Research
Vacaville, CA — Dental practices with more than one provider is the highest of 22 California markets we measure
We measured 24 dental practices in Vacaville serving 102,085 residents, and 4 findings stood out against the other markets we measure.
What we set out to measure
Who takes your plan, and who can see you outside working hours?
Every dental practice below comes from public licensing and business records, counted whether or not it appears in this site’s directory. The findings are what the numbers came back with, not a view we formed first and then looked for support for.
Dental practices with more than one provider: 74%
That is the highest of the 22 California markets we measure.
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. Measured over 14 of 19. We could check 79% of Vacaville dental practices for this.
Open past 6pm on a weekday: 0%
That is 7 points below the 7% typical of the 24 other California markets we measure.
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. Measured over 0 of 24.
Median Google reviews: 107
That is 39 lower than the 146 typical of the 21 other California markets we measure.
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.
No dental practice lists Periodontist
No dental practice in Vacaville lists Periodontist, which appears in 27 of the other 29 California markets we measure.
Practices offering each specialty. General dentists handle most routine care; specialists handle referrals such as root canals, braces, and oral surgery.
What this does not tell you
- 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.
How this was measured
- What was counted
- 24 dental practices with a Vacaville address in public licensing and business records. 24 of them meet this site’s bar to appear in the directory; the findings above are measured over all of them.
- Residents
- 102,085, US Census Bureau acs5-2023.
- Measured
- August 30, 2026. We keep every earlier measurement rather than overwriting it, so a later report can say what changed.
- How complete this is
- 83% of the measures this vertical tracks had enough coverage to report here. The rest are withheld rather than estimated, and are listed on the data page.
- Method version
- 1.0
Where the records come from
- American Dentists practice directory (production migration export) — 1,343 records, retrieved August 26, 2026.