The information was gathered in the ADA’s annual “Survey of Dental Practice,” and the results are weighted to account for oversampling and nonresponse bias.
Here is the median net income for orthodontists and dentofacial orthopedists for each year since 2000:
2000: $220,000
2001: $215,000
2002: $190,000
2003: $240,000
2004: $250,000
2005: $250,000
2006: $212,000
2007: $280,000
2008: $236,000
2009: $226,000
2010: $242,000
2011: $225,000
2012: $250,000
2013: $250,000
2014: $245,000
2015: $195,000
2016: $200,000
2017: $247,000
2018: $300,000
2019: $269,970
2020: $249,410
2021: $338,680
2022: $247,330
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