Benchmarking

Data from the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute provides the percentage of publicly insured children in each state who live within 15 minutes of a Medicaid dentist. Here is a list of all 50 states, ranked from the highest…

The Olympia-Tumwater area of Washington state is the top-paying metropolitan area for general dentists, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

California, Texas and New York have the most active general dentists, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published April 20.

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

California has the most active general dentists, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published April 20.

California has the most employed dentists, followed by Texas and Florida, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

General dentists in Rhode Island made the highest annual salary in 2020, according to estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics cited by the American Dental Association.

WalletHub released a Feb. 10 analysis including states with the highest and lowest costs for dental treatment.

Connecticut has the highest percentage of adults visiting a dentist within the last year, according to WalletHub.

The District of Columbia has the most dentists per capita, while Louisiana has the least, according to WalletHub.