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Dentist Overview - Preparation - Specialty Areas - Day In The Life -
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Employment
Dentists hold about 141,900 jobs in the United States. About one third of dentists are self-employed and not incorporated.

Approximately 15 percent of all dentists were specialists. About 28 percent of dentists were self-employed and not incorporated. Very few salaried dentists worked in hospitals and offices of physicians. Almost all dentists work in private practice. According to the American Dental Association, about 3 out of 4 dentists in private practice are solo proprietors, and almost 15 percent belonged to a partnership.

Employment is distributed among general practitioners and specialists as follows:

Dentists, general 120,200
Orthodontists 7,700
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons 6,700
Prosthodontists 500
Dentists, all other specialists 6,900


Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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