In plain English
Pediatric dentistry is a recognised dental specialty covering infancy through adolescence. The residency adds child development, behaviour guidance, sedation, and care for patients with medical complexity or disability.
General dentists see children too, and in much of the country they are the only option, so a pediatric dental list is not a list of everyone who treats children. It is the specialty-trained part of that population.
The specialty is concentrated in metropolitan markets and in group practices, and it carries a large share of publicly insured paediatric dental volume - which is worth knowing before a campaign is priced. Practices are frequently multi-site and run under a group name rather than the dentist's own, so the employer on a record is often the better handle.
Training and credentials
A DDS or DMD, a two-year accredited pediatric dentistry residency, a dental licence, and commonly specialty board certification.
Where they practise
Single-specialty children's dental practices, group dental organisations, hospital dental departments, community and school-based programs.
Pediatric dentists on the public record
Counted from what providers file about themselves, with suppression applied before anything is counted, refreshed 2026-10-05. Names, specialties and practice locations are public; work email and phone are for signed-in customers.
| State | On record | With work email | With practice phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,126 | 1,309 62% | 2,126 |
| Texas | 1,835 | 1,001 55% | 1,834 |
| New York | 1,282 | 902 70% | 1,282 |
| Florida | 1,069 | 659 62% | 1,069 |
| Pennsylvania | 643 | 449 70% | 643 |
| North Carolina | 602 | 320 53% | 602 |
| New Jersey | 587 | 400 68% | 587 |
| Massachusetts | 552 | 347 63% | 552 |
Closely related, and where to find them.
Closely related
- Dentist An independently licensed profession, two interchangeable degrees, nine recognised specialties.
- General dentist Dentistry outside the recognised specialties - and where practice ownership sits.
- Pediatrician The generalist specialty defined by age rather than by organ system.
Find them
- Pediatric dentists list counts by state, the fields a record carries, a sample record.
- Dentists dentists and dental specialists, with the practices they own and work in.
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