Dental
Dental Specialty Education, INC
Dental Specialty Education, INC was paid $6.79M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 36 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDENTAL SPECIALTY EDUCATION, INC
NASHVILLE, TN 37210
NASHVILLE, TN 37210
33aNPI1043603996assigned 03/16/2015
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$6.79M
24GClaims217,496
24DCodes billed36
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#7 of 336
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median55×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 53,191 | $1.75M | |
| 2019 | 51,373 | $1.60M | |
| 2020 | 26,931 | $835K | |
| 2021 | 28,206 | $882K | |
| 2022 | 26,639 | $800K | |
| 2023 | 15,915 | $487K | |
| 2024incomplete | 15,241 | $440K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 18% | 11,344 | 3,195 | $1.22M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 25,042 | 24,382 | $799K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.0% | 26,224 | 25,593 | $611K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.3% | 7,174 | 4,040 | $493K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 6.0% | 7,016 | 3,137 | $410K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.8% | 20,378 | 19,857 | $394K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.4% | 6,542 | 3,779 | $368K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.3% | 7,287 | 7,121 | $295K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.2% | 11,303 | 3,607 | $286K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.0% | 9,506 | 8,531 | $269K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.5% | 4,792 | 4,699 | $239K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 3.2% | 10,976 | 10,681 | $217K |
24 more codes
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.9% | 22,461 | $196K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.7% | 15,470 | $185K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.4% | 10,641 | $165K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.3% | 5,912 | $156K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.9% | 6,217 | $131K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.3% | 1,206 | $91K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 629 | $49K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 1,870 | $47K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 2,190 | $47K |
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | <1% | 757 | $38K |
| D2934 | <1% | 189 | $23K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 395 | $20K | |
| D9248 | <1% | 147 | $12K | |
| D1515 | <1% | 57 | $11K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 1,240 | $9K | |
| D1353 | <1% | 230 | $6K | |
| D2331 | <1% | 64 | $4K | |
| D9243 | <1% | 39 | $3K | |
| D1510 | <1% | 18 | $3K | |
| D8660 | <1% | 44 | $2K | |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 58 | $1K |
| D9239 | <1% | 15 | $1K | |
| D3120 | <1% | 51 | $39.14 | |
| D0270 | <1% | 12 | $23.40 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialEWING, SABIN (CLINICAL DENTAL DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ewing Orthodontic INC. | Smyrna, TN | $1.13M |
| VB Tennessee I PLLC | Dickson, TX | $1.12M |
| Affordable Dental Incorporated | Clarksville, TN | $496K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.