Vermont has the fewest pedodontists in the nation, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

There are 5,668 active oral surgeons in the U.S., with California having the most at 637, according to a recent ranking by the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

Nationwide, a total of 188,074 U.S. dentists are actively practicing, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

California has the most endodontists of any U.S. state, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to a recent ranking by the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

In the face of staffing shortages, the dental industry has had to make efforts to incentivize the work to recruit and retain workers.

California has the most active general dentists of any state, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Feb. 7.

A dental staffing startup company has raised $4.1 million in seed funding, Refresh Miami reported Feb. 3. 

Dental practices in the suburbs were less affected by staff vacancies when it came to filling their appointment schedules than urban or rural practices, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.

Staffing issues in dental have become as common as a toothache, but they don't have to be.

Dental practices with 10 or more dentists had more trouble filling their appointment schedules due to staff vacancies than smaller practices, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.

More than 40 percent of non-owner dentists said their practices lacked appointments in January because of staff vacancies, compared to 32.3 percent of owners dentists, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.

Community organizations are collaborating to fill gaps in oral healthcare for people living in a rural Missouri county, Ky3 reported Jan. 31.

The American Dental Association has launched a new series of articles highlighting challenges dental practices are facing with recruiting, hiring and training staff, the dental association said Jan. 31. 

More than half of DSO-affiliated dental practices could not fill their appointment schedule 100 percent due to vacant staff positions, according to a recent poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

The majority of dentists who own a practice consider recruiting dental hygienists and dental assistants "extremely challenging," according to a recent poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

The majority of dental practices in the U.S. have not recently recruited and are not currently recruiting staff, according to a monthly poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Lincoln Technical Institute introduced a new dental assisting program at its Iselin, N.J., campus.

Military dental hygienists on average make about $20,000 more annually than mobile clinic dental hygienists, according to a 2022 salary survey by DentalPost released Jan. 11.

The dental workforce could see major changes in demographics and size over the next few years, according to several studies reported on by Becker's.

Staffing shortages are affecting dentists across Illinois, according to a Jan. 24 WTTW article.