# Dental HPSA

**Dental HPSA:** A dental HPSA (Dental Health Professional Shortage Area) is a geographic area, population group or facility that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designates as having too few dental providers for its population.

A dental HPSA (Dental Health Professional Shortage Area) is a geographic area, population group or facility that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designates as having too few dental providers for its population.

Designations are published by HRSA and change over time, so a count should always carry its date. HPSAs are useful for territory planning alongside provider density.

Source: DDSIntel glossary, https://ddsintel.com/glossary/dental-hpsa

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