Market data
Dental practices in Bakersfield: market data
We count 134 dental practices with a Bakersfield address in public licensing and business records, or 32.8 per 100,000 residents. Last checked August 26, 2026.
- Dental practices counted
- 134in a population of 408,366
- Dental practices per 100,000 residents
- 32.8
- ZIP codes with at least one dental practice
- 11
- Dental practices with a website
- 98%131 of 134
What stands out
These come out of the numbers rather than from any judgement we made. Each one either compares Bakersfield with the other markets we track or points to something uncommon in the Bakersfield data itself.
- Median Google reviews: 250 in Bakersfield, above the 124 typical of the 21 other California markets we measure.
- Open Saturday or Sunday: 21% in Bakersfield, above the 16% typical of the 24 other California markets we measure.
- General dentist accounts for 85% of Bakersfield dental practices we could classify.
- Only 4 of 134 dental practices in Bakersfield list Prosthodontist.
How Bakersfield compares
Each bar shows Bakersfield against the middle value across the other markets we measure. A measure with nothing to compare against is left out rather than compared to itself.
Dental specialties
Practices offering each specialty. General dentists handle most routine care; specialists handle referrals such as root canals, braces, and oral surgery.
Insurance accepted
Practices listing each insurer, out of those whose insurance information we have on record. Always confirm your specific plan with the office.
Languages spoken
Practices listing care in each language, out of those whose language information we have on record.
What we could and could not check
134 dental practices are in the public records behind this page. 109 of them meet our bar to appear in the directory. Every share above is calculated over the dental practices we could actually verify, never over the whole market.
How these numbers were produced
Counts come from public records for every dental practice in this area, whether or not it appears in our directory. That gap is the point: a directory that reports only on itself tells you nothing you could not see by browsing it.
Per-resident figures use a population of 408,366 from the Census Bureau (acs5-2023).
- Insurance figures describe what offices publish, not what they will accept. Confirm your own plan with the office before you book.
- Counts say nothing about price, wait time, or whether an office is taking new patients.
- A group practice with six dentists and a solo office each count as one.
Where the records come from
- American Dentists practice directory (production migration export) — 1,343 records, retrieved August 26, 2026.
What each figure means
- Dental practices counted
- Every dental practice in the underlying public registry for this area, whether or not it has a profile on this site.
- Dental practices per 100,000 residents
- Dental practices counted here divided by the town's own population, expressed per 100,000 residents. Dental practices are counted where they sit, and people routinely drive to the next town, so a town centre surrounded by suburbs reads high and the suburbs read low. Read it as how concentrated dental practices are in this town, not how easy it is for residents to be seen.
- ZIP codes with at least one dental practice
- How many distinct ZIP codes in this area have at least one dental practice in the registry. A low number next to a high count means the dental practices sit close together.
- Dental practices with a website
- Share of dental practices with a working website on record, out of the dental practices whose contact details we have checked.
- Open Saturday or Sunday
- Share of dental practices whose published hours include Saturday or Sunday, out of the dental practices whose hours we have on record.
- Open past 6pm on a weekday
- Share of dental practices whose published hours run past 6pm on at least one weekday, out of the dental practices whose hours we have on record.
- Median Google rating
- The middle Google rating among dental practices that have one. Ratings come from Google and reflect reviewer opinion, not any assessment by this site.
- Median Google reviews
- The middle number of Google reviews among dental practices that have any. A low median usually means a market of smaller or newer dental practices.
- Dental practices with more than one provider
- Share of dental practices with more than one licensed provider on record. Solo dental practices often have narrower hours and longer waits for a first appointment.
- Dental specialties
- Practices offering each specialty. General dentists handle most routine care; specialists handle referrals such as root canals, braces, and oral surgery.
- Insurance accepted
- Practices listing each insurer, out of those whose insurance information we have on record. Always confirm your specific plan with the office.
- Languages spoken
- Practices listing care in each language, out of those whose language information we have on record.
Measured August 29, 2026. The oldest source record behind it was retrieved August 26, 2026.
Use this data
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