The ranking is based on information from Redi-Data on the amount of professionally active dentists in the U.S. as of March 2021.
Number of U.S. dentists, per specialty:
General dentistry: 146,817
Endodontist: 4,379
Oral surgeon: 5,758
Orthodontist: 8,320
Periodontist: 4,400
Pedodontist: 6,321
All other dental specialties: 12,157
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