Advanced Practice Dental Therapist providers in the U.S.
86 NPPES records list advanced practice dental therapist as their primary taxonomy; Alaska and Minnesota have the most per resident. 3 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 125K00000X means
125K00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Advanced Practice Dental Therapist, in the grouping Dental Providers. 86 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An Advanced Practice Dental Therapist is:<br/>(1) A dental therapist who has completed additional training beyond basic dental therapy education and provides dental services in accordance with state advanced practice dental therapist laws or statutes; or<br/>(2) A dental hygienist with a graduate degree in advanced dental therapy prepared for independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the dental health care continuum.<br/>The individual has been authorized by the relevant state board or a tribal entity to provide services under the remote supervision of a dentist. The functions of the advanced practice dental therapist vary based on the needs of the dentist, the educational preparation of the advanced practice dental therapist and state dental practice acts and regulations.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 125K00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Fresno has the most, 4
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 125K00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 13 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 5 | 0.7 |
| California | 40 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 1 | 0.0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 0.0 |
| Maine | 1 | 0.1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 1 | 0.0 |
| Minnesota | 28 | 0.5 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 0.1 |
| New York | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oregon | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code125K00000X
- Size rank529th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- Part D prescribers3 (3.5% of records)
- Part D claims93 a year per prescriber, on average (353rd of 496)
- Industry payments3 physicians paid $383 in 2024, $128 each on average
- Concentration2 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of advanced practice dental therapist records
- Sarah PalmerKenai, AK1609242676
- Dominic ComerateFairbanks, AK1760969422
- Tiffany GeorgeFairbanks, AK1114404878
- Deidre Dayton, DHATFairbanks, AK1356825814
- Curt KokrineHuslia, AK1316784028
- David Primac, D.M.D.Beverly Hills, CA1124440110
- Lorena LuceroHermosa Beach, CA1033689963
- Cheryl Greer, RDHAPRedondo Beach, CA1073362273
- Charon Moody, RDHAPCarson, CA1558828160
- April Durant, RDHAPLong Beach, CA1427721992
- Sunny IvanyiGlendale, CA1740411768
- Patricia Malubay, RDHAPWest Hills, CA1730981689
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Advanced Practice Dental Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 86 NPIs list Advanced Practice Dental Therapist as primary taxonomy across 13 states (peak California, 40). That is 529th of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Advanced Practice Dental Therapist NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3 paid Advanced Practice Dental Therapist physicians totaling $383 (7 payments; average $128, 396th of 470 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Advanced Practice Dental Therapist NPIs, 3 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 93 claims and $406 drug cost per prescriber; 353rd of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.