Prosthodontics: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

That branch of dentistry pertaining to the restoration and maintenance of oral functions, comfort, appearance and health of the patient by the restoration of natural teeth and/or the replacement of missing teeth and contiguous oral and maxillofacial tissues with artificial substitutes.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For Prosthodontics, the 34.6% figure is the share of active primary-taxonomy records flagged as sole proprietors, not a direct count of private practices. The flag is a self-reported NPPES field and is an imperfect proxy because it does not by itself establish ownership, employment arrangement, practice size, or independent operation.

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.
• NPI records are administrative identifiers and may not equal unique clinicians, practices, or current patient-facing availability.
• The primary taxonomy reflects the classification on the NPPES record and may not capture every clinician who provides prosthodontic 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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