Private practice dentists spent an average of more than 1,750 hours in dental practices in 2023 the highest average since 2000, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
Dentists averaged 1,753.6 hours in the dental office for the primary private practice of dentists in 2023, according to ADA's 2024 "Survey of Dental Practice," which surveyed 60,975 private practice dentists in the U.S.
Here is the number of hours that private practice dentists averaged in office each year since 2000:
2000: 1,720.3 hours
2001: 1,705.4 hours
2002: 1,698.7 hours
2003: 1,697.3 hours
2004: 1,677.2 hours
2005: 1,667.5 hours
2006: 1,688.1 hours
2007: 1,687.3 hours
2008: 1,665.8 hours
2009: 1,659.2 hours
2010: 1,668.2 hours
2011: 1,665.4 hours
2012: 1,667.5 hours
2013: 1,655.2 hours
2014: 1,654.4 hours
2015: 1,668.2 hours
2016: 1,701.2 hours
2017: 1,697.9 hours
2018: 1,658.4 hours
2019: 1,715.6 hours
2020: 1,448.8 hours
2021: 1,681.7 hours
2022: 1,721.4 hours
2023: 1,753.6 hours