Too many Dentists?

[JackFruitLover]

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In south florida, there seems to be too many dentists here. Is that the same situation in other parts of the US?

 

[DentGuy]

If anything, there's a lack of dentists. Problem is, everyone wants to live in the city after they graduate, so there are areas saturated with dentists causing the appearance of "too many dentists". Just my 2cents

 

[NyCzPeter]

If anything, there's a lack of dentists. Problem is, everyone wants to live in the city after they graduate, so there are areas saturated with dentists causing the appearance of "too many dentists". Just my 2cents

Why must we always follow up our statements with a "just my two cents" or "in my opinion?" Lets be more assertive shall we? What you said is absolutely right, so feel free to be confident and say it with conviction.

 

[DentGuy]

yes'sir

 

[Vicviper]

In some areas there are, and in some areas there aren't. In my area of southern California (Orange County / Anaheim), there is literally at least 2 dentists on almost every corner. You can hardly go a block without seeing a dentist.

BUT, in new and developing suburbs in CA (which are constantly growing), they have a distinct lack of dentists.

I think the moral of the story is that when you start you'll likely be forced to work somewhere you don't quite want to live, but eventually as you get more money, you can have more choice. Doesn't seem like a bad deal to me.

 

[Frederico Albin]

Yes there is. Some areas of New York are really saturated, same with a few parts of Southern California.

 

[DentalRocks09]

ya southern cali is extremely saturated with dentists...also same for NY..

 

[doc3232]

There is an obvious cost that dentists must pay to live in the city. They are probably aware of it but still choose to work there.

 

[ECUpirate19]

A perfect example of the lack of dentists is here where I live in north Carolina. There is one county that has no dentist in it and several with one in it. So just because highly populated areas have a lot of dentists doesn't mean rural areas do.but some food for thought if your the only dentist in an area the earning potential while helping people who need the care the most

 

[La fea]

San Francisco Bay Area is teaming w/ dentists.

 

[enfuego]

Basically, any city and its big suburbs are probably going to have enough dentists.

More rural areas... not so much.

Best thing would probably be to find the fast growing counties - the places that maybe aren't anything amazing right now but are building quickly and sure to attract more people as time goes on.

 

[Frederico Albin]

A perfect example of the lack of dentists is here where I live in north Carolina. There is one county that has no dentist in it and several with one in it. So just because highly populated areas have a lot of dentists doesn't mean rural areas do.but some food for thought if your the only dentist in an area the earning potential while helping people who need the care the most

Hmm.. so I guess rumors are right. So many times Ive heard that some parts of North Carolina lack dentists.

 

[GreekDDS]

Salt Lake City has a high percentage of Dentists right now, but Utah is expecting these numbers to plummet within the coming years due to the Baby-Boomers retiring. Take that into consideration when looking for a place to practice, but it seems like NC is the place, sign me up!

 

[Cleric7x9]

i live in south florida, and i have shadowed and spoken to many dentists, and none of them have ever said they felt they had to compete for patients. there may be a lot of dentists but there are also a lot of patients here.

 

[Dentanomics]

In south florida, there seems to be too many dentists here. Is that the same situation in other parts of the US?

Let's not forget that there is no state income tax in Florida. That may have something to do with copious amounts of dentists in FL.

 

[gryffindor]

Salt Lake City has a high percentage of Dentists right now, but Utah is expecting these numbers to plummet within the coming years due to the Baby-Boomers retiring. Take that into consideration when looking for a place to practice, but it seems like NC is the place, sign me up!

Baby boomers are never going to retire until forced due to disability or death.

 

[lopkiu]

Near my house within a 20 block radius i found 2 dentists only, but in manhattan where I go volunteer, within a 2 block radius you sometime can find more than 5

 

[budda10000]

Time to bring this thread back from the grave... Well anyway it came up in a google search when I entered the topic "too many dentists". There seems to be conflicting reports on this and with all the new dental schools opening up I thought it would be interesting to see the perspectives for the c/o 2016 and beyond. Personally I find that the urban areas where I live have plenty of dentists although its not fierce competition like Los Angeles. My parents live in a more rural area of Norcal and the local dentist there books his appointments 4 months out and works 5days 9 hours a day.

 

[invisiblegator]

I know Miami has an issue with too many Dentists because of the influx of people coming into the country and living in Miami. In a lot of cities you have a more static number of dentists. But because you have people coming in from the caribbean, south american and such, the number is skewed