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 January 7, 2013

Dentist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 253 Jefferson 63 Saratoga 174
Allegany 12 Kings 1,344 Schenectady 112
Bronx 348 Lewis 6 Schoharie 10
Broome 123 Livingston 30 Schuyler 7
Cattaraugus 30 Madison 32 Seneca 9
Cayuga 36 Monroe 558 Steuben 40
Chautauqua 64 Montgomery 27 St. Lawrence 44
Chemung 46 Nassau 2,053 Suffolk 1,204
Chenango 16 New York 2,670 Sullivan 32
Clinton 42 Niagara 102 Tioga 8
Columbia 29 Oneida 131 Tompkins 54
Cortland 14 Onondaga 338 Ulster 97
Delaware 14 Ontario 62 Warren 47
Dutchess 219 Orange 211 Washington 15
Erie 733 Orleans 11 Wayne 35
Essex 18 Oswego 39 Westchester 1,164
Franklin 19 Otsego 26 Wyoming 14
Fulton 19 Putnam 52 Yates 6
Genesee 20 Queens 1,564 NYS TOTAL 15,280
Greene 18 Rensselaer 69 OTHER US 2,903
Hamilton 1 Richmond 372 NON-US 34
Herkimer 20 Rockland 354 TOTAL 18,217

Dental Hygienist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 204 Jefferson 73 Saratoga 222
Allegany 17 Kings 557 Schenectady 138
Bronx 203 Lewis 25 Schoharie 18
Broome 229 Livingston 57 Schuyler 5
Cattaraugus 39 Madison 68 Seneca 21
Cayuga 57 Monroe 686 Steuben 47
Chautauqua 62 Montgomery 31 St. Lawrence 68
Chemung 72 Nassau 810 Suffolk 946
Chenango 30 New York 284 Sullivan 39
Clinton 42 Niagara 162 Tioga 57
Columbia 37 Oneida 155 Tompkins 29
Cortland 31 Onondaga 332 Ulster 97
Delaware 19 Ontario 97 Warren 53
Dutchess 185 Orange 259 Washington 31
Erie 877 Orleans 22 Wayne 91
Essex 18 Oswego 77 Westchester 361
Franklin 17 Otsego 34 Wyoming 25
Fulton 23 Putnam 67 Yates 17
Genesee 38 Queens 565 NYS TOTAL 9,496
Greene 33 Rensselaer 156 OTHER US 1,318
Hamilton 4 Richmond 303 NON-US 14
Herkimer 27 Rockland 147 TOTAL 10,828

Certified Dental Assistant

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 26 Jefferson 9 Saratoga 31
Allegany 12 Kings 15 Schenectady 10
Bronx 8 Lewis 1 Schoharie 2
Broome 28 Livingston 16 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 23 Madison 19 Seneca 8
Cayuga 5 Monroe 114 Steuben 14
Chautauqua 15 Montgomery 3 St. Lawrence 18
Chemung 18 Nassau 26 Suffolk 46
Chenango 9 New York 9 Sullivan 3
Clinton 8 Niagara 43 Tioga 4
Columbia 3 Oneida 15 Tompkins 3
Cortland 4 Onondaga 122 Ulster 30
Delaware 8 Ontario 37 Warren 7
Dutchess 30 Orange 27 Washington 7
Erie 153 Orleans 13 Wayne 18
Essex 2 Oswego 44 Westchester 10
Franklin 5 Otsego 1 Wyoming 3
Fulton 4 Putnam 12 Yates 5
Genesee 5 Queens 10 NYS TOTAL 1,171
Greene 12 Rensselaer 21 OTHER US 24
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 0
Herkimer 7 Rockland 4 TOTAL 1,195

* 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: January 14, 2013