The cost of dental education at public and private universities has more than tripled in the last 50 years, according to data from the American Dental Association.
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The number of diagnostic and preventive dental procedures has increased between 2001 and 2018, while restorative dentistry has declined, according to new data from the American Dental Association.
In 2021, 46.2 percent of dentists in the U.S. practiced solo, according to the American Dental Association.
Nearly all U.S. adults plan to visit a dentist this year as many credit the pandemic with making them more health-conscious, according to a March 16 Delta Dental report.
Six dental companies were ranked among the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. by Inc. magazine for 2022.
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The U.S. has gained 165 oral and maxillofacial radiologists since 2001, according to data from the American Dental Association.
The percentage of dentists who own their practices fell to 73 percent in 2021 from 84.7 percent in 2005, the American Dental Association said March 10.
The number of public health dentists in the U.S. has declined by 5.9 percent between 2001 and 2021, according to data from the American Dental Association.
The number of U.S. prosthodontists has grown only 15 percent in the last 20 years, according to data from the American Dental Association.
The number of dentists has increased from 163,409 in 2001 to 201,927 in 2021, according to recent data from the American Dental Association.