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DENTISTS - EMPLOYMENT
Dentists held about 150,000 jobs in 2004. Employment was distributed among general practitioners and specialists as follows:
| Dentists, general |
128,000 |
| Orthodontists |
10,000 |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgeons |
6,000 |
| Prosthodontists |
1,000 |
| Dentists, all other specialists |
5,000 |
About one third of dentists were self-employed and not incorporated. Almost all dentists work in private practice. According to ADA, 78 percent of dentists in private practice are sole proprietors, and 14 percent belong to a partnership. A few salaried dentists work in hospitals and offices of physicians.
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