Clinician type
Pediatric Dentists
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 10,982
- Per 100,000 residents
- 3.2
- Women
- 55%
- Median years since graduating
- 12
Who they are
- Women 55%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 7%
- Offer telehealth 0%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 4%
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 prescribe most
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate (Periogard) 33.8%
- Amoxicillin 30.9%
- Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 8.0%
- Diazepam (Valium, Valtoco) 2.8%
- Fluoride (Sodium) (Denta 5000 Plus, Dentagel, Sf) 2.7%
- Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 2.3%
- Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 2.1%
- Lorazepam (Ativan, Loreev Xr) 1.5%
- Clindamycin Hcl 1.4%
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 1.3%
- Naproxen 1.2%
- Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 0.9%
- Warfarin Sodium (Jantoven) 0.7%
- Apixaban (Eliquis) 0.6%
- Potassium Chloride (Klor-Con, Klor-Con M15, Klor-Con 10) 0.5%
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
- Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY 2 Pediatric Dentists at Staten Island University Hospital
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- State Un of Ny, Buffalo School of Dental Medicine 3
- Baylor College of Dentistry/texas A&m University 2
- Howard University College of Dentistry 2
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 2
- New York University College of Dentistry 2
- Nova Southeastern Univ College of Dental Medicine 2
- Rutgers School of Dental Medicine 2
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 2
- Univ of Calif, San Francisco School of Dentistry 2
- University of Kentucky College of Dentistry 2
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $1.2M in general payments to 2,797 clinicians in Pediatric Dentists 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).