The U.S. currently has 7,980 dental professional shortage areas, according to new data from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The HRSA updates its dashboard showing data on health workforce shortage areas Sept. 1.
The dashboard shows that 12,656 practitioners are needed to fill shortage areas in the U.S. Nearly 76 million people are living in HRSA-designated dental professional shortage areas.
California currently has the highest number of shortage areas at 598, followed by Texas at 393 and Missouri at 347.
