Public Health Dentistry

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Taxonomy 1223D0001X Individual 1,800 providers

About this specialty

The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.

Source: Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association

By state 54 states & territories

Highest Medicare-paid providers

ProviderLocationMedicare paid
JANE BRODSKY, DMD MSBETHESDA, MD$22,006
AVRAHAM KOLONTAROVBROOKLYN, NY$17,164

Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.

Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.