NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in the U.S.

8,499 NPPES records list oral and maxillofacial surgery (dentist) as their primary taxonomy, about 2.5 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Massachusetts have the most per resident. 5,870 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 1223S0112X · method

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

What taxonomy code 1223S0112X means

1223S0112X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, in the grouping Dental Providers. 8,499 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

The specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.

Most per resident: the 8 highest

  1. District of Columbia4.7
  2. Massachusetts4.0
  3. Alaska3.8
  4. New Hampshire3.5
  5. New York3.4
  6. Connecticut3.4
  7. Minnesota3.3
  8. New Jersey3.2
  9. 50 states and D.C.2.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223S0112X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

New York has the most, 137

  1. New York, NY137
  2. Boston, MA90
  3. Houston, TX83
  4. Brooklyn, NY61
  5. Los Angeles, CA60
  6. San Antonio, TX60
  7. Dallas, TX59
  8. San Diego, CA58

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223S0112X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama801.6
Alaska283.8
Arizona1532.1
Arkansas391.3
California9872.5
Colorado1823.1
Connecticut1233.4
Delaware333.2
District of Columbia324.7
Florida5312.3
Georgia2492.3
Hawaii392.7
Idaho351.8
Illinois3222.6
Indiana1542.2
Iowa942.9
Kansas521.8
Kentucky1212.7
Louisiana912.0
Maine362.6
Maryland2003.2
Massachusetts2804.0
Michigan2372.4
Minnesota1913.3
Mississippi541.8
Missouri1292.1
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana292.6
Nebraska472.4
Nevada561.8
New Hampshire493.5
New Jersey2963.2
New Mexico381.8
New York6653.4
North Carolina2602.4
North Dakota232.9
Ohio2342.0
Oklahoma882.2
Oregon972.3
Pennsylvania3863.0
Rhode Island333.0
South Carolina1192.2
South Dakota202.2
Tennessee1842.6
Texas6012.0
Utah692.0
Vermont162.5
Virginia2563.0
Washington1992.5
West Virginia412.3
Wisconsin1552.6
Wyoming122.1

In federal data

  • NUCC code1223S0112X · Dentist
  • Size rank103rd of 688 specialties by records (0.12% of all)
  • In its family5th of 14 Dentist codes, 3.1% of the family
  • Part D prescribers5,870 (69.1% of records)
  • Part D claims406 a year per prescriber, on average (191st of 496)
  • Industry payments4,075 physicians paid $4.4M in 2024, $1K each on average
  • Concentration9 states hold half of all records

Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.

A sample of oral and maxillofacial surgery (dentist) records

  1. Ray Holloway, DDSAnchorage, AK1225058977
  2. William Bergeron, DDSAnchorage, AK1295755296
  3. William Deeter, DDSAnchorage, AK1457365827
  4. James Wimsatt, DDSElmendorf Afb, AK1083601686
  5. Babeck Ebadpour, DMDAnchorage, AK1366007932
  6. Frederick Reinbold, D.M.D., M.D.Anchorage, AK1205869245
  7. Antonio Parameswaran, DMDAnchorage, AK1033421045
  8. Donald Chiles, DDSAnchorage, AK1548298342
  9. James Clark, DMD,MSAnchorage, AK1376557736
  10. Scott Thomson, DMDAnchorage, AK1861507246
  11. William Heagy, DDSAnchorage, AK1376615369
  12. James Howell, D.M.D.Anchorage, AK1346463866
  13. Christopher Scott, DMD, MDAnchorage, AK1063900066
  14. John Drager, DDSAnchorage, AK1679506638
  15. David Edwards, DDSAnchorage, AK1194745570
  16. Leonardo Rios-Andersen, D.M.D.Eagle River, AK1699735050

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) headcount concentrate?

8,499 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 987. Top metros include New York, NY; Boston, MA; Houston, TX; Brooklyn, NY. Nationally this is 103rd of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)'s Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4,075 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) physicians totaling $4.4M (22,168 payments; average $1K, 220th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) NPIs, 5,870 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 406 claims and $2K drug cost per prescriber; 191st of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.

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.