Dentists in Webster

TSBDE licenses Texas dentists, hygienists, registered dental assistants and dental labs. Its search shows license status and public disciplinary actions. Complaints about care, sanitation, conduct or abandonment go on the board's form to complaints@tsbde.texas.gov, by fax or by mail, and must carry your name.

Billing disagreements are outside the board's reach. It can order restitution only in limited cases, capped at your out-of-pocket treatment costs, where care fell below the standard.

Watch the word "specialist". In Texas it's reserved for dentists who finished an accredited specialty program of at least two years or are board certified in one of 12 recognized specialties, such as orthodontics or pediatric dentistry. A general practice can't imply otherwise. The list here is ordered by public reviews, as our terms of service explain, so run the license check yourself.

Delta Dental's national figures put a cleaning without dental benefits at $85 to $160, and its 2024 data put back-tooth tooth-colored fillings at $165 to $530. A permanent crown out of network averaged $1,100 to $2,000 in 2023. Ask for a written estimate and what your plan pays before treatment.

Your cleaning may be done by a hygienist. That's allowed without the dentist in the building if the dentist examined you in the past 12 months, but a hygienist can't diagnose or prescribe.

What a Webster hygienist handles

Texas hygienists clean and polish teeth, smooth root surfaces, apply fluoride and other topical drugs, take X-rays and can give local anesthetic when a dentist authorizes it. Anything irreversible that cuts tissue stays with the dentist. For front teeth, Delta Dental's 2024 national range for tooth-colored fillings is $145 to $480, and silver amalgam fillings run $110 to $455.

Fluoride and Webster city water

Webster's drinking water comes from the city's own Water division. About 72% of Texans, some 19.6 million people, drink water that's adjusted or naturally fluoridated; if that matters for your children's care, ask the Utility Department about Webster's levels and share the answer with your dentist.

• UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry's student clinics (713-486-4000) offer supervised care; the urgent care exam fee is $32 and most urgent treatment costs under $200.
• Children and young adults 20 and under on Medicaid or CHIP mostly get dental care through DentaQuest, MCNA Dental or UnitedHealthcare Dental. Texas Health Steps (1-877-847-8377) helps find a dentist on weekdays.
• DSHS's Title V Maternal and Child Health program covers dental care for eligible people 21 and younger who don't have Medicaid or CHIP.
• 2-1-1 and federally qualified health centers are the state's other pointers for low-cost care.

This page describes how dental care is licensed and paid for; confirm treatment decisions with a licensed Texas dentist. More in the Texas dentist guide, the Webster guide and dentists in Clear Lake.