NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Dentistry in South Dakota

21 NPPES records list pediatric dentistry with a practice address in South Dakota, 2.3 per 100,000 residents, the 38th highest rate of 51. Sioux Falls and Rapid City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Dakota license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 1223P0221X · method

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

Sioux Falls has the most, 9

  1. Sioux Falls9
  2. Rapid City8
  3. Dakota Dunes3
  4. Sisseton1

Pediatric Dentistry records in South Dakota

  1. Kalee Abu-Ghazaleh, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571081891441440
  2. Kenneth Benusis, DMDRapid City, SD 577011538207519
  3. Brent Bradley, D.D.SRapid City, SD 577021124088166
  4. Craig Cooksley, DDSRapid City, SD 577021528091618
  5. Jeff Hemmingsen, DDSDakota Dunes, SD 570491235227430
  6. Jeffrey Howenstein, D.M.D., M.S.Dakota Dunes, SD 570491063770808
  7. Kelli Jobman, DDSRapid City, SD 577021962650200
  8. Allie Koth, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571081639747561
  9. Stephany Liu, DDSRapid City, SD 577021205294048
  10. Gayle Nelson, DDS, MSDSioux Falls, SD 571031639267925
  11. Joe Olsen, D.D.S.Sioux Falls, SD 571051306955307
  12. Cory Peterson, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571051699049627
  13. Katelyn Reeves, DDSDakota Dunes, SD 570491265884357
  14. Jb Skibinski, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571051043213861
  15. John Taggart, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571051922202100
  16. Melvin Thaler, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571051083703193
  17. Scott Weyers, DDSSioux Falls, SD 571051447371943
  18. Carol Wiese, DDSRapid City, SD 577021215374335
  19. Karli Williams, D.D.S.Rapid City, SD 577021598012841
  20. Andrew Wilson, DDSRapid City, SD 577021720655772
  21. John Zimmer, DDSSisseton, SD 572621467427625

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223P0221X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Dakota ranks 38 of 51 per resident

  1. South Carolina2.6
  2. Wisconsin2.5
  3. Alabama2.3
  4. South Dakota2.3
  5. Minnesota2.2
  6. Wyoming2.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223P0221X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

9.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 25.7% 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. South Dakota9.5%
  2. United States25.7%

Pediatric Dentistry records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 21 · 9.5% here, 25.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 4.8% here, 0.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more16 · 76.2% here, 63.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 1223P0221X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

21 NPPES records list pediatric dentistry (1223P0221X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 2.3 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Sioux Falls has 9 of them (43%).

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. Maine23
  2. West Virginia19
  3. North Dakota14
  4. Wyoming13

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota2.2
  2. Alabama2.3
  3. Arkansas2.2
  4. Wisconsin2.5

The largest states

  1. California1,339
  2. Texas1,017
  3. New York935
  4. Florida673
  5. Pennsylvania460

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.