SmilesAtlas
Independent · no paid rankings

Reviews don't tell you if your dentist was disciplined. We do.

SmilesAtlas checks every dentist against the state dental board and the federal NPI registry, then shows what the booking sites leave out: license status, board disciplinary history, and whether a corporate chain owns the practice.

131,447 dentists checked  ·  570 with a disciplinary record on file  ·  TX, CA, FL & NY

What your dentist's reviews leave out

Booking & review sites
  • Star rating and photos
  • Is the license active?
  • Any board disciplinary actions?
  • Independent, or owned by a chain?
  • Which insurance they really take
SmilesAtlas
  • Star rating and photos
  • License status, from the state board
  • Every disciplinary action, with the source
  • Independent vs DSO ownership, flagged
  • Accepted plans, read from their own site

The booking sites get paid by the dentists they list. We don't, so we can show you the parts that don't flatter.

On every profile, we check four things nobody else shows

01

License status

Active, lapsed, or revoked, straight from the Texas, California, or Florida dental board. We match each dentist's federal NPI to the board's own license file.

02

Disciplinary history

570 dentists in our directory have a board action on record. We surface it with a link to the official order, instead of burying it under five stars.

03

Who owns the practice

About 1 in 26 “local” practices is owned by a dental service organization. We flag the chains so you know who you are really booking.

04

Insurance & services

The plans a practice actually accepts and the procedures it offers, read from the practice's own website, not a sales pitch.

See it on a real profile

License verifiedIndependent practice

Valley Dental Care

General dentistry · El Paso, TX
✓ License active with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
✓ No disciplinary actions on the board's record
✓ Independent practice, not owned by a dental chain
✓ Accepts TRICARE, Delta Dental, United Healthcare
4.9
3880 Google reviews
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By state

Texas

31,461 dental providers

California

53,841 dental providers

Florida

22,941 dental providers

New York

23,204 dental providers

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By what you need

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The numbers the booking sites won't publish

We pulled the public record on 131,447 dentists. 570 have a disciplinary action. 3.8% are corporate-owned. 90% hold an active license in good standing.

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Frequently asked questions

Is SmilesAtlas free?
Yes. Browsing, the license and disciplinary checks, and the ownership flags are all free. Dentists cannot pay to rank higher or to hide a disciplinary action.
How do you check a dentist's license?
We match each dentist's federal NPI number to the state dental board's own license file (Texas, California, and Florida publish one), then show the status the board reports plus any disciplinary action, with a link to the official record. Where a state does not publish a roster, like New York, we say the license is not independently verified rather than guess.
What is a DSO, and why does it matter?
A dental service organization is a company that owns and runs dental practices, often backed by private equity. The dentist's name may be on the door, but a chain sets the targets. Studies link corporate ownership to more aggressive treatment plans, so we flag it from public business records.
Where do the reviews and hours come from?
Ratings, review counts, and hours come from each practice's public Google listing. Accepted insurance, services, and technology are read from the practice's own website. We only show what is published, and never invent a value.
Do dentists pay to be listed?
No. We build the directory from the public NPI registry, so every dentist is included whether they like it or not. Our revenue comes from selling clean dental-market data to businesses, not from the dentists we list, so we have no reason to flatter them.
Which states are covered?
Texas, California, Florida, and New York today: 131,447 dental providers. More states are added as we verify them.
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