Number of US dentists, per specialty: KFF

There’s a total of 188,152 active dentists in the U.S., according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published April 20.

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The ranking is based on information from Redi-Data on the amount of professionally active dentists in the U.S. as of March 2021.

Number of U.S. dentists, per specialty:

General dentistry: 146,817

Endodontist: 4,379

Oral surgeon: 5,758

Orthodontist: 8,320

Periodontist: 4,400

Pedodontist: 6,321

All other dental specialties: 12,157

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