Benchmarking

Six dental industry jobs made U.S. News & World Report's 2021100 Best Jobs in America list based on data about salary, unemployment rates and stress.

The CDC provided data on water fluoridation throughout the U.S. for years 2000-2018.

The University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor was named the best dental school in the world for the fifth consecutive year by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, an international organization that rates universities and programs.

According to the American Dental Association, there are currently 67 predoctoral dental schools in the U.S.

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.