License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Dentist 596 624 616 614 621
Dentist, 3-year limited license 1 0 0 0 0
Dental Hygienist 487 505 510 543 511
Dental Hygienist, 3-year limited license 1 0 0 0 0
Certified Dental Assistant 109 106 140 115 106

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 1, 2018

Dentist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 230 Jefferson 66 Saratoga 177
Allegany 12 Kings 1,345 Schenectady 105
Bronx 351 Lewis 6 Schoharie 10
Broome 114 Livingston 29 Schuyler 4
Cattaraugus 26 Madison 29 Seneca 8
Cayuga 31 Monroe 571 Steuben 35
Chautauqua 59 Montgomery 25 St. Lawrence 36
Chemung 44 Nassau 2,026 Suffolk 1,159
Chenango 13 New York 2,641 Sullivan 30
Clinton 42 Niagara 107 Tioga 7
Columbia 19 Oneida 114 Tompkins 52
Cortland 13 Onondaga 332 Ulster 90
Delaware 12 Ontario 70 Warren 46
Dutchess 206 Orange 201 Washington 15
Erie 171 Orleans 9 Wayne 31
Essex 14 Oswego 36 Westchester 1,159
Franklin 17 Otsego 28 Wyoming 16
Fulton 17 Putnam 52 Yates 5
Genesee 21 Queens 1,555 NYS TOTAL 14,964
Greene 14 Rensselaer 72 OTHER US 3,107
Hamilton 1 Richmond 342 NON-US 78
Herkimer 21 Rockland 329 TOTAL 18,149

Dental Hygienist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 200 Jefferson 82 Saratoga 238
Allegany 14 Kings 630 Schenectady 134
Bronx 265 Lewis 19 Schoharie 18
Broome 221 Livingston 59 Schuyler 4
Cattaraugus 41 Madison 59 Seneca 21
Cayuga 63 Monroe 703 Steuben 56
Chautauqua 63 Montgomery 28 St. Lawrence 63
Chemung 72 Nassau 881 Suffolk 1,081
Chenango 38 New York 329 Sullivan 40
Clinton 43 Niagara 157 Tioga 61
Columbia 36 Oneida 166 Tompkins 28
Cortland 28 Onondaga 331 Ulster 99
Delaware 19 Ontario 92 Warren 44
Dutchess 200 Orange 301 Washington 34
Erie 910 Orleans 20 Wayne 95
Essex 15 Oswego 68 Westchester 391
Franklin 17 Otsego 38 Wyoming 29
Fulton 22 Putnam 74 Yates 13
Genesee 42 Queens 758 NYS TOTAL 10,246
Greene 39 Rensselaer 155 OTHER US 1,434
Hamilton 2 Richmond 326 NON-US 15
Herkimer 27 Rockland 144 TOTAL 11,695

Certified Dental Assistant

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 41 Jefferson 12 Saratoga 32
Allegany 11 Kings 30 Schenectady 11
Bronx 10 Lewis 3 Schoharie 3
Broome 33 Livingston 17 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 30 Madison 23 Seneca 10
Cayuga 11 Monroe 167 Steuben 17
Chautauqua 11 Montgomery 6 St. Lawrence 22
Chemung 17 Nassau 21 Suffolk 58
Chenango 8 New York 12 Sullivan 2
Clinton 10 Niagara 40 Tioga 6
Columbia 7 Oneida 16 Tompkins 3
Cortland 3 Onondaga 141 Ulster 38
Delaware 9 Ontario 40 Warren 11
Dutchess 34 Orange 32 Washington 10
Erie 151 Orleans 16 Wayne 19
Essex 2 Oswego 65 Westchester 8
Franklin 9 Otsego 5 Wyoming 7
Fulton 4 Putnam 15 Yates 6
Genesee 3 Queens 23 NYS TOTAL 1,423
Greene 15 Rensselaer 25 OTHER US 39
Hamilton 0 Richmond 16 NON-US 0
Herkimer 7 Rockland 6 TOTAL 1,462

* 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 19, 2018