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License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Dentist 751 760 765 392 497
Dentist, 3-year limited license 17 17 19 15 12
Dental Hygienist 343 387 364 411 449
Dental Hygienist, 3-year limited license 1 2 3 1 2
Certified Dental Assistant 92 59 86 102 76


Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 6, 2009

Dentist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 245 Jefferson 62 Saratoga 150
Allegany 9 Kings 1,311 Schenectady 109
Bronx 360 Lewis 5 Schoharie 10
Broome 118 Livingston 28 Schuyler 6
Cattaraugus 27 Madison 30 Seneca 8
Cayuga 34 Monroe 547 Steuben 40
Chautauqua 66 Montgomery 27 St. Lawrence 39
Chemung 50 Nassau 2,001 Suffolk 1,227
Chenango 14 New York 2,471 Sullivan 31
Clinton 37 Niagara 103 Tioga 11
Columbia 27 Oneida 135 Tompkins 57
Cortland 15 Onondaga 339 Ulster 101
Delaware 18 Ontario 57 Warren 49
Dutchess 222 Orange 212 Washington 12
Erie 731 Orleans 10 Wayne 36
Essex 17 Oswego 37 Westchester 1,150
Franklin 23 Otsego 26 Wyoming 12
Fulton 17 Putnam 52 Yates 3
Genesee 21 Queens 1,558 NYS TOTAL 14,931
Greene 20 Rensselaer 75 OTHER US 2,834
Hamilton 0 Richmond 361 NON-US 28
Herkimer 20 Rockland 342 TOTAL 17,793

Dental Hygienist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 188 Jefferson 63 Saratoga 195
Allegany 16 Kings 476 Schenectady 128
Bronx 167 Lewis 19 Schoharie 20
Broome 215 Livingston 54 Schuyler 4
Cattaraugus 41 Madison 68 Seneca 21
Cayuga 47 Monroe 681 Steuben 45
Chautauqua 59 Montgomery 27 St. Lawrence 54
Chemung 77 Nassau 768 Suffolk 932
Chenango 31 New York 254 Sullivan 39
Clinton 38 Niagara 151 Tioga 52
Columbia 34 Oneida 135 Tompkins 28
Cortland 24 Onondaga 340 Ulster 86
Delaware 23 Ontario 87 Warren 55
Dutchess 181 Orange 251 Washington 31
Erie 802 Orleans 17 Wayne 84
Essex 15 Oswego 63 Westchester 359
Franklin 15 Otsego 34 Wyoming 24
Fulton 22 Putnam 63 Yates 13
Genesee 41 Queens 491 NYS TOTAL 8,858
Greene 31 Rensselaer 152 OTHER US 1,166
Hamilton 3 Richmond 268 NON-US 12
Herkimer 19 Rockland 137 TOTAL 10,036

Certified Dental Assistant

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 26 Jefferson 3 Saratoga 15
Allegany 7 Kings 12 Schenectady 10
Bronx 7 Lewis 1 Schoharie 1
Broome 23 Livingston 13 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 9 Madison 8 Seneca 6
Cayuga 1 Monroe 100 Steuben 7
Chautauqua 15 Montgomery 1 St. Lawrence 15
Chemung 16 Nassau 21 Suffolk 21
Chenango 6 New York 8 Sullivan 1
Clinton 6 Niagara 37 Tioga 2
Columbia 2 Oneida 9 Tompkins 3
Cortland 3 Onondaga 77 Ulster 27
Delaware 3 Ontario 33 Warren 3
Dutchess 25 Orange 20 Washington 6
Erie 128 Orleans 12 Wayne 17
Essex 1 Oswego 29 Westchester 8
Franklin 6 Otsego 1 Wyoming 2
Fulton 1 Putnam 8 Yates 6
Genesee 4 Queens 10 NYS TOTAL 880
Greene 6 Rensselaer 19 OTHER US 27
Hamilton 0 Richmond 2 NON-US 0
Herkimer 8 Rockland 2 TOTAL 907

* 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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