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Where the denture specialists are: register density by city and state

Denture specialists, implant surgeons and registered dental organizations counted across the 38 cities the practice finder covers, and the ratio between them.

Data read September 29, 2026

The practice finder lists what the federal NPI register says about 38 cities in 8 states: 189 denture specialists, 445 oral and maxillofacial surgeons and 4,442 registered dental organizations, read September 28–29, 2026. Counted rather than listed, the register shows how thin the specialty is. Across every covered city there are 4.3 denture specialists for every 100 registered dental organizations, and 12 of the 38 cities (Sun City, Las Cruces, Ogden, St. George, Murray, Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Gillette, Kansas City, Olathe, Norman) have none at all.

Density by state

Denture specialists per 100 registered dental organizations, by state
Nebraska		7.6
Colorado		5.4
Oklahoma		4.1
New Mexico		4.0
Arizona		3.8
Utah		3.5
Kansas		2.1
Wyoming		0.0

Prosthodontists, denturists and prosthodontic practices the register lists in the covered cities, per 100 dental organizations registered at an address in those cities.

State	Cities	Denture specialists	Implant surgeons	Registered organizations	Specialists per 100
Nebraska	3	22	54	289	7.6
Colorado	6	55	88	1,023	5.4
Oklahoma	4	23	68	563	4.1
New Mexico	4	16	32	396	4.0
Arizona	6	56	129	1,462	3.8
Utah	6	10	41	285	3.5
Kansas	5	7	25	338	2.1
Wyoming	4	0	8	86	0.0
All covered	38	189	445	4,442	4.3

What the numbers mean

A count of registrations, not of care

The register lists every provider with an NPI at an address in the city. It says nothing about who is taking patients, who makes dentures in a general practice, or who is good.

Why specialists cluster

Prosthodontists are a small specialty and they register where the referrals and the labs are: the largest city in each state carries most of its specialists, and surgeons follow the same pattern.

Organizations overcount a little

A practice with two locations, or one that re-registered under a new entity, appears more than once in the organization count. The specialist count is per person, so the ratio slightly understates density.

Read dates differ by state

States are pulled independently, so a page prints its own register-read date. The counts here are as of September 28–29, 2026; the finder pages carry the date for each city.

Every covered city

City	State	Denture specialists	Implant surgeons	Registered organizations	Specialists per 100
Lincoln	NE	8	9	80	10.0
Scottsdale	AZ	22	29	250	8.8
Oklahoma City	OK	20	41	247	8.1
Omaha	NE	13	45	192	6.8
Colorado Springs	CO	21	25	319	6.6
Overland Park	KS	5	6	76	6.6
Santa Fe	NM	3	4	51	5.9
Grand Island	NE	1	0	17	5.9
Denver	CO	16	36	299	5.4
Fort Collins	CO	4	6	78	5.1
Provo	UT	2	10	39	5.1
Aurora	CO	9	11	176	5.1
Sandy	UT	2	3	41	4.9
Albuquerque	NM	12	24	248	4.8
Salt Lake City	UT	6	22	127	4.7
Edmond	OK	2	8	46	4.3
Castle Rock	CO	2	3	47	4.3
Tucson	AZ	9	28	248	3.6
Phoenix	AZ	18	52	549	3.3
Lakewood	CO	3	7	104	2.9
Mesa	AZ	6	9	251	2.4
Rio Rancho	NM	1	1	42	2.4
Topeka	KS	1	2	64	1.6
Wichita	KS	1	14	125	0.8
Glendale	AZ	1	11	146	0.7
Tulsa	OK	1	16	204	0.5
Norman	OK	0	3	66	0.0
Las Cruces	NM	0	3	55	0.0
Ogden	UT	0	5	43	0.0
Olathe	KS	0	3	41	0.0
Casper	WY	0	3	33	0.0
Cheyenne	WY	0	5	32	0.0
Kansas City	KS	0	0	32	0.0
Murray	UT	0	1	29	0.0
Sun City	AZ	0	0	18	0.0
Gillette	WY	0	0	15	0.0
St. George	UT	0	0	6	0.0
Laramie	WY	0	0	6	0.0

All 38 covered cities, densest first. A city with no specialist listed is not a city without denture care: most denture work happens in general practices, which the register cannot tell apart.

How this page is made

This page is generated from the same data table its reference page carries, on every rebuild, so it can never disagree with the table. Read it with the caveats of the source data: published prices are starting figures at the office that published them; program rules are summaries of what we read on a stated date and the program’s page controls; register counts are registrations, not availability. If a figure is wrong, tell us.

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