This data, published in January 2022, comes from a master file created by the American Dental Association based on information about the dentist population gathered from 2001 to 2021.
Number of general dentists by year from 2001 to 2021:
2001 — 130,775
2002 — 133,213
2003 — 134,629
2004 — 135,736
2005 — 137,150
2006 — 138,000
2007 — 141,217
2008 — 142,966
2009 — 145,323
2010 — 145,980
2011 — 148,189
2012 — 150,235
2013 — 152,021
2014 — 152,153
2015 — 154,755
2016 — 155,121
2017 — 156,992
2018 — 157,676
2019 — 158,520
2020 — 158,520
2021 — 159,246
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