✓Dental school: University OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER SAN ANTONIO, 2014
✓Holds a nitrous oxide (laughing gas) permit (since 2014) and a level 1 sedation permit (most recent 2014)
NPI 1508279191 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, checked Sep 2026 · named on the practice's website
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Dr. Sy Pham
✓Texas license active, first licensed Mar 1980
✓Dental degree from outside the US (1975)
NPI 1780692848 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, checked Sep 2026 · named on the practice's website
Replies and No One- or Two-Star Reviews
The practice replies to all its reviews, among the highest shares for Houston practices in this guide. Its share of one- and two-star reviews is among the lowest.
This practiceMiddle half of HoustonMiddle Houston practice
One- and two-star reviews
0%of 36 written reviews
0%25%
A lower share than 90% of Houston practices
Middle Houston practice: 4%
Replies to reviews
100%of written reviews get a reply
0%100%
More replies than 98% of Houston practices
Middle Houston practice: 35%
Licensed in Texas since
1980its longest-licensed confirmed dentist
19752022
Licensed longer than 89% of Houston dentists we list
Listed on its business profile · Listed category: Emergency dental service
Cost and paying
No prices on its website
Ways to pay
Accepts payment plans (its business profile)
Accepts credit cards, debit cards, mobile pay and checks (its business profile)
Accepts CareCredit (its website)
Cherry financing (its website)
Takes American Express (its website)
Care during cancer treatment
Its website describes care before, during, and after cancer treatment, including coordination with oncology and support for dry mouth and oral mucositis. It says a history of head-and-neck radiation or bone-targeted medication calls for careful planning around extractions and jaw healing.
“Narrative Dentistry is a family-owned private dental practice in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1980 by Dr. Sy Van Pham, one of Houston’s first Vietnamese dentists, our practice has cared for generations of families for more than 40 years. Today, his daughter, Dr. Diana M. …”
Business listing and reviews, Sep 2026 · narrativedentistryhtx.com, Sep 2026 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Sep 2026 · NPI registry · City of Houston super neighborhoods