NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dental Hygienist in Louisiana

37 NPPES records list dental hygienist with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 50th highest rate of 51. Fort Polk and New Orleans have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 124Q00000X · method

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

Fort Polk has the most, 6

  1. Fort Polk6
  2. New Orleans5
  3. Barksdale Afb3
  4. Shreveport3
  5. West Monroe3

Dental Hygienist records in Louisiana

  1. Shannon Benjamin, RDHBarksdale Afb, LA 711101477705630
  2. Mindy Boline, RDHFort Polk, LA 714591528712775
  3. Scott Boudreaux, RDHLafayette, LA 705061508995291
  4. Julie Brand-VanveckhovenBelle Chasse, LA 700371518719285
  5. Diedra Brewer-HohenseeNew Orleans, LA 701191669906251
  6. Cheryl Cottrell, RDHWest Monroe, LA 712911023183894
  7. Nicole Du PreezFt Polk, LA 714591780331322
  8. Shawn Dufrene, RDHDestrehan, LA 700471558059030
  9. Delanna EdwardsBossier City, LA 711111588552798
  10. Kim EdwardsFort Polk, LA 714591427409945
  11. Raygan Fluitt, R.D.H.Many, LA 714491396831632
  12. Gigi Frost, RDHBarksdale Afb, LA 711101326197435
  13. India Gregg, RDHWest Monroe, LA 712911841360476
  14. Allyson Hardaway, RDHShreveport, LA 711011083296107
  15. Denise Hardy, R.D.H.New Orleans, LA 701291346467032
  16. Jaysie Hebert, RDHNew Iberia, LA 705631316498322
  17. Jennifer Hew, RDHNew Orleans, LA 701191356040810
  18. Wanda Jackson, RDHShreveport, LA 711011043323504
  19. Meagan Keen, RDHMonroe, LA 712011598681876
  20. Sydney Kelly, RDHNew Orleans, LA 701291700224813
  21. Jenney Kenan, RDHNew Orleans, LA 701171801728456
  22. Patricia LittleShreveport, LA 711011609022482
  23. Teri MaierVille Platte, LA 705861134884406
  24. Joy MartinFort Polk, LA 714591346691888
  25. Tessa Meck, RDHBarksdale Afb, LA 711101619697927
  26. Brenda Moore, RDHFort Polk, LA 714591952806986
  27. Patrick MuncyFort Polk, LA 714591184076820
  28. Tien Nguyen, RDHBaton Rouge, LA 708101679263214
  29. Sabrina Prange, RDHBelle Chasse, LA 700371962153049
  30. John Schwartz, DDSMetairie, LA 700051568636488
  31. Jessica Singleton, RDHHouma, LA 703601497511844
  32. Sarah Smith, RDHZachary, LA 707911245582626
  33. Staci Spikes, RDHFt Polk, LA 714591851045108
  34. Julia Terral, RDH (REGISTERED DENTWest Monroe, LA 712911447628235
  35. Sandra ThompsonFort Polk, LA 714591013368562
  36. Michelle Turkovich, RDHFort Johnson, LA 714591457037780
  37. Lakesha Wilson, DENTAL HYGIENISTBossier, LA 711101619034824

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 124Q00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 50 of 51 per resident

  1. Arkansas1.1
  2. Iowa1.1
  3. New Jersey1.0
  4. Louisiana0.8
  5. Alabama0.7
  6. 50 states and D.C.4.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 124Q00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

5.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 1.8% 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. Louisiana5.4%
  2. United States1.8%

Dental Hygienist records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 37 · 5.4% here, 1.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more23 · 62.2% here, 65.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 124Q00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

37 NPPES records list dental hygienist (124Q00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 4.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fort Polk has 6 of them (16%).

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. Alabama37
  2. Arkansas35
  3. Iowa35
  4. Mississippi34

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Jersey1.0
  2. Indiana1.3
  3. Kentucky1.3
  4. Ohio1.3

The largest states

  1. California1,874
  2. Oregon1,167
  3. Colorado1,161
  4. Washington987
  5. Wisconsin935

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.