Number of oral and maxillofacial dentists in US on the rise

The number of oral and maxillofacial surgery dentists in the U.S. has increased nearly 17 percent from 2001-21.

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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

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