Dentists in Virginia Beach, VA: Local Guide

Quick answer: Virginia Beach, VA has 459 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 233 are rated on Google, averaging 4.6★ across 53,178 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: JEREMY B. DAVIDSON DDS PC, ERIC A. HOSEK D.D.S.,P.C., Shore Smiles. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Virginia Beach hands you a coastal-sized problem: 459 dental practices spread from the Oceanfront and Hilltop out through Kempsville, Great Neck, and the Princess Anne corridor. That is a deep dental market, and depth cuts both ways. There is a practice within a few minutes of almost any zip in the city, but roughly half of them — 233 — have earned enough Google reviews to actually judge. The other half are quiet on the record. Finding the right dentist here is less about scarcity and more about reading a crowded, uneven field correctly.

That unevenness is the real story. Across the 233 rated practices, people have written 53,178 reviews — an average of about 228 per office, which tells you the rated Virginia Beach practices carry serious review histories. But the ratings do not cluster politely. This is a city where the top of the market is highly rated and the bottom is genuinely worth avoiding, so the gap between a good choice and a poor one is wider than the citywide average of 4.6 stars suggests.

Geography shapes the search too. A dental practice near the Oceanfront serves a different rhythm than one out in Kempsville or along Holland Road, and Virginia Beach’s sheer footprint — the largest city by population in Virginia, stretched between the Chesapeake Bay and the North Carolina line — means “close to home” and “close to work” can point at entirely different offices. The upside of 459 practices is that you rarely have to compromise on location. The catch is that convenience tempts you to book the nearest office rather than the right one, and in a market this bimodal that is exactly the mistake to avoid.

Read the quality spread before you read the average

Most city guides quote a single average star rating and move on. In Virginia Beach that number hides more than it reveals. When you break the 233 rated practices into bands, a two-tier market appears: a large, strong top tier, and a stubborn tail of low-rated offices that a citywide average quietly absorbs.

The takeaway is simple and specific to Virginia Beach: 164 practices — about 70% of the rated field — sit at 4.8 stars or higher, so a great dentist is not hard to reach. But 26 practices fall below 4.0, actually outnumbering the 19 in the middling 4.0–4.49 band. There is very little “just okay” here. Offices tend to be clearly excellent or clearly troubled, which means a two-minute rating check does most of your screening work for you. Browse the full field on the Virginia Beach dentist directory and start by cutting everything under 4.5.

The practices with the most Google reviews

Volume of reviews is its own signal — a four-figure review count takes a long time to accumulate. Six Virginia Beach offices stand out, and the way they rank reveals a subtle tension worth understanding.

One of the city’s most heavily reviewed practices is Dr’s Ford, Guter, & Rai, LTD, holding a 4.9 rating across 1,836 reviews. Just behind it on rating is Jeremy B. Davidson DDS PC, which pairs a flawless 5.0 across 1,281 reviews — a rare combination of perfect score and high volume. That contrast is the useful lesson: the office with more reviews here is not the higher-rated one, so you should weigh both numbers rather than either alone.

Rounding out the standouts, all at a perfect 5.0: Eric A. Hosek D.D.S., P.C. (850 reviews), Shore Smiles (738 reviews), Tracy S. Oliver DDS PC (656 reviews), and E. James Reitano, DDS (553 reviews). Any of these is a defensible first call; the right one depends on what you actually need done.

One practical note on how to read those numbers. A perfect 5.0 across 200 reviews and a 4.9 across 1,800 are not really in competition — they are answering different questions. The perfect score tells you almost no one leaves unhappy; the enormous volume tells you the rating is averaged across a very large number of separate reviews. When you are choosing a practice for a long-term relationship rather than a one-off cleaning, a high rating held across a large review count is often the more reassuring signal. For a single procedure, the pristine score may matter more. Neither is a trap; they simply reward different needs.

Match the practice to the procedure

Virginia Beach is broad but not evenly deep across specialties. General and cosmetic care are abundant; a few specialties are thinner and worth booking earlier. Here is how the field is distributed by the type of work you might need.

If you are after appearance-driven work, you have room to be picky: 80 practices offer teeth whitening, 76 handle cosmetic dentistry, and 67 place dental implants. For families, 44 pediatric practices and 49 orthodontic and Invisalign providers give you real choice. Where it tightens is the surgical and restorative end — 23 endodontists, 23 oral surgeons, and just 17 denture providers — so root canals, extractions, and full restorations reward booking ahead rather than same-week. And because coastal life produces its share of chipped teeth and weekend mishaps, it is worth knowing the city keeps 31 emergency-capable practices on the map. Jump straight to the ones you need: cosmetic dentists, dental implants, teeth whitening, emergency dentists, pediatric dentists, orthodontists, Invisalign providers, or periodontists.

A four-step way to choose, tuned to this market

Because Virginia Beach is deep but bimodal, a simple filtering sequence works better here than browsing at random.

That last step is a genuine Virginia Beach quirk. Only 210 of the 459 practices — roughly 46% — maintain a website, though among the rated offices that figure climbs to about 90%. A practice with no online presence is not automatically bad, but a website with clear hours, insurance details, and new-patient forms saves you a round of phone calls. When two practices tie on stars, let the website break the tie. Curious how we weigh all of this? Our ranking methodology lays it out. Dental.me does not publish prices, and our national guide to dental costs gives no price ranges either; it lists what a quote depends on (the procedure, exam findings, insurance and materials), so ask each office for a written, itemised estimate.

Looking just beyond the city line

Virginia Beach anchors Hampton Roads, and for many residents the nearest great dentist sits one bridge or tunnel away. If your commute or insurance points elsewhere, these neighboring directories are worth a look: Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, and Langley AFB. Military families rotating through the region often find a practice near base that files with their plan more smoothly than one at the Oceanfront.

When you are ready, the fastest path is the full Virginia Beach dentist directory — work down the ranked list, weighing rating, review volume and specialty, and you will have a shortlist in minutes rather than hours.

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