ORTHODONTIST

A wide specialty pool under $5.5 million

$5,538,928 is the occupation-level dollar total. 15,876 is the itemization count. 1,761 is the donor-record count. Dividing dollars by lines yields about $349 per contribution. Dividing by donors yields about $3,145 per donor record. The repeat rate is about 9 itemizations per donor record. Fifteen thousand-plus lines from 1,761 donor records is a wide specialty pool: more people than many surgical strings with similar dollars.

Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution, no party split, and no cycle series. A few large lines can lift $349 while most receipts stay smaller—or the reverse. This guide cites only the three harvested facts and the trivial ratios computed from them.

Mean dollars per donor record sit toward the modest side among professional-title strings in this extract. Frequency and dollar size are different dimensions; this bucket is heavier on headcount than on dollars per person.

Orthodontist is not dentist and not a board list

Medical and dental occupation strings often look precise and still fail a license check. The FEC does not verify orthodontic specialty certification. DENTIST is a different occupation page with its own facts.

FEC Form 3 (candidate committees) and Form 3X (PACs and party committees) collect occupation as free text on itemized Schedule A. FEC.gov publishes what committees reported. There is no drop-down of job titles and no license check. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals ORTHODONTIST after indexing. DENTIST, DDS, and ORAL SURGEON remain other occupation pages unless the extract normalized them to ORTHODONTIST.

Questions

How much have orthodontist donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list ORTHODONTIST sum to $5,538,928 across 15,876 contributions and 1,761 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The total is an exact-string occupation filter. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are dentists included in the orthodontist total?

No. DENTIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers ORTHODONTIST only: $5,538,928, 15,876 contributions, and 1,761 donors. Mixing them would invent a combined dental total the packet does not contain. The occupation field is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized gifts never carry an occupation code.

Does the FEC confirm orthodontic specialty credentials?

No. Occupation is self-reported. A specialty word on Schedule A is not a credential check. Treat the 1,761 donor records as a count of matching text, not a board roster. The indexed sum remains $5,538,928. Cite the three packet facts with the exact occupation string. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are outside this total.

Where do I review individual gifts?

The ORTHODONTIST occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $5,538,928. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report at FEC.gov. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Industry pages group employers, not this occupation string.