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What periodontists make

There is no separate federal wage line for periodontists. They are counted inside a group called Dentists, All Other Specialists, where the median was $227,690 a year, and the most recent figure for the same group is about $224,990. The top tenth is not published: the survey stops reporting once a wage reaches $239,200, so the real ceiling is higher than the number shown.