Dental Clinic/Center: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 73 records, or 0.3%, are flagged as sole proprietors in NPPES. This self-reported field is an imperfect proxy for private practice because it does not capture every ownership or operating arrangement and should not be treated as a complete count of privately practicing dental clinics.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• - An NPI record is not necessarily a distinct clinic, location, or organization.
• - The primary taxonomy reflects the classification selected in NPPES and may not capture every organization providing dental services.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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