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Dental Surgeons

Dental Surgeons - Employment & Outlook

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this career in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

  • Private dental offices

Outlook

Growth for dentists will be about as fast as average. As the population ages, many people will need more complicated dental work, such as bridges and crowns. In addition, improved preventative dental care has allowed more people to keep their natural teeth. This means they will require more dental care than previous generations when people had dentures.

Openings will occur as people leave this career or retire.

Dentists (CIS 100298)

Location Employment & Growth >>>> Annual openings



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Illinois
684
Very small
&
4.5%
2.7%
>>>>
22
Very few
  Champaign Area
11
Very small
&
0.0%
1.9%
>>>>
0
None
  Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area
37
Very small
&
-8.1%
-1.2%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Cook County
294
Very small
&
1.4%
3.0%
>>>>
8
Very few
  DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area
34
Very small
&
14.7%
4.0%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Du Page County
69
Very small
&
18.8%
3.7%
>>>>
3
Very few
  Edwardsville Area
15
Very small
&
6.7%
4.4%
>>>>
0
None
  Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area
7
Very small
&
-14.3%
-0.1%
>>>>
0
None
  Lake County
40
Very small
&
2.5%
2.6%
>>>>
1
Very few
  McHenry County
16
Very small
&
0.0%
6.1%
>>>>
0
None
  Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area
9
Very small
&
0.0%
0.2%
>>>>
0
None
  Northwest Illinois Area
16
Very small
&
-6.3%
5.1%
>>>>
0
None
  Peoria-Bloomington Area
27
Very small
&
7.4%
1.3%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area
8
Very small
&
-12.5%
-1.6%
>>>>
0
None
  Rock Island-Moline Area
8
Very small
&
0.0%
1.8%
>>>>
0
None
  Rockford Area
24
Very small
&
8.3%
2.4%
>>>>
0
None
  Springfield Area
11
Very small
&
9.1%
-0.8%
>>>>
0
None
  St Louis-Belleville Area
13
Very small
&
15.4%
0.2%
>>>>
0
None
  Will County
36
Very small
&
19.4%
5.4%
>>>>
2
Very few
United States
142,700
Medium
&
4.2%
3.1%
>>>>
4,300
Very few
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.