Benchmarking

The United States needs 11,896 dental professionals to fill shortage areas, according to data from KFF.

The United States has 7,192 dental professional shortage areas, according to data from KFF.

More than 75 percent of dentists practice at single-location offices, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

The mean hourly wage for orthodontists across the U.S. is $104, according to the Bureau of Labor Statics, which is significantly higher than the minimum wage in each state.

Here are more than 100 stats that show how compensation for dental professionals stack up in 2023:

The percentage of female graduates of predoctoral dental education programs in the U.S. reached 52.9 percent in 2022, according to data from the American Dental Association.

First-year enrollment in dental anesthesiology programs has seen 31.8 percent growth since 2018, according to data from the American Dental Association.

Alaska, Arkansas and Alabama were the lowest-paying states for three dental roles in 2022, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

There were 70 CODA-accredited predoctoral dentist programs in 2022, an increase of 6.1 percent since 2018, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

First-year dental program enrollment has increased by 2.4 percent since last year, according to data from the American Dental Association.