How Many Patients Need Dental Treatment in the US?

2026-06-16T00:00:00-04:00

How many people actually need dental treatment in the United States? Far more than your appointment book suggests. The last survey put roughly eighteen percent of adults, about forty-two million people, without teeth. Add another nine million missing a full arch and around fifty million with a whole quadrant of problems. Then layer on everyone with orthodontic issues, sleep apnea, and TMJ trouble. You are easily looking at a hundred and fifty million people who need some kind of dentistry. The need is enormous. The catch is that most of those people are either unaware of their problem or have never [...]