What health professionals are considered in Dental HPSA designations?
Dental HPSA designation and criteria refers specifically to Doctors of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctors of Dental Medicine (DMD) who practice general and/or pediatric dentistry. Dentists who practice exclusively in any area of dental specialty are excluded from Dental HPSA criteria. Examples of those excluded are endodontist, orthodontist, prosthodontist, periodontists, etc.