Massachusetts Oral Health Data

Information around oral health topics, the status of our workforce, and our reports.  

Office of Oral Health Updates

• Office of Oral Health Updates – Fiscal Year 2023 (PDF) | (DOCX)

Massachusetts Oral Health Series (MOHS) 

The Massachusetts Oral Health Series (MOHS), developed by the Office of Oral Health focuses on important issues in oral health in the state through topic-specific installments. Topics available are:

• Perinatal and infant oral health
• Child and adolescent oral health
• Chronic disease and oral health
• Oral cancer

More Resources

• Health Professional Shortage Areas (including Dental-specific breakout)
• Updated research on preventable oral health emergency department (ED) visits
• Resident reporting of unmet oral health needs (PDF)
• CDC Oral Health Data
  • National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) 
  • CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Health Professions Data Series

The Department of Public Health’s Health Professions Data Series currently reports on seven licensed health professions.

• The Massachusetts Health Professions Data Series: Dental Hygienists (June 2025)
• The Massachusetts Health Professions Data Series: Dentists 2022
• The Massachusetts Health Professions Data Series: Dentists 2020
• The Massachusetts Health Professions Data Series: Dentists 2018

Oral Health Status Reports

• Oral Health Status Reports
  • The Status of Oral Disease in Massachusetts
  • Statewide Oral Health Assessment of Seniors

Office of Oral Health Archival Information

• Find historical documents and more from the Office of Oral Health at the State Library of Massachusetts.