The American Dental Association tracks enrollment and financial data for accredited dental schools in the U.S. each year.
Here is the percent change for first-year enrollment in accredited dental education programs from the 2018-19 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year, the latest year data is available:
Advanced education in general dentistry: +2.6 percent
Dental anesthesiology: +31.8 percent
Dental public health: -13.2 percent
Endodontics: +1.4 percent
General practice residency: -0.4 percent
Oral and maxillofacial pathology: -15 percent
Oral and maxillofacial radiology: +14.3 percent
Oral and maxillofacial surgery: +4.2 percent
Oral medicine: +7.7 percent
Orofacial pain: -7.7 percent
Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics: +7.1 percent
Pediatric dentistry: +3.2 percent
Periodontics: +1.1 percent
Prosthodontics/maxillofacial prosthetics: -6.6 percent
