Dentists in Ventura (San Buenaventura), CA Open on Saturdays
Five of these eight Ventura dental offices keep a regular Saturday shift. Johnson Family Dental on South Mills Road has the longest dependable day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Prime Dental Group on South Victoria Avenue starts earliest, at 7 a.m., closing at 3 p.m. Western Dental on East Main Street runs 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is the only one that says it takes Denti-Cal.
The other three open on Saturdays with a condition attached, and that is the split to read first. A toothache on a Saturday morning needs one of the standing shifts; a planned crown or implant can work around first-and-third Saturdays or an appointment-only day.
Our picks
- Earliest Saturday start: Prime Dental Group. Doors open at 7 a.m. on Saturday, weekdays run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. four days a week, and it is the only office here that also posts Sunday hours.
- Medi-Cal dental coverage: Western Dental - Ventura. The only practice here that says it accepts Denti-Cal, with Saturday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and walk-ins welcome.
- Low-cost first visit on a full Saturday: Johnson Family Dental - Ventura. $29 for an exam and digital X-rays, plus a full 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday.
- A planned implant or full-mouth procedure: Pacific View Dental Group. Saturdays by appointment only, with implants, sedation and full-mouth rehabilitation, and prosthodontists and anesthesiologists on staff.
At a glance
| Option | Address | Saturday Access | Saturday Hours | Weekday Hours | Services | Insurance & Payment | New Patient Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2750 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 93003source | Set Saturday hourssource | 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.source | Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Friday closedsource | Orthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, emergency dental caresource | Most insurance plans, incl. Medi-Cal and Medicaid; financing optionssource | Free checkup and X-rays for new patientssource | |
| 103 S Mills Rd #101, Ventura, CA 93003source | Set Saturday hourssource | 8:00 am - 5:00 pmsource | Monday and Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; Wednesday and Thursday 8:00 am - 6:00 pmsource | Implants, dental emergencies, cosmetic, orthodontics, sedation, laser dentistrysource | Flexible financing, monthly payment plan, dental savings plansource | $29 exam & digital X-rays for new patientssource | |
| 1752 S Victoria Ave #200, Ventura, CA 93003source | Set Saturday hourssource | 7 a.m.–3 p.m.source | Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7 a.m.–7 p.m.; Wednesday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.source | General, pediatric, orthodontics, cosmetic dentistrysource | Flexible payment options and financing planssource | $245 new patient special: cleaning, exam & X-rayssource | |
| 2533 E Main Street, Ventura, CA 93003source | Set Saturday hourssource | 9AM – 4PMsource | Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10AM – 7PM; Wednesday 9AM – 6PM; Friday 9:30AM – 6:30PMsource | Emergency dentistry, walk-ins and same-day appointmentssource | |||
| 3450 Loma Vista Rd, Ventura, CA 93003source | Set Saturday hourssource | 8:00am – 6:00pmsource | 8:00am – 6:00pmsource | Preventive, restorative, cosmetic, emergency, pediatric, orthodontics, implantssource | Works with over 50 dental insurance providerssource | Membership plan for patients paying out of pocketsource | |
| 3585 Telegraph Rd, Suite C, Ventura, CA 93003source | By appointment onlysource | By appointment onlysource | Monday to Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Friday 8:00am - 3:00pmsource | Implants, cosmetic, orthodontics incl. Invisalign, sedation, full mouth rehabilitationsource | All major insurances, Care Credit, City Health Card and LendingClub financingsource | In-house Dental Care Membership Program for patients without insurancesource | |
| 88 North Oak Street Unit 2A, Ventura, CA 93001source | Selected Saturdays onlysource | First & Third Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pmsource | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Thursday closedsource | General dentistrysource | Membership plan for patients with no insurancesource | Yearly membership plan: 2 exams, 2 cleanings, X-rays as neededsource | |
| 9493 Telephone Rd. Ste 108, Ventura, CA 93004source | Open Saturdays with no posted hourssource | Open Saturdays (hours not published)source | Monday to Thursday 9AM - 5PM; Friday 10AM - 5PMsource | Family, cosmetic and surgical dentistry, Invisalign, implants, veneerssource | Senior discount for patients 55 and oversource | Free exam & digital X-rays for new patients with paid treatmentsource |
Every Saturday, some Saturdays, or call first
Insight Dentistry of Downtown, the one option downtown, opens only on the first and third Saturday of the month, 9:00am to 1:00pm, and its Mid Town Ventura and Ojai sister offices are closed Saturdays, so book the North Oak Street one. Pacific View Dental Group on Telegraph Road sees Saturday patients by appointment only. Ventura Village Family Dentistry on Telephone Road says it is open Saturdays but never publishes the hours.
Ventura Bright Dental is the one to double-check. Its contact page lists Monday to Saturday, 8:00am to 6:00pm, which would be the longest Saturday here, but the footer on the same site says Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
What a first visit costs at each office
The New Patient Offer column does not compare like for like. Johnson's $29 buys an exam and digital X-rays; Prime's $245 adds a cleaning, and Prime also charges $100 for an emergency or second-opinion consultation. Western Dental's checkup and X-rays are free, and Village Family's are free only if you go ahead with paid treatment, where patients 55 and over also get a 15% senior discount.
Three offices sell a membership instead of a first-visit price. Insight's yearly plan covers two exams, two cleanings, X-rays as needed and 20% off other treatment, while Pacific View and Ventura Bright run membership plans for people paying out of pocket. Great Coast Dental posts no price, insurance or financing at all.
Getting seen the same day
For an urgent problem, Great Coast Dental on East Main is built around walk-ins and same-day appointments, Saturdays 9AM to 4PM. Johnson says it can often see someone in pain the same day, Western welcomes walk-ins but suggests booking to avoid a long wait, and Village Family advertises same-day emergency service seven days a week. If Saturday falls through, Prime and Great Coast both stay open until 7 p.m. on several weekdays.
The options in detail
Western Dental - Ventura
The Ventura branch of a large California chain, and the most straightforward Saturday option on this list: a full Saturday shift from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the office closed on Fridays instead. General dentists, specialists and hygienists all work out of the same building, so braces, implants and gum treatment happen in-house rather than by referral, and the office treats young children. It is the only practice here that says it accepts Denti-Cal (Medi-Cal Dental), and walk-ins are welcome, though the office recommends booking ahead to avoid a long wait. New patients are offered a free checkup and X-rays.
Johnson Family Dental - Ventura
A regional group practice in the Pacific View Shopping Center, between BevMo and Ross, that keeps a full 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. day on Saturday rather than a half-day. Its own page reports a 4.6-star Google average and a long in-house service list: cleanings, crowns, fillings, implants, dentures, clear aligners, braces, laser and sedation dentistry. If you are in pain, the office says to call for an emergency appointment and that in many cases it can see you the same day. The $29 exam-and-digital-X-rays offer is the cheapest posted first visit in this table.
Prime Dental Group
The widest Saturday window in Ventura, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., sitting on top of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. four days a week, which makes this the easiest office here to reach around a job. The South Victoria Avenue practice covers general, pediatric, cosmetic, orthodontic and emergency care, and offers LANAP laser gum therapy for periodontal disease. It is also unusually direct about money for a dental office: $245 for a new-patient cleaning, exam and X-rays, and $100 for an emergency, cosmetic or second-opinion consultation. It is the only practice in this table that also posts Sunday hours.
Great Coast Dental
A small East Main Street practice built around getting people seen quickly: it advertises walk-ins, same-day appointments, evening hours until 7 p.m. on most weekdays, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Emergency dentistry, extractions, crowns and deep cleanings are what it leads with, pitched as gentle and affordable rather than cosmetic. The trade-off is that this is essentially a one-page website: it publishes nothing about which insurance it takes, financing, or what a first visit costs, so those questions have to be asked on the phone.
Ventura Bright Dental
A Loma Vista Road clinic with the broadest posted service list here, running from preventive and pediatric care through orthodontics, implants and All-on-4 to emergency visits, and it says it works with more than 50 dental insurance providers. Its contact page lists office hours of Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., which would be the longest Saturday day in this table. One warning: the footer on the same website says Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so the site contradicts itself about Saturday. Call before you drive over.
Pacific View Dental Group
Dr. Periklis Proussaefs' Telegraph Road practice, and the one that leans hardest toward complex restorative work: dental implants, full-mouth rehabilitation, sedation dentistry and same-day crowns, with endodontists, pediatric dentists, anesthesiologists, orthodontists and prosthodontists on the staff. Saturdays here are by appointment only rather than posted hours, so it suits a planned procedure better than an urgent toothache. It accepts all major insurance plus CareCredit and LendingClub financing, and runs an in-house membership program for people with no dental coverage. Be aware the practice's website is dated and loads over an insecure connection.
Insight Dentistry of Downtown
The only downtown option here, a block off Main Street on North Oak, and the one whose Saturday hours need the most care: the office opens the first and third Saturday of the month only, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., so check the date before counting on it. The practice does general and aesthetic dentistry, implants, Invisalign and full-mouth reconstruction, has an endodontist on the team, and is closed on Thursdays. For people without insurance it sells a yearly membership plan covering two exams, two cleanings, X-rays as needed and 20% off other treatment. Its two sister offices, Mid Town Ventura and Ojai, are closed Saturdays, so make sure you book the downtown one.
Ventura Village Family Dentistry
Dr. Frank Esfandiari's practice on Telephone Road, at the East Ventura end of town, doing family, cosmetic and surgical dentistry: Invisalign, implants, veneers, crowns, laser dentistry, sleep apnea appliances and therapeutic Botox. It advertises Spanish-speaking care, same-day emergency service available seven days a week, and a 15% senior discount for patients 55 and over, on top of free exam and digital X-rays for new patients who go ahead with treatment. The Saturday caveat is real: the practice says it is open Saturdays but never publishes the hours, and its posted hours block runs Monday to Friday only, so you have to call to find out when.
How we researched this
Every office here is inside Ventura city limits and says on its own website that it opens on Saturdays; the Saturday Access column records which kind of opening that is. Eight nearby practices were ruled out because their own sites list Saturday as closed, among them The Smile Shapers, Clove Dental Ventura, Zak Dental Ventura and Main Street Dental Group. Sánchez and McCoy, DDS, which search listings show open Saturday mornings by appointment, stays off the table only because its website blocked every attempt to read it, and the big review directories were unreachable too, so a few Saturday offices may be missing.
Saturday hours are copied word for word from each office's site, which is why their formats differ from row to row. Great Coast Dental's insurance and first-visit cells are empty because its one-page site names neither. Several of these sites are not kept closely up to date, so phone the office to check that Saturday's hours and whether it takes your plan before you book.