when replacement or periodontal work is the specific reason you are searching. It saves a round of phone calls to offices that do not offer the procedure at all.

How to vet a Patchogue office before you book

Once you have two or three names, a short call does the rest. Because 19 of the 29 practices have no website URL on file, the phone is your primary research tool here, not a fallback. Ask four things: whether they are taking new patients, whether they are in-network with your specific insurance plan, when the next routine opening is, and, if you need implants or gum treatment, whether that work is done in-house or referred out. Those answers separate a good rating from a good fit for you. Match the location too, since a Main Street office and one near Sunrise Highway are a short hop apart but differ on parking and transit access. And if your first choice is booked out for weeks, the ranked table gives you an obvious second and third call rather than a cold guess.

How the Dental.me Score works

Every rating on this page comes from the Dental.me Score, which weighs a practice’s star rating, its review volume, and whether its office details are confirmed, among other signals, into a single comparable number. It is earned from what patients have rated and what the office has confirmed, and it is never purchased. The only thing an office can pay for is a Featured placement, which is labeled as such and does not change the underlying score. That is why an office with a modest 81-review base like Sunset Dental Care can still sit at 4.9 right next to much larger practices: the score follows the evidence, not the marketing budget. When you compare two Patchogue practices, you are comparing the same measurement applied the same way to both, which is exactly what makes a shortlist trustworthy.

Neighborhoods and nearby options

Patchogue proper is walkable and transit-friendly, but the surrounding hamlets put more choices within a short drive, and the Patchogue dental directory is the fastest way to see them all in one ranked list. Just west, Blue Point and Bayport add quiet residential options a few minutes up Montauk Highway, handy if you would rather avoid downtown traffic for a routine cleaning. To the east, East Patchogue sits right across the village line and often shares the same providers, making it the most natural place to widen your search if the office you want is not taking new patients. Because these hamlets bleed into one another with no real border, “nearby” in Patchogue can mean a genuinely shorter appointment than crossing the village at rush hour.

Put it together and the Patchogue playbook is simple. Start from the seven offices rated 4.8 or higher. Use the 2,469-review base to separate the well-tested from the merely new. Jump to the implant or periodontal page if that is your reason for searching. Keep a phone list ready for the 19 practices without a website URL on file. And lean on the neighboring hamlets when your first choice is full. That is how you turn 29 listings and a 4.17 average into one confident booking.

Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are in Patchogue, NY?

Dental.me tracks 29 dental practices in Patchogue. Fifteen of them carry a patient rating, and those rated offices average 4.17 stars, with seven scoring 4.8 or higher.

Who is the highest-rated dentist in Patchogue?

Steven Bear holds the top score at a perfect 5.0 across 154 reviews. Austin Khorasanchi follows at 4.9 with a deeper base of 421 reviews, so both are strong first calls.

Which Patchogue dental practice has the most reviews?

Matthew Schorr is the most-reviewed practice in the village with 924 reviews and a 4.8 rating, accounting for more than a third of Patchogue’s 2,469 total reviews.

Can I get dental implants in Patchogue?

Yes. Six Patchogue practices list dental implants and five list periodontists, so tooth replacement and gum treatment are the two deepest specialties available locally.

Why don't all Patchogue dentists show a website?

Only 10 of the 29 practices have a website URL on file. A missing URL is not a mark against an office, but you will confirm hours and insurance for the other 19 by phone.

Is the Dental.me Score something a dentist can pay for?

No. The Dental.me Score is earned from a practice’s rating, review volume, and confirmed office details, among other signals. Only a labeled Featured placement can be paid for, and it does not change the 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.