Clinician type
Prosthodontists
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 3,847
- Per 100,000 residents
- 1.1
- Women
- 28%
- Median years since graduating
- 24
Who they are
- Women 28%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 33%
- Offer telehealth 2%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 70%
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 680
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 570
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 534
- X-ray of lower jaws, upper jaws and teeth 428
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 360
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 302
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 206
- Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device 177
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 15-29 minutes 138
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 76
- X-ray of teeth, full mouth 73
- Other prosthetic procedure for upper jaw and face 60
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 43.1%
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate (Periogard) 20.1%
- Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 11.7%
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 3.9%
- Fluoride (Sodium) (Denta 5000 Plus, Dentagel, Sf) 3.3%
- Clindamycin Hcl 3.2%
- Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 3.2%
- Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 2.1%
- Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 1.6%
- Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 1.1%
- Acetaminophen With Codeine (Acetaminophen-Codeine) 1.0%
- Cephalexin 0.6%
- Penicillin V Potassium 0.6%
- Dexamethasone (Hemady, Maxidex, Ozurdex) 0.5%
- Tramadol Hcl 0.4%
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
- Boston Medical Center Boston, MA 2 Prosthodontists at Boston Medical Center
- Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY 2 Prosthodontists at Erie County Medical Center
- Prisma Health Richland Hospital Columbia, SC 2 Prosthodontists at Prisma Health Richland Hospital
- The Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 2 Prosthodontists at The Nebraska Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 2 Prosthodontists at Cleveland Clinic
- Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg, PA 1 Prosthodontists at Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital
- Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 1 Prosthodontists at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
- Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH 1 Prosthodontists at Ohio State University State Health System
- Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs, IA 1 Prosthodontists at Methodist Jennie Edmundson
- Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE 1 Prosthodontists at Bellevue 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
- University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry 3
- Creighton University School of Dentistry 2
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine 2
- Marquette University School of Dentistry 2
- New York University College of Dentistry 2
- State Un of Ny, Buffalo School of Dental Medicine 2
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 2
- Univ of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine 2
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2
- Baylor College of Dentistry/texas A&m University 1
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $4.5M in general payments to 1,384 clinicians in Prosthodontists 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).