The average retirement age for dentists in the U.S. has risen from 64.7 in 2001 to 68.9 in 2023, according to the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
The retirement age has steadily increased over the past two decades and has not been below 65 years old since 2002.
Here is the average retirement age for U.S. dentists every year from 2001 to 2023:
2001: 64.7
2002: 64.7
2003: 65.4
2004: 65.2
2005: 66.1
2006: 66.3
2007: 67
2008: 66.4
2009: 67.2
2010: 67.9
2011: 67.8
2012: 67.8
2013: 68.1
2014: 68.3
2015: 68.4
2016: 68.7
2017: 68.6
2018: 68.9
2019: 68.6
2020: 68.5
2021: 68.1
2022: 68.1
2023: 68.9