Dentistry
April Linder, DDS
Bethesda Row Dental
Dr. April Linder leads Bethesda Row Dental on Bethesda Avenue, in the middle of the Bethesda Row district. The office opens at 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday, which makes it a practical choice for patients who would rather not spend a lunch hour in a dental chair.
Why patients choose Dr. Linder
The practice handles general, restorative, and cosmetic dentistry together rather than treating cosmetics as a separate product line. In practice that means a request for whitening or veneers starts with an assessment of what is structurally going on — decay, wear, bite — before elective treatment is planned. For patients who want a better-looking smile without being sold a full veneer case, that sequencing is the point.
Practice focus
General and preventive dentistry, restorative work, professional whitening, cosmetic bonding, and veneers.
Profile last fact-checked August 10, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Linder compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
1 of 3 offering teeth whitening
3 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name teeth whitening.
Most recently qualified of our 16 dentistry providers
Qualified in 2017. The median for the 16 dentistry providers whose year we record is 2004.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Linder sits by experience
Dr. Linder finished dental school in 2017, 9 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 130 finished earlier, 3 finished later, and 1 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–2014Dr. Linder2017
2015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 21 dentists we list, 19 finished dental school earlier — the median for that group is 2004.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 — Dr. Linder | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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