The ranking is based on information from Redi-Data on the amount of professionally active dentists in the U.S. as of March 2021.
States with most, least dentists, per specialty:
General dentistry
California: 23,935
Wyoming: 230
Endodontist
California: 636
Wyoming: 3
Oral surgeon
California: 641
Wyoming: 5
Orthodontist
California: 1,066
Wyoming: 8
Periodontist
California: 591
Alaska: 4
Pedodontist:
California: 673
Wyoming: 7
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