Benchmarking

Equipped with a DDS or DMD degree, dental professionals can become oral surgeons following completion of a four-year oral surgery residency.

Between 2006 and 2016, there were 13,722 adverse action reports on dentists across the U.S, according to the HHS' National Practitioner Data Bank.

An American Dental Association research brief outlined the supply of dentists for five specialties in 2015 per 100,000 people.

Throughout the U.S., National Practitioner Data Bank reports there were nearly 16,337 medical malpractice payment reports among dentists between 2006 and 2016.

The American Dental Association gave the following statistic on the states with the highest Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rates as a percentage of fees charged by dentists for adult dental services in 2016.

The following eight metropolitan areas boast the highest employment of dentists in the nation, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 data.

Bankrate gives the following statistics detailing dental coverage throughout the U.S.

Consumer Health compiled a list of statistics on the cost of dental care.

China holds the number one spot for top dental schools in the world, according to Top Universities.

The American Dental Association gave the following statistics on solo-practice dentists' gross billings in 2015.