Dentist Providers In Ottumwa, Iowa

Search or browse through the NPI records of dentist registered healthcare providers with a business address in Ottumwa, IA. The listings include accepted insurance information, Medicare acceptance status, and PECOS enrollment data. The total number of NPI records is 40, of which 9 are registered as organizations and 31 as individuals. A dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (D.D.S.) or dental medicine (D.M.D.), licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. There is no difference between the two degrees: dentists who have a DMD or DDS have the same education. Universities have the prerogative to determine what degree is awarded. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Generally, three or more years of undergraduate education plus four years of dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist. State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a dental specialist.

78% Individual Providers (31)23% Medical Organizations (9)20% Female Providers (8)58% Male Providers (23)

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