How we verify

Implant Specialist Finder is compiled from public records, not from who paid to be listed.

Sources

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) — The federal registry of National Provider Identifiers, published monthly by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We use the September 2026 bulk file.
• NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy — The code set that defines each registered specialty.
• ADA National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties — The list of recognized dental specialties, including prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and periodontics.

We load every active NPI in the monthly NPPES bulk file whose primary taxonomy is Prosthodontics (1223P0700X), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (1223S0112X) or Periodontics (1223P0300X). Those three are ADA-recognized dental specialties whose training covers implants. Deactivated NPIs are excluded.

“Registered specialist” means the provider chose one of those specialties as its primary taxonomy. NPPES does not check taxonomy or license numbers, so we label them as registered or listed and link every profile to the official registry record. Board certification is a separate, voluntary credential that we do not claim.

General dentists can legally place implants too; they are not in this directory because we only list the specialties above.

We drop individual dentists whose NPI record has not been updated since before 2013, because a record untouched for over a decade usually belongs to someone who has retired or moved. When one organization holds several NPIs at the same address, we list it once and show the other NPIs on its profile.

Order within a city: records updated most recently first, then alphabetical. Featured listings appear in a separate, labelled box and never change that order.

What a badge means

Registered specialists: the provider's NPI is active in the September 2026 NPPES file published by CMS, and its primary registered taxonomy is Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or Periodontics — all ADA-recognized dental specialties. The taxonomy is self-reported; board certification is a separate credential you can check with each specialty board. We only publish positive matches. A listing without a badge is not an accusation — most gaps are name variations between registries.

Freshness

Data was last refreshed on 2026-09-30. CMS publishes a new NPPES file every month; we re-load it monthly.

Corrections

Email sabrsystemssoftware@gmail.com or claim your listing on the for-business page. We fix verified errors within two business days.