Research
Visalia, CA — Median Google reviews: 156, above the 124 elsewhere
We measured 47 dental practices in Visalia serving 142,649 residents, and 3 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.
Median Google reviews: 156
That is 32 higher than the 124 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. We could check 96% of Visalia dental practices for this.
Dental practices with more than one provider: 63%
That is 13 points above the 50% typical of the 21 other 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 22 of 35. We could check 74% of Visalia dental practices for this.
Periodontist: 2 of 47 dental practices
That is 4% of the dental practices we counted in Visalia.
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
- 47 dental practices with a Visalia address in public licensing and business records. 36 of them meet this site’s bar to appear in the directory; the findings above are measured over all of them.
- Residents
- 142,649, 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.