This data, published in January, comes from a master file created by the American Dental Association based on information about the dentist population gathered from 2001-21.
Number of oral and maxillofacial surgery dentists by year from 2001-21:
2001 — 6,358
2002 — 6,285
2003 — 6,359
2004 — 6,587
2005 — 6,508
2006 — 6,576
2007 — 6,576
2008 — 6,597
2009 — 6,694
2010 — 6,922
2011 — 6,981
2012 — 7,082
2013 — 7,261
2014 — 7,374
2015 — 7,559
2016 — 7,594
2017 — 7,546
2018 — 7,509
2019 — 7,499
2020 — 7,529
2021 — 7,437
