The ADA Health Policy Institute recently released the results of its annual state of the US dentist workforce “based on the latest data from multiple sources.” The report takes an in depth look at four areas: who makes up the dentist workforce, how and where dentists work, how practicing dentists are doing economically, and what the future workforce looks like.
If you don’t have time to go through the lengthy report at the moment, we’ve taken the time to pull together some bullet points for you in each of the four areas.
Like any year, the results reflect the good, bad, and perhaps unexpected results. Some of the items that caught our eye are the income of general dentists dropped from $267,000 in 2010 to $210,000 in 2024, and both young and established dentists are noticing the income decline.
Source: The future of dentistry: 2024 ADA HPI Workforce Report unpacks emerging trends / DentistryiQ