There are 7,424 oral surgeons in the U.S., according to new data from KFF.
KFF recently updated its database of professionally active dentists in the U.S.
Here are the number of oral surgeons in each state:
| State | Number of oral surgeons |
| Alabama | 84 |
| Alaska | 23 |
| Arizona | 135 |
| Arkansas | 39 |
| California | 900 |
| Colorado | 153 |
| Connecticut | 116 |
| Delaware | 25 |
| District of Columbia | 23 |
| Florida | 439 |
| Georgia | 218 |
| Hawaii | 35 |
| Idaho | 36 |
| Illinois | 267 |
| Indiana | 124 |
| Iowa | 69 |
| Kansas | 52 |
| Kentucky | 102 |
| Louisiana | 88 |
| Maine | 31 |
| Maryland | 164 |
| Massachusetts | 200 |
| Michigan | 196 |
| Minnesota | 133 |
| Mississippi | 50 |
| Missouri | 105 |
| Montana | 20 |
| Nebraska | 46 |
| Nevada | 57 |
| New Hampshire | 42 |
| New Jersey | 294 |
| New Mexico | 31 |
| New York | 646 |
| North Carolina | 232 |
| North Dakota | 21 |
| Ohio | 192 |
| Oklahoma | 67 |
| Oregon | 90 |
| Pennsylvania | 332 |
| Rhode Island | 26 |
| South Carolina | 101 |
| South Dakota | 22 |
| Tennessee | 167 |
| Texas | 564 |
| Utah | 81 |
| Vermont | 11 |
| Virginia | 219 |
| Washington | 193 |
| West Virginia | 37 |
| Wisconsin | 118 |
| Wyoming | 8 |
