In Utah, the state with the highest number of dental assistants per capita, the average annual salary for the profession is $39,350, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The average cost of routine dental procedures can range from $42 to $7,889, according to data from CareCredit.
The average cost of a dental exam in North Dakota is $263, the highest of all states in the U.S., according to data from CareCredit.
Maine has the highest number of orthodontists per capita out of any state at 8.56 orthodontists for every 100,000 residents.
Dental hygienist was recently ranked among the top 10 most desirable jobs in the U.S. by BeamJobs.
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The highest-paid dental company CEOs are paid between 69 and 1,271 times more than the median annual salary for employees at these companies, according to new data from AFL-CIO.
Align Technology CEO Joseph Hogan continues to be the highest-compensated dental company CEO, earning $28,952,411 in 2023, according to new data from AFL-CIO.
The percentage of dentists who are affiliated with a DSO reached 13.8% in 2023, nearly doubling since 2015, according to the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
Dental hygienists have an average annual salary of $92,840 in New Hampshire, the state with the most hygienists per capita, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
California, the state with the highest number of dental professional shortage areas, has disenrolled the second highest number of Medicaid recipients, according to data from KFF and the Health Resources and Services Administration.