NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dental Assistant in Minnesota

27 NPPES records list dental assistant with a practice address in Minnesota, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 50. Woodbury and Minneapolis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota license search.

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).

Woodbury has the most, 10

  1. Woodbury10
  2. Minneapolis4
  3. Baxter2
  4. Rochester2
  5. Burnsville1

Dental Assistant records in Minnesota

  1. Leann Bain, RDAWoodbury, MN 551251407048853
  2. Sara BellWoodbury, MN 551251053587410
  3. Laura CarlsonBaxter, MN 564251477010981
  4. Lianna Doocy, RDAOwatonna, MN 550601013047000
  5. Marysue Galetka, CRDAWoodbury, MN 551251558466326
  6. Nicole Gresczyk, CRDA/RDAWoodbury, MN 551251326148974
  7. Melissa Harrington, RDAWoodbury, MN 551251164528170
  8. Ismail HersiMinneapolis, MN 554071255565966
  9. Denise Jechorek, RDAWoodbury, MN 551251477650851
  10. Jenny KohlerStillwater, MN 550821376798173
  11. April Koller, CRDAWoodbury, MN 551251760666176
  12. Victoriya Lemke, LDAHastings, MN 550331952824948
  13. Angela Lipinski, RDAWoodbury, MN 551251407099765
  14. Rose Malkovich, CLDAMinneapolis, MN 554061497061766
  15. Megan Meyer, M.D.T.Maplewood, MN 551091447516851
  16. Drew Montgomery, LDACottage Grove, MN 550161205556917
  17. Michelle O'Connell, LDAWoodbury, MN 551251154855666
  18. Joan Ojanen, RDARochester, MN 559011437372166
  19. Pamela PfrommWoodbury, MN 551251306565288
  20. Amanda Reinsbach, RDAMinneapolis, MN 554171649663618
  21. Lisa Rosenau, LDARochester, MN 559011730498478
  22. Jill Thooft, RDAMarshall, MN 562581881039469
  23. Kathi Travaille, CRDAMankato, MN 560011255456604
  24. Esther WillieBurnsville, MN 553371548132913
  25. Heather WintersBaxter, MN 564251104383611
  26. Kristine WorkmanMinneapolis, MN 554171851784854
  27. Joanne Wright, LDASaint Paul, MN 551011508305731

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

Minnesota ranks 20 of 50 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.7
  2. Oklahoma0.6
  3. Kansas0.5
  4. Minnesota0.5
  5. Missouri0.5
  6. Arizona0.4
  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.

3.7% 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. Minnesota3.7%
  2. United States0.5%

Dental Assistant records in Minnesota, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 27 · 3.7% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more23 · 85.2% 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

27 NPPES records list dental assistant (126800000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Woodbury has 10 of them (37%).

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. Alaska26
  2. Oklahoma26
  3. Missouri29
  4. North Carolina29

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Puerto Rico0.5
  2. Arizona0.4
  3. Texas0.4
  4. Kansas0.5

The largest states

  1. California969
  2. Oregon295
  3. Ohio182
  4. Washington182
  5. Colorado157

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.