NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dental Assistant in California

969 NPPES records list dental assistant with a practice address in California, 2.5 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 50. Los Angeles and Torrance have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 20 of 20.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 126800000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Los Angeles has the most, 145

  1. Los Angeles145
  2. Torrance39
  3. Fort Irwin34
  4. Riverside34
  5. Fresno31

Dental Assistant records in California

  1. Linda WilliamsHemet, CA 925451437655172
  2. Virginia Williams, PROPHY TECHCamp Pendleton, CA 920551770182529
  3. Kaitlyn Wilson, DAFresno, CA 937101255829198
  4. Shirley Wilson, D.A.San Francisco, CA 941081427170067
  5. Kathleen Wright, COSAModesto, CA 953551679613327
  6. Lucy Wright, RDASan Francisco, CA 941101629336987
  7. Saina Wu, RDAHacienda Heights, CA 917451275770125
  8. Savino XilonzochiltArtesia, CA 907011740865658
  9. Lidia Yanes DuenasLancaster, CA 935341447579024
  10. Rachael Yarbrough, DENTAL ASSISTANTFort Irwin, CA 923101316459639
  11. Miriam YepezRiverside, CA 925031487284428
  12. Dora YoungCamp Pendleton, CA 920551528675980
  13. Daysi ZambranoCypress, CA 906301164372199
  14. Cindy ZamoraCovina, CA 917221629344148
  15. Denise ZarateMenifee, CA 925841740888213
  16. Youdiski ZepedaCovina, CA 917221659967297
  17. Eliza ZetinoPetaluma, CA 949521164069480
  18. Jesus ZunigaCorona, CA 928811376155143
  19. Nicolette ZunigaNorco, CA 928601164038451

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 126800000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 5 of 50 per resident

  1. Alaska3.5
  2. Nevada3.1
  3. Colorado2.7
  4. California2.5
  5. Washington2.3
  6. Ohio1.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 126800000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. California0.3%
  2. United States0.5%

Dental Assistant records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file3 of 969 · 0.3% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more902 · 93.1% here, 79.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 126800000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

969 NPPES records list dental assistant (126800000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 2.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 145 of them (15%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Oregon295
  2. Ohio182
  3. Washington182
  4. Colorado157

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada3.1
  2. New Mexico1.5
  3. Hawaii1.5
  4. Alaska3.5

The largest states

  1. Oregon295
  2. Ohio182
  3. Washington182
  4. Colorado157
  5. Texas126

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.