The U.S. now has 8,033 dental professional shortage areas, according to the latest data from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The HRSA updates its dashboard showing data on health workforce shortage areas Oct. 20.
The dashboard shows that 13,211 practitioners are needed to fill shortage areas in the U.S. Nearly 79 million people are living in HRSA-designated dental professional shortage areas.
California currently has the highest number of shortage areas at 604, followed by Texas at 424 and Missouri at 347.
