Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)

NUCC 1223S0112X · Dentist

7,769 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 107th of 690 specialties by headcount.

7,769
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
52
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
866 providers
$1K
Open Pay avg
248th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) ranks 107th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.11% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

7,769
NPPES providers in specialty
107th
of 690 specialties
433
state-share HHI
67.3%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (1.7× the national rate; Massachusetts 1.6×); 2.9% of the Dentist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) (NUCC 1223S0112X; 67.3% Part D prescribers (5,229 of 7,769); avg 407 Part D claims/prescriber (318th of 572); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (248th of 551; 3,610 paid, $4.3M total); state-share HHI 433; next-larger headcount neighbor Counseling Psychologist (+244); next-smaller Community Health Registered Nurse (-88)).

Next larger: Counseling Psychologist (8,013) Next smaller: Community Health Registered Nurse (7,681)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California866
2New York637
3Texas511
4Florida494
5Pennsylvania358
6Illinois289
7New Jersey281
8Massachusetts261
9Ohio243
10Virginia240
11North Carolina235
12Georgia223
13Michigan214
14Maryland187
15Washington182

Top Cities for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York135
2BostonMassachusetts88
3HoustonTexas70
4Los AngelesCalifornia61
5PhiladelphiaPennsylvania59
6San DiegoCalifornia52
7San AntonioTexas52
8ChicagoIllinois51
9BrooklynNew York51
10PittsburghPennsylvania49
11DallasTexas48
12San FranciscoCalifornia46

Sample Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) NPIs

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

#Provider
1Atef Tawadros, D.D.S.Mishawaka, IN
2Dennis Doughty, DDSGirard, PA
3Manuel Matos, D.D.S.Elizabeth, NJ
4Michael Sitters, D.D.S.Spring, TX
5Jeffrey Tulman, D.D.SMelville, NY
6Howard Strauss, DDSCumberland, MD
7Thomas Lapp, D.D.S., M.S.Fishers, IN
8Cass Radecki, D.D.S.Saline, MI
9George Schabes, D.D.S.New Hyde Park, NY
10Adam Orden, DDS, MSBrookline, MA
11Rebekah Brevard, DMDCape May Court House, NJ
12Martha Lawrence, DDSGainesville, FL
13Steven SullivanOklahoma City, OK
14Michael Erlichman, D.D.S.Paterson, NJ
15Zahid Lalani, DDS, PHDGrapevine, TX
16Robert Brillman, D.D.S.West Chester, PA
17Edgar Peacock, D.D.S.Columbia, SC
18Daniel Loggi, DMDMarmora, NJ

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Dentist category.

Compare Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) vs General Practice Dentistry →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) headcount concentrate?
7,769 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 866. Top metros include New York, NY; Boston, MA; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 107th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)'s Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3,610 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) physicians totaling $4.3M (19,969 payments; average $1K, 248th of 551). 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, 5,229 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 407 claims and $2K drug cost per prescriber; 318th of 572 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 2026-08-27.