Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) providers in the U.S.
1,462 NPPES records list oral & maxillofacial surgery (d.m.d.) as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; Massachusetts and Washington have the most per resident. 1,051 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 204E00000X means
204E00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,462 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are trained to recognize and treat a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. They are also trained to administer anesthesia, and provide care in an office setting. They are trained to treat problems such as the extraction of wisdom teeth, misaligned jaws, tumors and cysts of the jaw and mouth, and to perform dental implant surgery.
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
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 204E00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Boston has the most, 53
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 204E00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 36 | 0.7 |
| Alaska | 3 | 0.4 |
| Arizona | 21 | 0.3 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 0.3 |
| California | 154 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 19 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 25 | 0.7 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0.3 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 0.3 |
| Florida | 77 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 37 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 7 | 0.5 |
| Idaho | 5 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 62 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 20 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 7 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 25 | 0.6 |
| Louisiana | 29 | 0.6 |
| Maine | 6 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 27 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 87 | 1.2 |
| Michigan | 51 | 0.5 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 0.7 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 0.2 |
| Missouri | 25 | 0.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 6 | 0.5 |
| Nebraska | 14 | 0.7 |
| Nevada | 15 | 0.5 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0.4 |
| New Jersey | 38 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 92 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | 46 | 0.4 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | 46 | 0.4 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 0.2 |
| Oregon | 28 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 86 | 0.7 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 0.4 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 28 | 0.4 |
| Texas | 85 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 16 | 0.5 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.2 |
| Virginia | 37 | 0.4 |
| Washington | 71 | 0.9 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | 0.2 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code204E00000X · Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Size rank233rd of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- Part D prescribers1,051 (71.9% of records)
- Part D claims366 a year per prescriber, on average (204th of 496)
- Industry payments800 physicians paid $1.2M 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 & maxillofacial surgery (d.m.d.) records
- Brett Ueeck, M.D., D.M.D.Anchorage, AK1437159332
- Jason Dashow, DDS, MDAnchorage, AK1962630087
- Eric Nordstrom, DDS, MDAnchorage, AK1316954670
- Joshua Everts, DDS, MDAlabaster, AL1427266345
- Allan Koplan, DMDBirmingham, AL1194838557
- Christopher Bannon, D.M.D., MDHoover, AL1063857589
- Patrick LouisBirmingham, AL1124096003
- Somsak Sittitavornwong, DDSBirmingham, AL1407808868
- Anthony Morlandt, M.D., D.D.S.Birmingham, AL1649473638
- Yedeh YingBirmingham, AL1508028002
- Kathlyn PowellBirmingham, AL1588899678
- Earl Park, DMD MDBirmingham, AL1558659698
- Jay Ponto, MD, DDSBirmingham, AL1568845949
- Brendan Squier, DMD MDBirmingham, AL1912431305
- Robert H. Hermann, MD, DDSBirmingham, AL1982103453
- Jordan Gigliotti, MD, DMDBirmingham, AL1578123980
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) headcount concentrate?
1,462 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 154. Top metros include Boston, MA; Seattle, WA; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY. Nationally this is 233rd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.)'s Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 800 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) physicians totaling $1.2M (5,224 payments; average $1K, 187th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) NPIs, 1,051 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 366 claims and $2K drug cost per prescriber; 204th 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.