DENTIST on FEC schedules: $37.2M itemized

A clinical title in the industry table

Many dentists type DENTIST in both FEC boxes. Others type a practice name or D.D.S. Those variants are other keys if the stored text differs. The $37.2M total is the DENTIST string.

NAICS 6212 is not applied by the FEC. LobbyVault does not recode this title into that sector. Oral surgeons or hygienists who typed other words are elsewhere.

3,886 donors and 96,941 lines

3,886 donors produced 96,941 DENTIST contribution lines totaling $37.2M. Unique-donor count is in the same band as REAL ESTATE with a smaller dollar total. Repeat giving explains receipts above unique donors.

Party share is not on this industry headline. Specialty dental PACs, if they exist, are committees — not this individual-label rollup.

Not PHYSICIAN, not a hospital row

PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR are medical-title rows with larger dollar totals. They do not include DENTIST. A donor who works in a hospital dental clinic but typed the hospital name will harvest to that employer instead.

Occupation pages show title-versus-employer splits for group practices. Dental-board lookups and ADA membership files are outside this rollup. The $37.2M figure is 3,886 donors and 96,941 lines tagged DENTIST. Hygienists, oral surgeons who typed a specialty word, and clinic letterheads are other keys when that is what was stored.

Donor table

The DENTIST donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. It is not evidence about Medicaid dental policy or a device maker. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the credential.

Common surnames collide. Match on committee and date. Medicaid dental policy debates are not encoded in the industry headline. Recipient committees on the donor table are the only disclosed destinations. LobbyVault does not attach a bill number to the $37.2M total.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $37.2M, 96,941 contributions, 3,886 donors, top employer DENTIST. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table. PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR remain larger clinical-title rows that still exclude dentistry unless the donor typed those words. Do not fold DENTIST into a homemade health-care sum without saying the method.

Practice names, hygienists, and specialty boards

Group-practice and D.D.S. employer spellings pull people out of DENTIST. The $37.2M total, 96,941 contribution lines, and 3,886 donors are the title string. Hygienists and specialists who typed other words are elsewhere. PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR stay out. Unitemized gifts, state races, and dental PACs are omitted. LobbyVault does not match this label to a dental board.

Occupation pages show DENTIST as occupation with a clinic employer — harvest may send the line to the clinic. Open the DENTIST donor table for names and committees. The credential is self-reported FEC text, not NAICS 6212, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Practice-name employers are the usual reason a dentist is missing here. Search occupation pages and the clinic-name industry key alongside the 3,886-donor DENTIST table. Source remains FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Clinic letterheads are the usual reason a practicing dentist is absent from the 3,886-donor DENTIST table. Search the clinic-name key and occupation pages alongside this title row. The $37.2M total and 96,941 lines are the credential string only. Hygienists, specialists who typed other words, PHYSICIAN, and DOCTOR stay out. Dental-board rosters stay out. Association PACs stay on committee schedules. Medicaid and device-policy debates are not encoded in the headline. Recipient committees on the donor table are the disclosed destinations. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault. DENTIST is not NAICS 6212. Group-practice management companies often appear as employer instead of DENTIST, which is why 3,886 unique donors can look small next to the number of U.S. practices. The $37.2M and 96,941 lines are the title that remained. Oral surgeons who typed a specialty word left. Hygienists left. PHYSICIAN never included dentistry unless that word was stored. Open clinic-name keys in parallel. Association PACs remain committees. FEC.gov via LobbyVault holds the title string, not a dental-board extract. A D.D.S. who typed a practice LLC left the 3,886. Search that LLC key next. The $37.2M title total does not move with them. FEC.gov via LobbyVault still reports DENTIST as typed, not as a cleaned profession list.

Questions

How much have DENTIST donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $37.2M to the DENTIST FEC string, from 96,941 contributions and 3,886 donors. PHYSICIAN and practice-name employers are separate. The label is not a NAICS dental-office total. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include dental hygienists and specialists?

Only if they typed DENTIST. Other titles and group-practice names are other industry keys. The $37.2M figure is the DENTIST string only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is DENTIST merged with DOCTOR?

No. They are different free-text values. LobbyVault keeps separate rows because the FEC file does. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. This answer uses only the packet totals for that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov, with no NAICS overlay applied.

How many unique dentist donors are listed?

The rollup counts 3,886 donors and 96,941 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a dental-board census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.