Prosthodontics providers in the U.S.
3,898 NPPES records list prosthodontics as their primary taxonomy, about 1.1 per 100,000 residents; Massachusetts and District of Columbia have the most per resident. 1,779 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 1223P0700X means
1223P0700X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Dentist, Prosthodontics, in the grouping Dental Providers. 3,898 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
That branch of dentistry pertaining to the restoration and maintenance of oral functions, comfort, appearance and health of the patient by the restoration of natural teeth and/or the replacement of missing teeth and contiguous oral and maxillofacial tissues with artificial substitutes.
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 1223P0700X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 207
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223P0700X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 35 | 0.7 |
| Alaska | 7 | 1.0 |
| Arizona | 59 | 0.8 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 0.5 |
| California | 474 | 1.2 |
| Colorado | 68 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 62 | 1.7 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0.3 |
| District of Columbia | 27 | 4.0 |
| Florida | 276 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 101 | 0.9 |
| Hawaii | 33 | 2.3 |
| Idaho | 8 | 0.4 |
| Illinois | 78 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 51 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | 52 | 1.6 |
| Kansas | 14 | 0.5 |
| Kentucky | 28 | 0.6 |
| Louisiana | 37 | 0.8 |
| Maine | 19 | 1.4 |
| Maryland | 106 | 1.7 |
| Massachusetts | 295 | 4.2 |
| Michigan | 80 | 0.8 |
| Minnesota | 80 | 1.4 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 0.3 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 30 | 0.5 |
| Montana | 5 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 24 | 1.2 |
| Nevada | 17 | 0.5 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 0.9 |
| New Jersey | 143 | 1.5 |
| New Mexico | 16 | 0.8 |
| New York | 425 | 2.2 |
| North Carolina | 98 | 0.9 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | 94 | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | 0.5 |
| Oregon | 33 | 0.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | 1.1 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | 1.1 |
| South Carolina | 46 | 0.9 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 46 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 332 | 1.1 |
| Utah | 15 | 0.4 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 123 | 1.4 |
| Washington | 95 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 0.5 |
| Wisconsin | 67 | 1.1 |
In federal data
- NUCC code1223P0700X · Dentist
- Size rank150th of 688 specialties by records (0.05% of all)
- In its family8th of 14 Dentist codes, 1.4% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,779 (45.6% of records)
- Part D claims90 a year per prescriber, on average (357th of 496)
- Industry payments1,408 physicians paid $4.9M in 2024, $3K each on average
- Concentration7 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 prosthodontics records
- Mark Williams, DDSAnchorage, AK1467664524
- Henry Seymour, D.M.D.Fort Richardson, AK1679521926
- Ashley Hudson, D.D.S., M.S.Jber, AK1043505613
- Bridget Deyoung, D.D.S.Anchorage, AK1366671562
- Kenneth Helm, D.D.S.Eagle River, AK1912048679
- Cynthia Aita-Holmes, DMDFort Wainwright, AK1841273737
- Jimmy Chen, DMDFort Wainwright, AK1760038046
- Jordan GrayBessemer, AL1073607404
- Deborah Rigsby, D.M.D., PH.DCalera, AL1043434269
- Margaret Ford, D.M.D.Calera, AL1215151444
- Robert Harradine, DMDBirmingham, AL1609090042
- Jerry Reasner, DMDBirmingham, AL1700960077
- Vinita Ved, BDS, MDSBirmingham, AL1447987656
- Bradley Vickers, DMDBirmingham, AL1851301733
- Michael McCracken, DDSBirmingham, AL1184703431
- John Oettinger, D.M.D.Birmingham, AL1891027488
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Prosthodontics headcount concentrate?
3,898 Prosthodontics NPIs span 51 states; California alone holds 474. Top metros include New York, NY; Boston, MA; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 150th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Prosthodontics's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,408 Prosthodontics physicians totaling $4.9M (7,952 payments; average $3K, 125th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Prosthodontics Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Prosthodontics NPIs, 1,779 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 90 claims and $734 drug cost per prescriber; 357th 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.