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License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Dentist 720 751 760 765 392
Dentist, 3-year limited license 8 17 17 19 15
Dental Hygienist 363 343 387 364 411
Dental Hygienist, 3-year limited license 1 1 2 3 1
Certified Dental Assistant 83 92 59 86 102


Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of January 7, 2008

Dentist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 242 Jefferson 64 Saratoga 156
Allegany 10 Kings 1,325 Schenectady 116
Bronx 379 Lewis 5 Schoharie 10
Broome 115 Livingston 26 Schuyler 6
Cattaraugus 28 Madison 31 Seneca 9
Cayuga 35 Monroe 560 Steuben 38
Chautauqua 64 Montgomery 26 St. Lawrence 35
Chemung 51 Nassau 2,005 Suffolk 1,236
Chenango 15 New York 2,506 Sullivan 31
Clinton 37 Niagara 99 Tioga 12
Columbia 26 Oneida 140 Tompkins 61
Cortland 17 Onondaga 338 Ulster 100
Delaware 17 Ontario 53 Warren 47
Dutchess 219 Orange 221 Washington 14
Erie 752 Orleans 12 Wayne 35
Essex 16 Oswego 35 Westchester 1,165
Franklin 21 Otsego 26 Wyoming 12
Fulton 18 Putnam 51 Yates 5
Genesee 25 Queens 1,623 NYS TOTAL 15,149
Greene 18 Rensselaer 76 OTHER US 2,834
Hamilton 0 Richmond 373 NON-US 40
Herkimer 19 Rockland 342 TOTAL 18,023

Dental Hygienist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 183 Jefferson 62 Saratoga 198
Allegany 12 Kings 434 Schenectady 132
Bronx 176 Lewis 15 Schoharie 18
Broome 204 Livingston 56 Schuyler 4
Cattaraugus 41 Madison 69 Seneca 20
Cayuga 44 Monroe 688 Steuben 43
Chautauqua 51 Montgomery 26 St. Lawrence 51
Chemung 75 Nassau 771 Suffolk 901
Chenango 30 New York 253 Sullivan 39
Clinton 38 Niagara 158 Tioga 51
Columbia 33 Oneida 135 Tompkins 29
Cortland 22 Onondaga 342 Ulster 84
Delaware 20 Ontario 80 Warren 61
Dutchess 177 Orange 234 Washington 23
Erie 789 Orleans 20 Wayne 79
Essex 13 Oswego 68 Westchester 343
Franklin 15 Otsego 33 Wyoming 25
Fulton 19 Putnam 67 Yates 13
Genesee 40 Queens 453 NYS TOTAL 8,653
Greene 31 Rensselaer 146 OTHER US 1,100
Hamilton 2 Richmond 252 NON-US 9
Herkimer 19 Rockland 139 TOTAL 9,762

Certified Dental Assistant

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 29 Jefferson 3 Saratoga 16
Allegany 6 Kings 10 Schenectady 7
Bronx 6 Lewis 0 Schoharie 1
Broome 22 Livingston 12 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 9 Madison 4 Seneca 6
Cayuga 2 Monroe 87 Steuben 8
Chautauqua 17 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 14
Chemung 12 Nassau 15 Suffolk 14
Chenango 3 New York 9 Sullivan 2
Clinton 4 Niagara 37 Tioga 2
Columbia 2 Oneida 6 Tompkins 4
Cortland 1 Onondaga 68 Ulster 24
Delaware 3 Ontario 28 Warren 0
Dutchess 26 Orange 14 Washington 1
Erie 118 Orleans 10 Wayne 15
Essex 1 Oswego 27 Westchester 6
Franklin 5 Otsego 1 Wyoming 2
Fulton 0 Putnam 7 Yates 5
Genesee 5 Queens 9 NYS TOTAL 778
Greene 4 Rensselaer 16 OTHER US 24
Hamilton 0 Richmond 2 NON-US 0
Herkimer 9 Rockland 1 TOTAL 802

* Location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the Office of the Professions; the address is not necessarily the licensee's practice address. Although licensees must be registered to use the professional title or to practice within New York State, being registered does not mean the licensee is actively doing so.


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