Dentists and dental hygienists

Salary

• General dentists in private practice earned an average net income of $190,440 in 2018, while those who are specialists earned $330,180.
• The median annual net income for new dentists in private practice (graduated 2015 – 2017) who are general practitioners is $150,000. Based on the 2019 Survey of Dental Practice, 50% of them earned $98,000 — $180,000 annually.
• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, dental hygienists earned $35.97 per hour as the national median in 2018 while dental assistants earned $18.59.
• General practitioners who are owners of a private practice had an average gross billings of $717,350 in 2018 while specialists had $1,016,080.
• It is estimated that an entry level dentist earns $119,063 on average annually, a mid-level dentist earns $136,676 and a senior dentist earns $149,480.

Dental practice

• According to the 2019 Dental Economics–Levin Group Annual Practice Survey, the total dental private practice in the U.S. had a revenue $1,193,934 in 2019, which was an 11.4% increase when compared with 2018.
• Based on the responses to the survey, the "average responding practice had 1.7 dentists and 1.6 hygienists".

Dental supply competitors

Henry Schein

• In 2018, the global net sales for Henry Schein was $9.4 billion, of which dental accounted for $6.3 billion.
• The company has over 18,000 full-time employees.

Benco Dental

• The annual revenue for Benco is $579.06 million.
• The company has between 1,001 and 5,000 employees. In 2015, there were 1,300 employees at Benco.

Darby Dental Supply

• The estimated annual revenue for Darby Dental is $117,151,792 and it has 400 employees.

Burkhart Dental

• The annual revenue for Bukhart is $476.80 million.
• The company has 400 employees.

Net32.com

• The latest funding for Net32 was $12 million.
• The company has between 11 and 50 employees.

Safco Dental Supply

• The annual revenue for Safco is $127 million.
• The company has 63 employees.