Benchmarking

With politicians threatening to cut Medicaid, low income communities are left facing oral health, employment and overall health challenges, according to The New York Times.

Vyne recently surveyed dental providers on insurance claims and supporting documentation.

WalletHub released its 2018 report on states with the best and worst dental health.

As of 2016, a majority of dentists, 24.4 percent, were between the ages of 55 and 64 years, according to the American Dental Association.

Dentist landed at No. 44 on CNN Money’s “Best Jobs in America” list in 2017.

A new survey shows individual enrollment in dental savings plans was up significantly in 2016, according to insurancenews.net.

U.S. News & World Report ranked the best jobs in the U.S. for 2017-2018, with dentists topping the list.

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.