Dentist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 122300000X

93,793 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 22nd of 690 specialties by headcount.

93,793

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

14,698 providers

$583

Open Pay avg

346th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Dentist ranks 22nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (1.32% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

93,793
NPPES providers in specialty: 22nd
of 690 specialties: 523
state-share HHI: 53.8%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (1.9× the national rate; Alaska 1.8×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Dentist (NUCC 122300000X; 53.8% Part D prescribers (50,458 of 93,793); avg 87 Part D claims/prescriber (492nd of 567); Open Payments avg $583/physician (346th of 552; 33,064 paid, $19.3M total); state-share HHI 523; next-larger headcount neighbor Chiropractor (+1,711); next-smaller Nurse Practitioner (-6,093)).

Next larger: Chiropractor (95,504) Next smaller: Nurse Practitioner (87,700)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

District of Columbia 1.9× · 51.5/100k
Alaska 1.8× · 51/100k
Massachusetts 1.5× · 40.4/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Puerto Rico 0.53× · 14.6/100k
Alabama 0.58× · 16.1/100k
Delaware 0.60× · 16.8/100k
Arkansas 0.61× · 17/100k
Guam 0.63× · 17.6/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	14,698	15.7%
2	Texas	6,775	7.2%
3	Florida	6,112	6.5%
4	New York	5,748	6.1%
5	Illinois	4,588	4.9%
6	Michigan	3,385	3.6%
7	Pennsylvania	3,346	3.6%
8	Massachusetts	2,829	3.0%
9	Ohio	2,749	2.9%
10	New Jersey	2,729	2.9%
11	Washington	2,708	2.9%
12	Virginia	2,398	2.6%
13	North Carolina	2,364	2.5%
14	Georgia	2,137	2.3%
15	Colorado	1,992	2.1%

Top Cities for Dentist

#	City	Providers
1	ChicagoIllinois	1,132
2	New YorkNew York	1,059
3	HoustonTexas	905
4	Los AngelesCalifornia	884
5	BostonMassachusetts	668
6	BrooklynNew York	636
7	San AntonioTexas	561
8	San DiegoCalifornia	550
9	PhiladelphiaPennsylvania	542
10	San FranciscoCalifornia	494
11	Las VegasNevada	491
12	MiamiFlorida	481

Sample Dentist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Julie Abrahamson, D.D.S.West Palm Beach, FL	Florida
2	Kevin Wells, D.M.D.Lynn, MA	Massachusetts
3	A Cutler, DDSBoise, ID	Idaho
4	Christopher Linscott, D.D.S.Marietta, OH	Ohio
5	Keith McDonald, D.D.S.Las Vegas, NV	Nevada
6	Kim Walter, DDSMill Creek, WA	Washington
7	Joel Goldenberg, DDSFranklin Square, NY	New York
8	Glenn Schreiber, D.M.D.Wyndmoor, PA	Pennsylvania
9	Andrew Lasky, D.D.S.Washington, DC	District of Columbia
10	Stuart Liftig, D.M.D.West Hartford, CT	Connecticut
11	Gerald Gelle, DDSAlameda, CA	California
12	Kenneth Rotman, D.D.S.West Palm Beach, FL	Florida
13	Charles McCarter, DDSFortville, IN	Indiana
14	Ray Taylor, D.D.S.Dover, OH	Ohio
15	Steven Perkel, D.D.SRed Hook, NY	New York
16	Vickie Hutchins, D.D.SArlington, TX	Texas
17	David Jin, D.D.S.Fort Lee, NJ	New Jersey
18	Mark Sawyer, DDSChicago, IL	Illinois

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

General Practice Dentistry

121,642 providers

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry

12,413 providers

Pediatric Dentistry

8,898 providers

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)

7,632 providers

Periodontics

6,062 providers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Dentist providers are in the US?

There are 93,793 Dentist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 14,698 providers. Leading metros include Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 22nd by headcount.

Do Dentist clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 33,064 Dentist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $19.3M (105,902 payments; average $583 per paid physician, 346th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Dentist NPIs, 50,458 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 87 claims and $663 drug cost per prescriber; 492nd of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-20.