NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Public Health Dentistry in Kentucky

12 NPPES records list public health dentistry with a practice address in Kentucky, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. Lexington and Bardstown have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 1223D0001X · method

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

Lexington has the most, 4

  1. Lexington4
  2. Bardstown1
  3. Bowling Green1
  4. Campbellsville1
  5. Frankfort1

Public Health Dentistry records in Kentucky

  1. Gregory Brussell, DMDBardstown, KY 400041548715758
  2. James Cecil, III, DMD, MPHFrankfort, KY 406211700829124
  3. Bradley Congleton, DMDLouisville, KY 402121952754749
  4. Courtney Day, DMDHyden, KY 417491750022190
  5. Michael Hubbard, D.M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421011003890237
  6. Richard Jeter, DMDCampbellsville, KY 427181003220526
  7. Rodney Ledford, DMDManchester, KY 409621679206635
  8. Merwyn Mullins, DMDLexington, KY 405361639261639
  9. Cindy Munoz, DMDLexington, KY 405111063518553
  10. Paulomi Shah, DDSLexington, KY 405361083707996
  11. Sherry Slone, DMDHazard, KY 417011023037744
  12. Karen West, DMDLexington, KY 405361003900259

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223D0001X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Maryland0.3
  2. Illinois0.3
  3. Rhode Island0.3
  4. Kentucky0.3
  5. California0.3
  6. Nebraska0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1223D0001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

66.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 40.6% 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. Kentucky66.7%
  2. United States40.6%

Public Health Dentistry records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 12 · 66.7% here, 40.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 1.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 58.3% here, 68.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 1223D0001X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list public health dentistry (1223D0001X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 4 of them (33%).

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. Connecticut11
  2. Indiana11
  3. Minnesota11
  4. Utah11

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California0.3
  2. Illinois0.3
  3. Texas0.2
  4. Maryland0.3

The largest states

  1. California102
  2. Florida89
  3. Texas73
  4. North Carolina61
  5. Massachusetts58

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.