Free Reports
In accordance with ADA House of Delegates Resolution 80H-2008, which states "that all appropriate Survey Center results be published in the 'MEMBERS ONLY' section of the ADA Web site and there be no cost associated with this information for members of the ADA," we are pleased to offer the following selection of Survey and Economic Research on Dentistry publications available to download free of charge, as a benefit to ADA members.
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| DENTISTS' Economic Confidence (DecS) | |
| The Dentists’ Economic Confidence Survey (DECS) measures dentists’ perceptions regarding various practice metrics and the condition of the economy today and in the future. In order to achieve a more direct measure of dentists’ confidence about their current and future confidence in the economy, the Dentists’ Economic Confidence Survey was created drawing from the earlier Survey of Economic Confidence. The first quarterly survey was conducted in the second quarter of 2012. | |
| 2012 | |
| 4th Quarter | Full Report |
| 3rd Quarter | Full Report |
| 2nd Quarter | Full Report |
| Survey OF Economic Confidence (sec) | |
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Based on the results of surveys conducted quarterly between the third quarter in 2008 and the fourth quarter in 2011, these reports contain information regarding dentists' perceptions of the economic performance of their practices in the current quarter compared to the previous quarter on a variety of metrics. |
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| 4th Quarter 2011 | Full Report |
| Survey of Dental Practice Series | ||
| Income from the Private Practice of Dentistry | 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Employment of Dental Practice Personnel | 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Characteristics of Dentists in Private Practice and Their Patients | 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Annual Expenses of Operating a Private Practice | 2009 Full Report | 2009 Highlights |
| Specialist Reports | ||
| Endodontists in Private Practice | 2006 Full Report | 2006 Highlights |
| Prosthodontists in Private Practice | 2006 Full Report | 2006 Highlights |
| Periodontists in Private Practice | 2006 Full Report | 2006 Highlights |
| Pediatric Dentists in Private Practice | 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Orthodontists and Dentofacial Orthopedists in Private Practice | 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in Private Practice | 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Survey of Dental Fees |
| 2011 Full Report |
| Survey of Dental Services Rendered |
| 2005-06 Full Report |
| Distribution of Dentists | |
| 2009 Full Report | 2009 Highlights |
| 2008 Full Report | 2008 Highlights |
| 2007 Full Report | 2007 Highlights |
| Historical Report 1998 to 2006 Full Report | |
| Survey of Dental Graduates |
| 2009 Full Report |
| Technology AND SOCIAL MEDIA Survey |
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2010 Full Report |
| Survey on Retirement and Investment | |
| 2010 Full Report | 2010 Highlights |
| Survey of New Dentists | |
| 2008 Full Report | 2008 Highlights |
| Survey of Current Issues in Dentistry Series | |
| Surgical Dental Implants, Amalgam Restorations, and Sedation | 2007 Full Report |
| Employee Termination and Embezzlement | 2007 Full Report |
| Physical Well-Being and Substance Abuse | 2007 Full Report |
| Selected Results | 2007 Full Report |
| Survey of Legal Provisions FOR Delegating Intraoral Functions to Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists |
| 2010 Full Report |
| Facts about states |
| 2010 Full Report |
| Consumer Price Index for Dental Services |
| 1970-2011 Full Report |
