Quick answer: Tyler, TX has 150 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 82 are rated on Google, averaging 4.6★ across 19,538 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: David Bright, Charles Hammond, Timothy Smith. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.
| # | Practice | Google rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Bright | 5★ | 1,146 |
| 2 | Charles Hammond | 5★ | 620 |
| 3 | Timothy Smith | 5★ | 578 |
| 4 | MARC W WORDEN DDS FAMILY DENTISTRY PLLC | 5★ | 534 |
| 5 | O'Neal Dentistry | 5★ | 517 |
Across the 150 practices we track inside the city limits, people have written 19,538 reviews. That is a large public record — if you know how to read it.
This guide reads it for you. It is built entirely from the ratings and review counts we hold on Tyler’s dentist directory, and its whole purpose is to turn 19,538 scattered opinions into a shortlist you can actually act on.
The number that defines Tyler: 238 reviews per rated office
Divide 19,538 reviews across the 82 Tyler practices that carry a public rating and you get roughly 238 reviews per office. For context, most mid-size American cities sit closer to 80–120. That depth matters because a 4.9 built on 600 reviews is a fundamentally different signal than a 4.9 built on 12 — the first averages over fifty times as many ratings; the second could evaporate with one difficult month. In Tyler you have the rare luxury of insisting on both a high rating and a large sample, and this guide leans on that everywhere.
The heavyweights: where Tyler’s reviews actually pile up
A handful of offices account for a wildly disproportionate share of those reviews, and they are worth naming because sample size is the whole point in this town. The single most-reviewed practice we track in Tyler is Smith, Ogletree, Smith General Partnership, which holds a 4.9 across an extraordinary 2,265 reviews — more than a tenth of the entire city’s review volume sits on that one listing. If you want the closest thing Tyler has to a consensus pick, this is it.
Right behind it on raw reputation is David Bright, holding a perfect 5.0 across 1,146 reviews. From there the quality stays remarkably tight: Charles Hammond (5.0, 620 reviews) and Timothy Smith (5.0, 578 reviews) both pair a perfect score with a deep review base, while Andrew Philley (4.9, 584 reviews) and Marc W. Worden DDS Family Dentistry (5.0, 534 reviews) round out a top tier where the lowest rating is still 4.9. In Tyler the sixth-ranked office is nearly indistinguishable from the first.
Read the whole rating curve, not just the top six
The reason those six look so similar is that Tyler’s entire rated field skews high. Of the 82 practices with a public rating, 57 sit at 4.8 or above — roughly seven of every ten rated offices are in the top tier. That is genuinely good news, but it also flattens the rating as a filter: when almost everyone scores 4.8+, the star number alone stops separating the great from the merely fine. This is exactly why the review-count discipline above matters so much here.
The 45% you can’t see — and why it isn’t a red flag
Here is the part of Tyler’s market most people miss. Of the 150 practices we track, only 82 carry a public rating and just 70 have a website we can find. That leaves nearly half the field — 68 offices — with no public rating. In a big metro, an unrated dentist is a yellow flag. In Tyler and its rural catchment the directory records the gap, not the reason for it. An office in this quiet 45% is not a worse office — it is an undocumented one. The catch is that you cannot vet them from your couch — you have to call, ask which insurance they take, and ask how soon they can see you. Treat the rated field as your fast lane and the unrated field as a phone-call project, not a dead end.
Specialty depth: what Tyler can actually treat in-town
The listed specialty coverage is broad. Cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening lead the field with 33 offices each, and implant dentistry is well represented at 27. Where the market thins is at the very specialized end: just 5 endodontists (root-canal specialists) and 8 oral surgeons serve the whole area, so those are the narrowest fields and are worth arranging early.
You can jump straight into any of these by category: browse cosmetic dentists, implant providers, pediatric dentists, emergency dentists, or the scarce-but-critical endodontists and orthodontists.
What a perfect score across a thousand reviews really tells you
It is worth pausing on Tyler’s top tier. A 5.0 rating is easy to earn over a dozen reviews and nearly impossible to hold over a thousand — one bad crown, one billing dispute, one rushed appointment, and the average slips. Yet David Bright holds exactly that: a spotless 5.0 across 1,146 reviews. When you see a number like that, you are not looking at a fluke; you are looking at an average across a very large number of separate reviews, which a few new ones would barely move. In Tyler the review volume is deep enough to show that kind of consistency from the outside.
The same logic works in reverse for new practices. A brand-new office in Tyler with a handful of glowing reviews may well be excellent, but you simply cannot know yet — the sample is too thin to have been tested by a hard month. If you are the kind of patient who values deep review counts over the newest chairside technology, this town rewards you: there are more than enough heavily-reviewed practices to fill a shortlist without ever gambling on a thinly reviewed one. If you would rather try somewhere new, do it with your routine cleaning, not your implant.
A four-step way to choose, tuned to this market
Tyler’s high-and-tight rating curve means the usual advice (“pick the highest rating”) barely narrows anything. Here is a sequence that actually does:
That last step is the one most worth doing. A rating says nothing about price, so always get a written estimate and read our national dental cost guide for what a quote depends on before you sit in the chair.
Beyond the city limits
Tyler anchors a cluster of smaller communities, and if your best-fit specialist is booked out, ask offices in the surrounding towns how soon they can see you for routine care. It is worth widening the search to Whitehouse, Flint, Bullard, Lindale, Chandler, and Troup — all a short drive from central Tyler and all covered in our directory.
When you are ready to compare the full field side by side — ratings, review counts, specialties, and websites in one place — start at the Tyler dentist directory. It is the fastest way to turn this city’s 19,538 reviews into your one appointment.
How many dentists are in Tyler, TX?
Dental.me tracks 150 dental practices in Tyler, TX — 82 carry a public star rating that averages 4.6 stars, and 70 list a website. Compare the full ranked list on the Tyler dentists page.
Which is the top-rated dentist in Tyler?
By Dental.me Score, David Bright currently leads the Tyler list (5.0 stars, 1,146 reviews). Rankings update as ratings and profile data change, so compare a few offices before deciding.
How do I choose a good dentist in Tyler?
Compare the Dental.me Score alongside review volume, location, office hours, provider names, and website details, then shortlist three to five Tyler offices that fit your schedule, budget, and the care you need.
How does Dental.me rank Tyler dentists?
By an independent Dental.me Score built from each practice's Google star rating out of 100, held to a confidence level by its review volume, with exact review counts breaking ties and a verification lift that lets confirmed practices reach a perfect 100. Featured placements are paid, clearly labeled, and never change the organic order.
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