Dentists who have been out of dental school for 10 years or fewer are more likely to be affiliated with a DSO, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
Thirteen percent of all U.S. dentists are affiliated with a DSO, according to the data, which reflects 2022 information.
Dentists were divided into three different career stages: up to 10 years out of dental school, 11 to 25 years out of dental school and more than 25 years out of dental school. Twenty-three percent of dentists who were up to 10 years out of dental school were affiliated with DSOs, compared with 11 percent and 7 percent, respectively, in the other two categories.
In Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas, more than 30 percent of younger dentists are DSO-affiliated.
Here are the percentages of dentists affiliated with a DSO who have been out of dental school for 10 years or fewer:
Alaska: 3 percent
Alabama: 17 percent
Arkansas: 26 percent
Arizona: 31 percent
California: 22 percent
Colorado: 27 percent
Connecticut: 21 percent
Delaware: 6 percent
Florida: 32 percent
Georgia: 30 percent
Hawaii: 5 percent
Iowa: 11 percent
Idaho: 8 percent
Illinois: 23 percent
Indiana: 21 percent
Kansas: 16 percent
Kentucky: 17 percent
Louisiana: 13 percent
Massachusetts: 21 percent
Maryland: 19 percent
Maine: 6 percent
Michigan: 22 percent
Minnesota: 14 percent
Missouri: 21 percent
Mississippi: 24 percent
Montana: 6 percent
North Carolina: 19 percent
North Dakota: 6 percent
Nebraska: 11 percent
New Hampshire: 23 percent
New Jersey: 18 percent
New Mexico: 31 percent
Nevada: 37 percent
New York: 10 percent
Ohio: 15 percent
Oklahoma: 29 percent
Oregon: 14 percent
Pennsylvania: 21 percent
Rhode Island: 8 percent
South Carolina: 26 percent
South Dakota: 4 percent
Tennessee: 23 percent
Texas: 32 percent
Utah: 13 percent
Virginia: 20 percent
Vermont: 8 percent
Washington: 17 percent
Washington, D.C.: 15 percent
Wisconsin: 27 percent
West Virginia: 6 percent
Wyoming: 6 percent