Guide
The 10 best-rated dentists in Exeter
We rank with the same standard method IMDb and Trustpilot use: a practice needs both a high rating and enough patients behind it, so five stars from a dozen people does not beat 4.9 from nine hundred. Each is then described from the 1,841 reviews we read across the ten. No practice can pay for a place here.
| # | Practice | Where | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spicer Road Dental Practice | Exeter · EX1 1SX | 5.0 | 704 |
| 2 | Exeter Advanced Dentistry | Exeter · EX4 6AH | 5.0 | 462 |
| 3 | Life Dental & Wellbeing | Exeter · EX4 3SR | 4.9 | 601 |
| 4 | Barnfield Dental Studio | Exeter · EX1 1SR | 4.9 | 530 |
| 5 | Pinhoe Dental Centre | Exeter · EX4 8EH | 4.9 | 488 |
| 6 | Contemporary Dental | Exeter · EX4 4HR | 4.9 | 396 |
| 7 | Irish & King Dental Practice | Exeter · EX4 7HU | 4.9 | 253 |
| 8 | Dental House Exeter | Exeter · EX2 6HE | 5.0 | 113 |
| 9 | Dental 397 | Exeter · EX2 6HD | 4.9 | 167 |
| 10 | Just Smile Dental | Exeter · EX1 1SE | 4.9 | 161 |
The practice
On Spicer Road in Exeter. They publish a broad general list, including bridges, crowns, dentures and root canal treatment, alongside cosmetic work such as veneers and whitening. Gum disease treatment and a direct access hygienist service sit alongside the rest. Reviews mention hygienist appointments and routine check-ups more often than the other treatments on their list.
What patients say
Of 200 reviews, 30% mention friendly reception staff and 24% mention feeling put at ease, with 15% describing feeling made to feel welcome. Fewer reviewers mention things being explained clearly, clean and modern surroundings, and staff being good with nervous patients. Several reviewers describe having stayed with the practice for years. Hygienist appointments are the treatment mentioned most often, followed by routine check-ups and fillings, with extractions and crowns and bridges mentioned by fewer reviewers.
The practice
On Longbrook Street in Exeter, this practice publishes a wide implant programme, including All-on-4 and implant-retained dentures, alongside orthodontics, cosmetic work and general restorative treatments such as crowns, bridges and root canal. Sedation and CBCT scanning are also listed. Reviews mention root canal treatment and hygienist appointments more often than the rest of the list.
What patients say
Across 200 reviews, patients most often mention being put at ease, at 34%. Things being explained clearly follows at 20%, with feeling welcome at 12% and good handling of nervous patients at 10%. Pain-free treatment and friendly reception staff are each mentioned by 10%. Fewer people mention cost being made clear, clean and modern surroundings, long-standing patients, and an absence of pressure to take up treatment. Root canal treatment comes up most often among procedures, followed by hygienist appointments and dental implants.
The practice
On Queen Street in Exeter, this practice publishes a broad general list alongside root canal treatment, implants, dentures and Invisalign, with referral pathways for endodontic and periodontal cases. Snoring and sleep apnoea treatment appears alongside cosmetic options such as veneers and whitening. Reviews mention hygienist appointments and root canal treatment more often than the rest of the list.
What patients say
Of 200 reviews, 29% mention being put at ease and 22% mention friendly reception staff, with 19% describing a welcome from the team. Clear explanations of treatment are mentioned in 14%, and 10% note treatment that was pain free, with 9% mentioning good handling of nervous patients and 9% a clean, modern setting. Hygienist appointments come up in 13% and root canal treatment in 10%, with check-ups, extractions and fillings each mentioned less often.
The practice
On Barnfield Hill in Exeter, this practice publishes a broad general list alongside cosmetic work: veneers, smile makeovers, teeth whitening and white fillings sit next to crowns, bridges, dentures and root canal treatment. There is also an oral hygienist and standard scale and polish care. Reviews mention hygienist appointments and routine check-ups more often than the cosmetic side of the list.
What patients say
Of 200 reviews read, 24% mention being put at ease and 22% mention friendly reception staff, with 14% describing being made to feel welcome. 10% say things were explained clearly, and 8% mention staff being good with nervous patients. Hygienist appointments are mentioned in 20% of reviews, with routine check-ups at 8% and fillings at 6%. Extractions, teeth whitening, veneers, crowns, bridges and dentures are mentioned less often.
The practice
On Pinhoe Road in Exeter, this practice publishes a broad range of treatments, from routine check-ups, fillings and root canal through to implants, Invisalign and clear aligners, with teeth whitening and composite bonding alongside. Digital scanning and imaging sit alongside children's appointments. Reviews mention the welcome patients receive more often than any particular treatment.
What patients say
Across 200 Google reviews, 20% mention friendly reception staff and 19% say they were put at ease. Feeling welcome (9%), having things explained clearly (8%), and good treatment of nervous patients (8%) are mentioned less often. Some reviews mention hygienist appointments and routine check-ups, with fillings, Invisalign and extractions named less often. A handful praise clean, modern surroundings and treatment they describe as pain free.
The practice
On Queens Terrace in Exeter, this practice publishes a broad general list alongside cosmetic and restorative work: Invisalign, implants, veneers, composite bonding, crowns, and sedation for nervous patients sits next to routine exams and hygiene visits. Reviews mention hygienist appointments and extractions more often than the cosmetic treatments on the list.
What patients say
Of 200 reviews, 26% mention being put at ease and 14% mention things explained clearly, with the same share mentioning staff who are good with nervous patients. Fewer reviews describe feeling welcome (10%), clean and modern surroundings (8%) and friendly reception staff (8%). Hygienist appointments are the treatment mentioned most often, in 20% of reviews, followed by extractions at 8%. Being clear about cost appears in 2%, and 6% of reviewers describe treatment as pain free.
The practice
On Pinhoe Road in Exeter, this practice covers dental hygiene, implants, dentures and Invisalign alongside children's dentistry and root canal work across several tooth positions. Denture repairs and a non-refundable implant consultation are also listed. Reviews mention hygienist visits and check-ups more often than the rest of the list.
What patients say
Across 200 Google reviews, patients most often mention being put at ease (18%), with friendly reception staff, long-standing patients and feeling welcome each mentioned by 10%. Things explained clearly comes up in 8%. Fewer reviews mention nervous patients being well handled, good care for children, pain-free treatment, and clean and modern surroundings. Hygienist appointments are the most-named treatment, mentioned in 8% of reviews, followed by routine check-ups, fillings and extractions.
The practice
They are on Topsham Road in Exeter, offering examinations, hygiene and children's dentistry alongside implants, Invisalign, veneers and composite bonding. Crown work extends to zirconia and Emax options, with retainers and fissure sealants also listed. Reviews mention hygienist appointments and Invisalign more often than the other treatments on their list.
What patients say
Of 113 reviews, 19% describe feeling welcome and the same share mention being put at ease. Clear explanations come up in 11%, and friendly reception staff in 10%. Patients who have stayed with the practice for years appear in 10% of reviews, and 8% mention staff being good with nervous patients. Pain-free treatment is noted in 6%. Hygienist appointments are named in 10% of reviews, and Invisalign or braces in 7%.
The practice
On Topsham Road in Exeter, this practice offers general and cosmetic treatment alongside implants, orthodontics and gum care. Their published treatments also cover whitening, veneers, crowns, bridges and root canal work, with children's appointments and mouth cancer screening on the routine list. Reviews mention patients being put at ease more often than anything else.
What patients say
Across 167 Google reviews, patients most often mention being put at ease, raised in 25% of reviews, with feeling welcome noted in 16% and staff described as good with nervous patients in 15%. Clean, modern surroundings come up in 8%, and 7% of reviewers mention having stayed with the practice for years. Pain-free treatment and friendly reception staff are each mentioned in 6%. Extractions are the treatment mentioned most often, in 7% of reviews, with hygienist visits and fillings also mentioned.
The practice
On Denmark Road in Exeter, this practice publishes a broad general list alongside implants, Invisalign, veneers and composite bonding, with children's dentistry and mouth guards also on the books. Root canal treatment, dentures and extractions sit alongside the cosmetic work. Reviews mention patients being put at ease and treatment being pain free more often than the rest of the list.
What patients say
Of 161 Google reviews, 10% mention being put at ease and 8% describe treatment as pain free. Things being explained clearly (6%) and patients feeling welcome (6%) are mentioned less often. Extractions come up in 5%, fillings in 4%, and Invisalign or braces in 4%. Dental implants and hygienist appointments are each mentioned in 3% of reviews, with routine check-ups at 2%.
How we rank practices
Every ranked list on this site is ordered by the same weighted score, and by nothing else. We do not sell position, and a practice paying to manage its listing does not move up.
Ranking on the raw star average alone would put a practice with one five-star review above one with six hundred reviews averaging 4.8. So each practice's own average is pulled towards the average across the whole directory, and how far it is pulled depends on how many reviews it has:
score = (R ÷ (R + 100)) × rating + (100 ÷ (R + 100)) × C
where R is the practice's review count and C is the mean rating
across every rated practice in the directory, currently 4.58.
In plain terms, a practice needs enough reviews to be trusted with its own average. At 100 reviews it counts half its own rating and half the directory mean; by 1,000 reviews it is almost entirely its own. The 100 is the median review count across the practices we list.
The formula is not ours. It is a Bayesian average, the standard way to rank things with very different numbers of ratings, in the form IMDb publishes for its Top 250. Trustpilot's TrustScore uses the same shape.
This list covers practices a patient can join for general care. Clinics that see patients only by referral, or that offer a single specialty such as orthodontics or urgent care, are not included. A practice counts as being in Exeter if it is inside the official built-up area of Exeter, the boundary of continuous development published in national statistics, or inside the Exeter City Council area.
Ratings and review counts come from Google and are refreshed every month, so the order of the ten can change. For the full breakdown of all our methods, see our methodology page.
What the summaries are built from
For each practice we read the 1,841 most relevant Google reviews across the ten and counted how often patients raised each subject. The percentages in each summary are those counts, and the bars beside them are the counts themselves. Where a practice has more than two hundred reviews we read the two hundred Google ranks as most relevant, so the counts describe that sample rather than its whole history.
Treatment lists come from what each practice publishes on its own website, so a practice may offer treatments nobody has reviewed. Every practice above is described from what patients wrote, from what the practice publishes, and from nothing else.
Ratings change. This page was built on 24 October 2026 and the figures were correct that day. If you are a practice listed here and something is wrong, tell us and we will correct it at no charge.