# Provider density

**Provider density:** Provider density is the number of dental providers relative to population in a geography, most often stated as dentists per 100,000 residents.

Provider density is the number of dental providers relative to population in a geography, most often stated as dentists per 100,000 residents.

Density can be measured by dentists or by practice locations, and the two give different answers. DDSIntel’s location-based measure is practices per 10,000 residents.

Source: DDSIntel glossary, https://ddsintel.com/glossary/provider-density

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