License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Dentist 497 502 601 542 597
Dentist, 3-year limited license 12 16 12 14 4
Dental Hygienist 449 455 422 441 446
Dental Hygienist, 3-year limited license 2 3 0 0 1
Certified Dental Assistant 76 106 134 114 98

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 1, 2013

Dentist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 262 Jefferson 66 Saratoga 182
Allegany 17 Kings 1,469 Schenectady 123
Bronx 404 Lewis 6 Schoharie 11
Broome 146 Livingston 38 Schuyler 6
Cattaraugus 37 Madison 33 Seneca 11
Cayuga 42 Monroe 582 Steuben 44
Chautauqua 66 Montgomery 27 St. Lawrence 52
Chemung 55 Nassau 2,153 Suffolk 1,288
Chenango 20 New York 2,827 Sullivan 46
Clinton 42 Niagara 133 Tioga 12
Columbia 32 Oneida 143 Tompkins 60
Cortland 15 Onondaga 358 Ulster 118
Delaware 18 Ontario 67 Warren 50
Dutchess 244 Orange 258 Washington 16
Erie 803 Orleans 12 Wayne 38
Essex 16 Oswego 42 Westchester 1,243
Franklin 23 Otsego 35 Wyoming 15
Fulton 22 Putnam 60 Yates 8
Genesee 25 Queens 1,665 NYS TOTAL 16,485
Greene 28 Rensselaer 76 OTHER US 2,908
Hamilton 1 Richmond 398 NON-US 38
Herkimer 20 Rockland 376 TOTAL 19,431

Dental Hygienist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 200 Jefferson 73 Saratoga 223
Allegany 17 Kings 565 Schenectady 133
Bronx 213 Lewis 23 Schoharie 17
Broome 230 Livingston 59 Schuyler 5
Cattaraugus 42 Madison 66 Seneca 20
Cayuga 58 Monroe 694 Steuben 49
Chautauqua 64 Montgomery 30 St. Lawrence 70
Chemung 72 Nassau 825 Suffolk 963
Chenango 31 New York 293 Sullivan 39
Clinton 42 Niagara 170 Tioga 57
Columbia 35 Oneida 157 Tompkins 29
Cortland 30 Onondaga 335 Ulster 100
Delaware 17 Ontario 99 Warren 52
Dutchess 187 Orange 264 Washington 30
Erie 875 Orleans 21 Wayne 96
Essex 18 Oswego 73 Westchester 362
Franklin 18 Otsego 35 Wyoming 25
Fulton 23 Putnam 67 Yates 20
Genesee 37 Queens 583 NYS TOTAL 9,610
Greene 36 Rensselaer 160 OTHER US 1,295
Hamilton 4 Richmond 306 NON-US 14
Herkimer 25 Rockland 148 TOTAL 10,919

Certified Dental Assistant

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 26 Jefferson 8 Saratoga 34
Allegany 13 Kings 18 Schenectady 10
Bronx 9 Lewis 2 Schoharie 2
Broome 29 Livingston 16 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 24 Madison 21 Seneca 9
Cayuga 5 Monroe 120 Steuben 16
Chautauqua 14 Montgomery 4 St. Lawrence 17
Chemung 17 Nassau 25 Suffolk 48
Chenango 9 New York 8 Sullivan 7
Clinton 8 Niagara 42 Tioga 4
Columbia 3 Oneida 16 Tompkins 3
Cortland 3 Onondaga 132 Ulster 32
Delaware 8 Ontario 39 Warren 7
Dutchess 30 Orange 43 Washington 8
Erie 150 Orleans 13 Wayne 19
Essex 1 Oswego 45 Westchester 11
Franklin 4 Otsego 1 Wyoming 3
Fulton 4 Putnam 11 Yates 6
Genesee 5 Queens 12 NYS TOTAL 1,225
Greene 14 Rensselaer 21 OTHER US 25
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 0
Herkimer 7 Rockland 3 TOTAL 1,250

* 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.

Last Updated: July 23, 2013