Clinician type
Dentists (general)
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 219,507
- Per 100,000 residents
- 64.9
- Women
- 37%
- Median years since graduating
- 11
Who they are
- Women 37%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 15%
- Offer telehealth 3%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 25%
Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.
Where they practice
What they do most for Medicare patients
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 7,930
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 5,047
- X-ray of lower jaws, upper jaws and teeth 4,489
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 4,200
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 3,059
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 2,710
- Repair of lower jaw bone with bone graft 2,321
- Repair of nasal or cheek bone with bone graft 2,305
- Removal of foreign body from tissue, accessed beneath the skin, simple 2,286
- Ct scan of face without contrast 2,088
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 15-29 minutes 1,571
- Incision and repair of bony defect of cheek bone including bony segment reduction 1,438
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Amoxicillin 53.1%
- Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 11.4%
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate (Periogard) 10.8%
- Clindamycin Hcl 5.3%
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 3.9%
- Penicillin V Potassium 2.4%
- Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 2.1%
- Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 1.9%
- Acetaminophen With Codeine (Acetaminophen-Codeine) 1.7%
- Cephalexin 1.7%
- Fluoride (Sodium) (Denta 5000 Plus, Dentagel, Sf) 1.2%
- Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 0.8%
- Dexamethasone (Hemady, Maxidex, Ozurdex) 0.6%
- Tramadol Hcl 0.4%
- Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 0.3%
Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.
Hospitals where the most work
- Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY 9 Dentists (general) at Erie County Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 8 Dentists (general) at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA 7 Dentists (general) at Geisinger Medical Center
- Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 7 Dentists (general) at Stanford Health Care
- Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 7 Dentists (general) at Cleveland Clinic
- University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS 4 Dentists (general) at University of Kansas Hospital
- UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 4 Dentists (general) at UCSF Medical Center
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL 4 Dentists (general) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- University of Washington Medical Ctr Seattle, WA 4 Dentists (general) at University of Washington Medical Ctr
- Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA 4 Dentists (general) at Carilion Medical Center
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- New York University College of Dentistry 52
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 33
- University of Louisville School of Dentistry 25
- University of Michigan School of Dentistry 21
- Howard University College of Dentistry 20
- Univ of Calif, Los Angeles School of Dentistry 20
- Boston Univ Goldman School of Dental Medicine 19
- Loma Linda University School of Dentistry 19
- Case Western University School of Dental Medicine 18
- Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, Glendale 18
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $40.1M in general payments to 73,230 clinicians in Dentists (general) in 2025. See who received the most
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Sources: CMS NPPES (counts, sex, credentials), Medicare Care Compare (schools, graduation years, hospitals, telehealth), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023) and Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), ACGME program requirements (training length), OpenAlex (research), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 (population).