The Best Orthodontists

City lists of orthodontic practices, built from public data and nothing else. No practice pays to be listed and none can.

An orthodontist in loupes adjusts a patient's braces while an assistant holds suction, instruments on a tray in the foreground

Lists

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Denver by David Herrera (CC BY 2.0), Albuquerque by BrandonStephenson (public domain), Chesapeake by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District (public domain).

How a list is built

Each list takes every orthodontic practice inside the city, scores it on its Google rating and review count (weighted so a handful of reviews cannot beat hundreds), and adds credit for being listed in the American Association of Orthodontists locator and for having an orthodontist certified by the American Board of Orthodontics at the practice. The top ten make the list. Full method and sources.

A list does not stop at the star count. The reviews themselves are read for sentiment, so a practice with a long run of specific, positive accounts stands apart from one with a high average and little behind it. Each practice's ratings and rank are also checked across several review platforms, not Google alone, so one platform's quirks do not decide a place on the list.

For listed practices

Every listed practice gets a free badge for its website. The embed code is on the practice's profile page. No account, no payment, no catch. If something on a profile is wrong, say so and it gets fixed.