Average net income for general practitioners in private practices was $218,223 in 2022, according to data collected by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
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 average net income for general private practice dentists since 2010:
Note: Income results are inflation-adjusted.
2022: $218,233
2021: $235,590
2020: $192,416
2019: $234,334
2018: $221,944
2017: $235,429
2016: $229,943
2015: $222,199
2014: $216,068
2013: $227,319
2012: $234,553
2011: $239,610
2010: $249,254