I just found out my regular dentist / dental office closed due to
sudden illness. No one is there to give me a referral. I found this
office by pure luck (great care, great prices) 20 years ago. Now that
I'm starting from scratch, what's a good way to weed out a good
dentist? I see economy dentists in the phone book showing how much
they slash fees over what is regularly charged, which looks kinda
dubious to me. Then there's the obvious high end fancy mostly comedic
dentists, where you're the type of patient who expects to and can
afford the highest fees.

I'm guessing the type of plain old competent reasonable dentist I'm
look for doesn't have some big splashy ad in the yellow pages. It's
easy finding a physician. My health insurance gives me a list of
providers along with their history and credentials, and my out of
pocket remains the same no matter who I go with.

So, where does one go to find a good dentist? And how do I find out if
a dentist is charging too much, or too little?

There's like 500 listings for dentists in my phonebook.

Thanks