How do you determine if an area is saturated with dentists?

[Helper3]

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I keep reading references to income being based on if an area is saturated with dentists or not. Where do you find this information? How do you determine this?

 

[ktran17]

It's a combination of the median income of the area and the amount of dentist per Capita.

 

[Helper3]

Thanks ktran17 but do you know where to find this information?

 

[Schwanz]

This could be helpful
http://www.aftco.net/Dental-Transitions-Resources/Dentistics.aspx

 

[Helper3]

Thanks schwanz - Now we have to figure out what statistics are good and what is bad.

 

[sjv]

Some good data here, not entirely useful but interesting to look at: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291021.htm

 

[OhioDMD]

If you find an area you are interested in call all the generals and try to schedule a new patient, no problem, cash, exam and cleaning. If it takes you 3 weeks or more to get an appointment at the vast majority then the area could probably use another dentist if it's less than a week you might want to consider a different location.

 

[axexgabe]

In the past, when my wife and I where searching for alternative practice locations I used US Census for population information on US counties and then google to search how many dentist in that county and surrounding counties. Divide the population by the number of dentist for an average dentist to potential patient ratio. I know there are more scientific ways but I has been very accurate for our area. I calculated 3,000 patient per doctor in Lawrence County TN and between my wife and my father-in-law we have 6,200 active patients. There where some state statistic I found online and a state like California averaged 500 patients per dentist. Usually the more rural the area the better patient pool for dentist.