NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dental Hygienist in West Virginia

61 NPPES records list dental hygienist with a practice address in West Virginia, 3.4 per 100,000 residents, the 27th highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Morgantown has the most, 8

  1. Morgantown8
  2. Huntington5
  3. Clarksburg4
  4. Beckley3
  5. Charleston3

Dental Hygienist records in West Virginia

  1. Nicole TennantMorgantown, WV 265051174391577
  2. Ella Thaxton, RDH, CTTSHuntington, WV 257011477237337
  3. Lindsey Thomas, RDHBeckley, WV 258011598540627
  4. Shea ThomasGlenville, WV 263511558146944
  5. Janna Thornsbury, MSDH, RDHHuntington, WV 257011215643044
  6. Theresia Titus, RDHBaker, WV 268011417172156
  7. Christina Tomlin, RDHCharleston, WV 253011760200174
  8. Lisa VarelaMartinsburg, WV 254041386409118
  9. Malissa WilliamsRainelle, WV 259621669231601
  10. Dawn YostMorgantown, WV 265011437852670
  11. Samantha Young, RDHSaint Albans, WV 251771083499479

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

West Virginia ranks 27 of 51 per resident

  1. Kansas3.7
  2. New York3.7
  3. Virginia3.7
  4. West Virginia3.4
  5. South Dakota3.3
  6. Nevada3.2
  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.

3.3% 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. West Virginia3.3%
  2. United States1.8%

Dental Hygienist records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 61 · 3.3% here, 1.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more13 · 21.3% 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

61 NPPES records list dental hygienist (124Q00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 3.4 per 100,000 residents against 4.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 8 of them (13%).

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. Kentucky58
  2. Idaho52
  3. Utah79
  4. District of Columbia42

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Dakota3.3
  2. Virginia3.7
  3. Nevada3.2
  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.