NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dental Hygienist in South Dakota

30 NPPES records list dental hygienist with a practice address in South Dakota, 3.3 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. Pine Ridge and Rapid City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Dakota 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).

Pine Ridge has the most, 6

  1. Pine Ridge6
  2. Rapid City6
  3. Sioux Falls6
  4. Pierre4
  5. Custer1

Dental Hygienist records in South Dakota

  1. Kaitlin BryanRapid City, SD 577021720968084
  2. Nicole Caroline, RDHRapid City, SD 577011104050590
  3. Lisa Daniel, RDHSisseton, SD 572621659526143
  4. Amy DayhoffPine Ridge, SD 577701316106156
  5. Cindy DelongRapid City, SD 577021497107056
  6. Melissa Drennon, RDHRapid City, SD 577021033454962
  7. Joan Fillaus, RDHWagner, SD 573801568778959
  8. Patti Fuchs, RDHPierre, SD 575011467889857
  9. Nicole GlinesPine Ridge, SD 577701073779542
  10. Emilee GoldyRapid City, SD 577011093671794
  11. Tucker Gross, RDHWatertown, SD 572011235577495
  12. Zona Hornstra, RDHSioux Falls, SD 571031548513518
  13. Cori Jacobson, RDHPierre, SD 575011760814263
  14. Lonna JonesSioux Falls, SD 571041720176787
  15. Valerie Kavanaugh, RDHPierre, SD 575011407288988
  16. Donna Kocer, RDH,BSFort Thompson, SD 573391144592163
  17. Damien Lawhorn, RDHPine Ridge, SD 577701154862068
  18. Suzanne Luken, RDHCuster, SD 577301851575609
  19. Tammy MachmillerSioux Falls, SD 571051063360857
  20. Carmen Maher Kraft, RDHEagle Butte, SD 576251902241797
  21. Jaclyn McNamara, RDH, OMTSioux Falls, SD 571101497604227
  22. Debra Myers, RDHPine Ridge, SD 577701538043831
  23. Carla Nunez, RDHPine Ridge, SD 577701831439082
  24. Jane Phillips, RDHRapid City, SD 577021730609868
  25. Heather Plueger, RDHSioux Falls, SD 571081376264861
  26. Deena Rosario, RDHKyle, SD 577521730342304
  27. Candi Sails, R.D.H.Pierre, SD 575011205269339
  28. Delores Starr, RDHPine Ridge, SD 577701962643601
  29. Jayme Tubandt, MPH, RDHSioux Falls, SD 571051093660037
  30. Tobie Welch, RDHSpringfield, SD 570621538040639

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

South Dakota ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. New York3.7
  2. Virginia3.7
  3. West Virginia3.4
  4. South Dakota3.3
  5. Nevada3.2
  6. Florida2.7
  7. 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.

0.0% 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. South Dakota0.0%
  2. United States1.8%

Dental Hygienist records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 30 · 0.0% here, 1.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more22 · 73.3% 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

30 NPPES records list dental hygienist (124Q00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 3.3 per 100,000 residents against 4.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Pine Ridge has 6 of them (20%).

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. Vermont33
  2. Mississippi34
  3. Arkansas35
  4. Iowa35

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada3.2
  2. West Virginia3.4
  3. Virginia3.7
  4. New York3.7

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.