Dentists in Yucaipa, CA: Local Guide

Quick answer: Yucaipa, CA has 38 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 23 are rated on Google, averaging 4.56★ across 3,242 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Steven Markham, Calimesa Dental, Yucaipa Gentle Dentistry Fadi Bitar DDS INC. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Sitting at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains between Redlands and Beaumont, Yucaipa supports 38 dental practices, yet those offices have collectively earned 3,242 Google reviews. What defines Yucaipa is not the count but the shape of it: review volume here is heavily concentrated. The six largest counts hold 2,355 of the 3,242 reviews (73%), while 15 practices have no Google rating and seven more rest on 6 or fewer reviews. That split is worth understanding before you choose an office to call.

This guide walks through what Yucaipa’s real numbers tell you, where the high ratings and the large review counts sit, and how to read a market this concentrated. Every figure below comes from Dental.me’s Yucaipa directory, and none of it is estimated.

A little context on the numbers helps. With 3,242 reviews spread across just 23 rated offices, the mean is about 141 reviews per rated office, but the median is 51, because a few large counts pull the mean up. The town-wide average of 4.56 stars is an unweighted mean of the 23 ratings (weighted by review count it is 4.76), and it hides the spread: 13 at 4.8 or higher, 2 from 4.5 to 4.79, 5 from 4.0 to 4.49 and 3 below 4.0. The sections that follow pull those layers apart so you can see exactly where a given office sits rather than trusting one blended number.

The concentration story: a few offices hold most of the reviews

Here is the number that defines Yucaipa. The six offices with the highest Dental.me Score hold 2,303 reviews between them — 71% of the 3,242 reviews on Yucaipa practices. The six largest counts hold slightly more, 2,355 (73%), because CHOKKA DENTAL CORPORATION (4.2 on 265 reviews) and Sara Al Tally (4.4 on 235) both have more reviews than Yucaipa Gentle Dentistry’s 213 but sit lower on the Score. In a 38-practice town that tells you the market has clear review leaders and a long tail of offices with few or no Google reviews. When review volume concentrates like this, the names at the top of the chart are among the ones with the largest review counts behind their rating, but not the only ones.

The largest review count belongs to Steven Markham, whose office holds a perfect 5.0 across 846 reviews — 26% of the town’s reviews — and is first on the Dental.me Score. Close behind, Calimesa Dental also carries a 5.0 rating across 416 reviews, the second-largest count in town.

Below them sit four more offices from the Score top six. Shodhan Dentistry (Dr. Harin Shodhan) pairs 342 reviews with a 4.8 rating; Centerpoint Dental and Neal A. Johnson DDS each hold 4.9, across 244 and 242 reviews; and Yucaipa Gentle Dentistry (Dr. Fadi Bitar) rounds out the Score top six at a perfect 5.0 across 213 reviews. Their ratings do not by themselves prove clinical quality, so compare services, location and insurance as well.

Reading the ratings: why 4.8+ is the real bar here

Of Yucaipa’s 23 rated practices, 13 sit at 4.8 stars or higher — more than half the rated field. That changes how you should shop. In a town where being merely “good” (4.0–4.5) puts an office in the bottom half, a 4.8+ rating is a sensible cutoff for a routine cleaning or a family dentist, though five of the 13 at 4.8 or higher rest on 10 or fewer reviews. The distribution below shows how the rated practices actually stack up.

One caveat that matters more in a small market: 15 of the 38 practices have no Google rating at all. A blank profile is not a red flag — Dental.me does not record why it is blank — but it does mean you’re buying without a review history. If you’re drawn to an unrated office, treat your first visit as a working interview and lean on the questions further down this guide.

Which specialties Yucaipa actually covers

Yucaipa’s specialty lists are short outside cosmetic work and alignment. The directory tracks eight offices offering teeth whitening and eight offering cosmetic dentistry (the same eight on both lists), and seven on the orthodontics list (the same seven as the Invisalign list). The oral-surgery list holds 1 practice, periodontics 3 and endodontics 1, each of them also on the cosmetic list; Redlands lists 13, 24 and 16, and Loma Linda 9, 11 and 6. For a root canal retreatment, complex extraction, or gum surgery, expect a possible referral out of town.

Match the work to the right list: browse cosmetic dentists in Yucaipa for veneers and smile work, teeth-whitening providers for a fast brightening, Invisalign dentists or orthodontists for alignment, and dental-implant providers for tooth replacement. Each list is filtered to Yucaipa offices only.

How to choose in a market like this

With 38 practices and 23 ratings, choosing well in Yucaipa is less about sifting hundreds of listings and more about matching your specific need to the right office. Here’s the sequence that works:

Step three deserves emphasis in a small town. A 5.0 across 20 reviews and a 5.0 across 846 reviews are not the same signal — the second rests on a far larger sample. That’s why Steven Markham’s 5.0 differs from the town’s other perfect scores: it rests on 846 reviews, while six of the ten 5.0 ratings rest on 31 or fewer. When two practices show the same star rating, compare the review counts behind them.

When you call or visit, a few pointed questions cut through the guesswork quickly. Ask whether the office is taking new patients and how far out the next cleaning slot is; Dental.me holds no scheduling data. Confirm which insurance plans are in-network, whether they offer a membership or cash-pay plan if you’re uninsured, and how they handle after-hours emergencies given that Yucaipa’s emergency list holds 4 practices. If you need implants, alignment, or cosmetic work, ask how often the dentist performs that specific procedure rather than assuming a general office does it routinely. Those answers tell you more than a star rating can.

It’s also worth knowing that only 20 of Yucaipa’s 38 offices list a website, so a phone call is often the fastest way to confirm insurance networks, new-patient availability, and after-hours coverage. Don’t read a thin web presence as a quality problem; four of the rated offices here have no website on file. 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 Yucaipa

Two neighbours hold far longer lists than Yucaipa’s 38: Redlands lists 152 practices (73 with a Google rating) and Loma Linda 128 (19 rated), with 13 and 9 oral-surgery listings. The others are smaller: Highland 23 (13 rated), Beaumont 22 (9), Calimesa 10 (4) and Cherry Valley 1 (1). Explore neighbors: Redlands, Calimesa, Beaumont, Cherry Valley, Loma Linda, and Highland.

When you’re ready to compare offices side by side — ratings, review counts, services, and contact details all in one place — start at the full Yucaipa dentist directory. If you’re curious how these standings are assembled and why we weight review depth the way we do, our ranking methodology lays it out.

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.