Industry bodyAll sizesUSA
60.0
dentists per 100,000 people in the US in 2025
Industry bodyUpdated 23 Oct 2026
205,088professionally active dentists worked in the US in 2025
205,088 professionally active dentists worked in the US in 2025 (2025, American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data)
Industry bodyChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesUSADental marketing · Market size
In plain words
What this number really says
205,088 professionally active dentists worked in the US in 2025 (2025).
205,088
the latest figure (2025)
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.
Key facts
- Period 2025
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
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Source: American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, Health Policy Institute research and data, 2025
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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
- 205,088 professionally active dentists worked in the US in 2025
- Data period
- 2025 (ends 31 Dec 2025)
- In the source's words
As of 2025, there are 205,088 professionally active dentists in the U.S.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on ada.org HPI dentist workforce page; also in the HPI 'Supply of Dentists in the U.S.: 2001-2025' xlsx (Total U.S. 2025 = 205088; 2023-2025 values are asterisked in the file).
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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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205,088 professionally active dentists worked in the US in 2025, for 2025, 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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