Industry bodyAll sizesUSA
16.1%
of US dentists were affiliated with a dental support organization (DSO) in 2024
Sample: ADA HPI Dental Office Database plus Fluent data; 198,117 of 212,459 practicing US dentists, data year 2024
Industry bodyUpdated 23 Oct 2026
26.5%of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out
26.5% of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out (2024, American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data)
Industry bodyChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesUSADental marketing · Practice ownership
US dentists affiliated with a DSO, by career stage (2024)
| Group | DSO-affiliated |
|---|---|
| Up to 10 years out of dental school | 26.5% |
| 11 to 25 years out | 14.4% |
| More than 25 years out | 9.1% |
| All US dentists | 16.1% |
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What this number really says
26.5% of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out (2024).
26.5%
the latest figure (2024)
Industry body
type of source
Why you can trust it. American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data: industry body, trade association report. ADA HPI Dental Office Database plus Fluent data; 198,117 of 212,459 practicing US dentists, data year 2024
Key facts
- Period 2024
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
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Source: American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data, 2024
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data
- Source type
- Industry body: Trade association report
- What it measures
- 26.5% of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out
- Data period
- 2024 (ends 31 Dec 2024)
- Who is counted
- ADA HPI Dental Office Database plus Fluent data; 198,117 of 212,459 practicing US dentists, data year 2024
- In the source's words
Dentists Affiliated with a Dental Support Organization (DSO) | Up to 10 years out of dental school: 0.2654 | More than 25 years out of dental school: 0.0909
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read in the ADA HPI data file 'Distribution of dentists according to size of dental practice and affiliation with a DSO, 2024' (xlsx on ada.org), sheet 'Summary - US Data'. Values are shares; we round to one decimal. ADA News (17 Nov 2025) reports the same finding as 'more than 1 in 4'.
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- Copyright ADA; short quotes and figures with attribution. Cite ADA Health Policy Institute and the data year. HPI notes its DSO method slightly undercounts.
- Next expected update
- Yearly data updates (American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, yearly data updates)
- Original page
- www.ada.org: Health Policy Institute research and data
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American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute. (2026). 26.5% of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/dental-marketing/early-career-dentist-dso-affiliation
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"26.5% of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out." American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data, 2024. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/dental-marketing/early-career-dentist-dso-affiliation.
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26.5% of US dentists up to 10 years out of dental school were DSO-affiliated in 2024, against 9.1% of those more than 25 years out, for 2024, according to American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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