NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dentist in Rhode Island

257 NPPES records list dentist with a practice address in Rhode Island, 23 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Providence and Warwick have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Rhode Island license search. Page 6 of 6.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 122300000X · method

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

Providence has the most, 61

  1. Providence61
  2. Warwick27
  3. Cranston21
  4. Newport16
  5. Johnston11

Dentist records in Rhode Island

  1. Matthew WilksWest Warwick, RI 028931164268637
  2. Samuel Winsper, DDSWarwick, RI 028861821136078
  3. Michelle Yau, DMDJohnston, RI 029191043003585
  4. Naveed Yousuf, DMDCumberland, RI 028641881602795
  5. Zeynep Yozgyur, DMDProvidence, RI 029051568155844
  6. Joseph Zarrella, DMD, MSJohnston, RI 029191710595376
  7. Samuel Zwetchkenbaum, DDSProvidence, RI 029061871679415

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 122300000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Rhode Island ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. Connecticut24
  2. Ohio24
  3. Montana23
  4. Rhode Island23
  5. West Virginia23
  6. Indiana23
  7. 50 states and D.C.28

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 122300000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

61.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 61.9% 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. Rhode Island61.9%
  2. United States61.9%

Dentist records in Rhode Island, measured

  • In a Medicare file159 of 257 · 61.9% here, 61.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file3 · 1.2% here, 0.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more155 · 60.3% here, 68.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 122300000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

257 NPPES records list dentist (122300000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Rhode Island: 23 per 100,000 residents against 28 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Providence has 61 of them (24%).

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. Montana266
  2. South Dakota235
  3. North Dakota224
  4. Delaware194

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. West Virginia23.4
  2. Ohio23.6
  3. Connecticut23.8
  4. Indiana23.1

The largest states

  1. California14,729
  2. Texas6,572
  3. Florida6,155
  4. New York5,918
  5. Illinois4,522

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.