State market intelligence

North Dakota Dental Market

855 NPI-registered dental providers across North Dakota. 87 DSO-affiliated. The 50th largest dental workforce in the United States.

Key counters

855
Total dental providers in North Dakota
87
DSO-affiliated (~10.2% of workforce)
6
Licenses expiring in next 12 months
94
Approaching retirement
Market Multiple Context
Premium positioningvs the national benchmark

On local DSO competition, demographics, provider scarcity, and retirement-driven supply, North Dakota positions premium against the public national benchmark for general dental practices (2.5-5x EBITDA, 65-85% of collections).

DSO share (active dentists)
20.1%
Median income
$77,566
Provider density
2.88/10k
Retirement supply
limited data

Market-attractiveness positioning vs the public national benchmark, derived from local competition, demographics, and consolidation. Not a transaction comp and not a practice-specific valuation. Apply to the practice's own normalized financials. Benchmark ranges are public (Levin, FOCUS, BizBuySell).

Top DSOs operating in North Dakota

Largest dental support organizations ranked by provider count across North Dakota locations. Canonicalized across legal- entity variations so franchise rollups display as one brand.

RankDSO brandProviders
1PRAIRIE ROSE FAMILY DENTISTS15
2FACE AND JAW SURGEONS PC15
3Aspen Dental5

Top North Dakota metros by provider count

Highest-density dental markets in North Dakota. Pin-drop each metro on the map in the dashboard to scope by 25-mile radius or specialty mix.

Fargo
220 providers
Bismarck
147 providers
Minot
88 providers
Grand Forks
82 providers
Williston
33 providers
Dickinson
28 providers
Jamestown
25 providers
West Fargo
21 providers
Wahpeton
18 providers
Devils Lake
16 providers

Specialty mix

Top dental specialties practicing in North Dakota by provider count.

General Dentist
675
Oral Surgery
42
Orthodontics
40
Pediatric Dentist
27
Dental Hygienist
20
Dental Public Health
13

Practice composition

North Dakota dental practices grouped by size bucket. Solo practitioners are typically the highest acquisition value for brokers and DSO biz dev teams; large groups carry the highest-volume supply-rep accounts.

387
Solo practices
157
Small groups (2-3)
64
Medium groups (4-10)
17
Large groups (11+)

North Dakota dental market deep dive

Structural context for the 855 providers above: DSO landscape, regulatory baseline, Medicaid reimbursement, workforce outlook, trigger-event detail, and the data refresh cadence behind every count on this page.

North Dakota dental market overview

North Dakota is the forty-seventh-most-populous state. The 855 dental providers tracked on this page concentrate in the Fargo metropolitan area in the east (which extends across the Red River into Moorhead, Minnesota), the Bismarck metro (state capital) in the south-central region, and the Grand Forks area (home of UND) in the northeast.

North Dakota DSO landscape

DSO penetration in North Dakota runs at approximately 10.2%, in the upper-middle range of our data set for small states. The 87 DSO-affiliated providers in ND are fragmented across small multi-office practices, including a notable oral-surgery-focused entity at the top of the chain list (unusual; most state DSO landscapes are dominated by general dentistry).

North Dakota dental licensure and regulatory snapshot

North Dakota dental licensing is administered by the North Dakota State Board of Dental Examiners. ProviderSignal pulls North Dakota license data from the board's public license verification portal on a weekly cadence.

North Dakota Medicaid reimbursement

North Dakota Medicaid dental is administered through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. The fee schedule we ingest covers 320 D-codes split across two age-based localities: ND Medicaid Dental Adult and ND Medicaid Dental Child.

The fee schedule refreshes on a roughly quarterly cadence. Our pipeline re-checks the ND DHHS source every 90 days.

North Dakota dental workforce outlook and retirement risk

Retirement risk in North Dakota is computed against the license issue date published by the ND Board. The 94 providers flagged on this page are those whose license tenure places them in the cohort statistically most likely to retire or sell their practice within the next 5 years.

North Dakota does not have an in-state ADA-accredited dental school. North Dakota dentists train primarily at University of Minnesota or University of Nebraska Medical Center and return to North Dakota for associateships.

What is actionable in North Dakota right now

The dashboard's trigger feed for North Dakota concentrates on the Fargo, Bismarck, and Grand Forks metros.

How ProviderSignal tracks North Dakota

The North Dakota data on this page is built from five sources, each refreshed on its own cadence:

  • NPPES (the federal NPI registry): weekly.
  • North Dakota State Board of Dental Examiners license verification roster: weekly.
  • ND DHHS Medicaid dental fee schedule (Adult + Child): quarterly (90-day rolling re-check).
  • CMS Medicare Part B Provider Utilization and Payment data: annually.
  • OIG LEIE federal exclusion list: monthly.

Frequently asked

How many dentists practice in North Dakota?
ProviderSignal tracks 855 NPI-registered dental providers in North Dakota, including general dentists, specialists, and hygienists. 224 hold an active license with the North Dakota dental board.
How many DSO-affiliated practices are in North Dakota?
87 providers in North Dakota practice at DSO-affiliated locations, roughly 10.2% of the state's total dental workforce. ProviderSignal canonicalizes 200+ DSO brands across state-by-state legal-entity variations so affiliated providers roll up to one brand identity.
How current is the North Dakota dental data?
NPI registrations refresh weekly. North Dakota dental board data refreshes on the cadence the board itself publishes. Most boards refresh weekly, some quarterly. CMS Medicare Part B billing covers the most recent 11 years. Federal OIG exclusion records refresh monthly.
Where do I get provider-level data for North Dakota?
The aggregate counts on this page are free and public. Provider-level access (names, NPIs, license numbers, expiration dates, practice addresses, DSO affiliations, CMS billing history, and trigger-event alerts) requires a ProviderSignal subscription. Start a free 7-day trial to access the North Dakota territory view in the dashboard.

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North Dakota Medicaid dental fee schedule
What North Dakota Medicaid pays for cleanings, fillings, crowns, and extractions, with the national rank and any adult-vs-pediatric split.

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