Dentists in Westerville, OH: Local Guide

Quick answer: Westerville, OH has 104 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 64 are rated on Google, averaging 4.62★ across 15,342 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Dr. Ashleigh Briody, Dr. Philippe Chahine, Columbus Dental Providers LLC. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Westerville’s dental offices carry a lot of Google reviews. Dental.me lists 104 dental practices in Westerville itself, and the 64 with a Google rating hold 15,342 Google reviews — roughly 240 for every rated office on the Westerville directory. That volume changes how you can read the ratings here: on the largest records, a star figure rests on hundreds of reviews, so the useful skill is reading each rating beside the count behind it.

This guide walks through what the numbers actually say about Westerville dentistry, where the high ratings are concentrated, and how to turn 104 options into a shortlist of three in an afternoon.

The concentration effect: a few offices carry the city

The first thing the data reveals is how lopsided review volume is. One practice alone — Dr. Philippe Chahine — holds 1,692 reviews, more than a tenth of everything written about dentists in the entire market. Add in Columbus Dental Providers (1,247) and Andrew Baloy (824), and just three offices account for nearly a quarter of all Google reviews in Westerville.

That concentration helps a new patient read the ratings. A 4.9 built on 1,692 individual reviews averages far more ratings than a 5.0 built on nine. Both look the same on a map pin; only one has a four-figure sample behind it. Neither figure is a measure of clinical quality.

Dental.me records the volume of that feedback, not who left it or why. The six largest records hold 5,895 of the 15,342 reviews (38%), so most of the city’s feedback sits outside them.

Ratings are high — and clustered at the top

Westerville’s ratings are high as well. Of the 64 practices with a Google rating, 48 sit at 4.8 stars or above, three out of every four rated offices. Only eight land below 4.0, and none of those eight rests on more than 33 reviews.

Because the top tier is so crowded, star ratings alone won’t separate your finalists. This is where review count earns its keep. When two offices both show 4.9, the one with 800 reviews simply rests on far more ratings than the one with 80. On the Westerville hub you can sort the full list by review depth and see the deepest review records first.

The six largest review records

These are the six largest Google review records in Westerville. Together they hold 5,895 reviews (38%):

• Dr. Philippe Chahine — 4.9 stars across 1,692 reviews, the most-reviewed office in the city.
• Columbus Dental Providers — 4.9 stars over 1,247 reviews.
• Andrew Baloy — 4.9 stars across 824 reviews.
• Just Smiles — General, Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry — 4.9 stars over 788 reviews (on the cosmetic, implant, emergency and whitening lists).
• Dr. Ashleigh Briody — 5.0 stars on 694 reviews, the deepest of Westerville’s 27 5.0 ratings.
• Westerville Dental Associates — 4.9 stars across 650 reviews.

Notice the pattern: the largest records pair a 4.9 or 5.0 with hundreds of reviews, and three of them with more than a thousand. A 5.0 on a large record is not rare in Westerville. Twenty-seven offices hold a 5.0, and 13 of them rest on 100 or more reviews. After Dr. Briody (694), the deepest are Augusto Fojas, DDS (468), Christel Haberland, DDS, MS (420), Melissa Meier (403), Matthew Gruber (373) and Ross Gordon DDS MS (341). The seventh-largest record, Shirck Orthodontics (4.9 on 621), is on the orthodontist and Invisalign lists.

Several of the largest records sit on many service lists at once: Andrew Baloy is on nine of the 12, Columbus Dental Providers on seven and Just Smiles on four. A place on a list shows what an office lists, not how often it does that work, so ask whether the office does your procedure itself.

One caveat: Dental.me has a website on file for 60 of the 104 listed practices. That does not mean the other 44 have none, only that none is recorded, and nothing in the rating or the review count depends on it. A phone number is on file for all 104, so the phone is the most reliable first contact.

Matching the office to the treatment

Westerville’s service lists are long. Eleven of Dental.me’s 12 lists hold at least one Westerville practice. Cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening are the longest at 33 practices each, followed by 29 on dental implants and 23 on emergency dentists. The prosthodontist list is empty. The chart below shows all 12.

Use that breadth to your advantage. If you want a brighter smile, browse the cosmetic dentists in Westerville or narrow straight to teeth-whitening providers — both categories run 33 offices deep. Planning a tooth replacement? The Westerville implant dentists give you 29 places to compare. And because dental pain rarely schedules itself, it’s worth calling the emergency dentists before you ever need one, since no schedule or appointment data is held for any office here. Families should shortlist from the pediatric dentists, which lists 18 offices.

A three-step method for Westerville

Given the market’s shape — deep reviews, a crowded top tier, wide specialty coverage — here’s the fastest path from 104 to your pick.

Step one, filter by need. Don’t start with a general list of 104. Start with the service category that fits you — implants, cosmetic, pediatric, emergency — and you’ll cut the field to a couple dozen relevant offices immediately.

Step two, sort by depth. In a market where 48 offices already clear 4.8 stars, the tiebreaker is how many reviews stand behind that score. An office at 4.9 over 800 reviews is a better-documented choice than one at 5.0 over a dozen. Review depth is not a measure of clinical quality, but it shows how many ratings stand behind the star.

Step three, call your top three. Ratings can’t tell you whether an office takes your insurance, how far out the next new-patient slot is, or what the first-visit exam costs. Two phone calls settle all three. 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 outside Westerville

Westerville’s neighboring directories use the same rating and review data as this page: Worthington (56 practices, 34 rated), Powell (44 practices, 29 rated), Gahanna (42 practices, 27 rated), New Albany (18 practices, 11 rated), Lewis Center (17 practices, 14 rated), Sunbury (12 practices, 6 rated). Dental.me holds no drive-time data, so check the distance from where you live. Dental.me holds no availability data, so call to ask how soon an office can see you.

However you narrow it down, start from the full, ranked list on the Westerville dentist hub — it’s the fastest way to see all 104 practices, their ratings, and their review counts side by side. The Dental.me Score is built mainly from a practice’s Google rating and the depth of reviews behind it, with a small lift for an office that verifies its listing; our ranking methodology lays it out. Paid placements are clearly labeled as Featured and never change the organic order.

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.