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.
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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.
General dentists have an average annual salary of $154,860 in Hawaii, the state with the most dentists per capita, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Nearly half of all dentists in California work in practices with one location and one dentist, the highest percentage of any state, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
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Utah has the highest number of dental assistants per capita out of any state at 180.94 assistants for every 100,000 residents.
Most dental professionals earn less per year than the average amount of education debt, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Education Data Initiative.
New Hampshire has the highest number of dental hygienists per capita out of any state at 105.33 hygienists for every 100,000 residents.
The District of Columbia has the highest number of general dentists per capita at 66.95 dentists for every 100,000 residents. Hawaii is the state with the highest per-capita count at 51.72.
Three-quarters of all dentists in the U.S. work in a dental practice that only has one location, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.