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County dental access report · 2026

Dentists in Shasta County

131 active NPI-1 dental-provider records appear across 3 tracked communities. The combined rate is 11.3 records per 10,000 residents.

NPI-1 records
131
Records per 10k
11.3
Dental HPSA designations
15
Specialist types represented
5 of 6

Key takeaways

Redding has the highest recorded rate

13.0 active NPI-1 records per 10,000 residents. This is a registry rate, not a measure of appointment capacity.

Every tracked community has a record

Each community in the table has at least one active NPI-1 dental-provider location.

15 dental shortage designations

HRSA lists 2 geographic-area, 4 population-group, and 9 facility designations in Shasta County.

Community detail

Dental-provider records and specialties

Each NPI-1 record is assigned to its California practice-location address. Mailing-address city matches are excluded. Specialty columns use the dental taxonomy attached to that NPI record.

Anderson

Population 11,050 · City

5.4 per 10k
NPI-1 records
6
Directory practices
2
General dentistry
6
Specialist records
0

Redding

Population 94,294 · City

13.0 per 10k
NPI-1 records
123
Directory practices
36
General dentistry
108
Specialist records
15

Shasta Lake

Population 10,195 · City

2.0 per 10k
NPI-1 records
2
Directory practices
0
General dentistry
2
Specialist records
0

Methodology and sources

What this report counts

Provider counts come from active CMS NPPES NPI-1 records with a dental taxonomy beginning 1223 and a practice-location address in one of the communities shown. An NPI is counted once per community. The source snapshot was collected September 15, 2026.

Population denominators use California Department of Finance January 1, 2026 estimates for incorporated cities and the 2020 Census population stored in the market catalog for census-designated places. The county context figure comes from the 2026 Department of Finance E-1 estimate.

Directory practice counts come from published Central Valley Dentists office profiles and are shown for navigation only. They are not used in the provider rate. HPSA counts come from the HRSA dental designation listing dated September 1, 2026.

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Questions about the report

How to read these figures

How many dentists are listed in Shasta County?
This report counts 131 active NPI-1 dental-provider records across 3 tracked communities in Shasta County. It is a provider-record census, not a count of offices, appointments, or professionally active dentists.
What does the rate per 10,000 residents measure?
The rate divides active NPI-1 dental-provider records by the combined population of the 3 communities shown in the table, then multiplies by 10,000. It does not use the full county population because the NPPES rows are assigned to the named communities in this report.
Does an NPI record mean a dentist is accepting patients?
No. NPPES is a federal provider registry. An active record can support identity and location analysis, but it does not establish current appointment availability, insurance participation, or hours.
Why is the directory practice count different?
The directory counts reviewed office profiles. The workforce table counts individual NPI-1 dental-provider records. One office can include several dentists, and an individual dentist can work at more than one office.