Dentists’ fees in Alpes-Maritimes
1,095 general dentists in private practice, 68 orthodontists: their 2025 average fees, and yours alongside.
General dentists in Alpes-Maritimes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) billed €234,219 in fees on average in 2025 per full-time active practitioner, 23 % below the national average (€302,480), which ranks the département 100 out of 101. Of that amount, €103,486 is extra fees (dépassements), the part charged above the national health insurance tariffs, mostly on crowns and other prosthetics: 44 % of fees, against 46 % across France. There are 95 general dentists per 100,000 residents (France: 55), and 22 % of them are aged 60 or over. The 68 orthodontists qualified in dentofacial orthopaedics (ODF) billed €420,595 on average, against €742,190 nationally. Between 2019 and 2025, general dentists’ average fees moved by +14.4 %. These are health insurance averages, not take-home pay: practice costs, roughly half of receipts, still come off, and non-reimbursable work such as implants is not included.
Your fees against the average · general dentists in Alpes-Maritimes
+28 %
above the average · €300,000 (comparable fees, excluding non-reimbursable work)
Your figure is above the general dentists average of 34 départements out of 101.
Profit before income tax (BNC) (estimated)
€99,300
per month €8,275
This profit would sit near the 53rd percentile of 2021 private dentists’ income (DREES, interpolated between published deciles and quartiles).
| Fees per chair | €150,000 |
| Fees per day worked | €1,481 |
| Fees per staff member (FTE) | €150,000 |
| Cost ratioestimated · reference 66.9 % | 66.9 % |
What sets you apart
- StrengthYour comparable fees are 28 % above the average in your département (€234,219).
How this is calculated
2025 Assurance Maladie averages per full-time active practitioner (data.ameli.fr open data). These are averages, not percentiles: the distribution is not published. Non-reimbursable fees are removed before comparing. Reference cost ratio: UNASA 2024, 1,969 practices, practices in receipts quarter 3. Method and sources
Checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
Key figures, 2025
| Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dentists | |||
| Practitioners in private practice | 1,095 | 4,086 | 38,065 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 95.0 | 77.0 | 55.0 |
| Average fees | €234,219 | €279,011 | €302,480 |
| Share of extra fees | 44 % | 43 % | 46 % |
| Different patients per practitioner | 581 | 692 | 837 |
| Aged 60 and over | 22 % | 21 % | 19 % |
| Orthodontists (ODF) | |||
| Practitioners in private practice | 68 | 263 | 2,084 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| Average fees | €420,595 | €541,781 | €742,190 |
| Share of extra fees | 71 % | 64 % | 67 % |
| Different patients per practitioner | 655 | 949 | 1,166 |
| Aged 60 and over | 21 % | 21 % | 24 % |
| Stomatologists | |||
| Practitioners in private practice | 15 | 80 | 686 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Average fees | €396,720 | €402,533 | €528,366 |
| Share of extra fees | 43 % | 35 % | 44 % |
| Different patients per practitioner | 611 | 941 | 1,144 |
| Aged 60 and over | 40 % | 34 % | 36 % |
Alpes-Maritimes: the densest supply and the thinnest patient lists
On the Riviera, competition between dental practices reaches a level almost no other département experiences. Alpes-Maritimes has 95 general dentists in private practice per 100,000 residents, +73 % on France, or 1,095 practitioners in all. Each one sees only 581 different patients a year on average, where the national figure is 837. Fees follow: €234,219 per full-time active practitioner, −23 % against the French mean and −16 % against the regional one, placing the département at position 100 of 101, at the very foot of the table.
Both components lag: €130,733 billed at the convention rate, the tariff agreed with the health insurer, and €103,486 in dépassements, the extra fees charged above it, mostly on prosthetics, compared with €164,450 and €138,030 nationally. The shortfall seems to come from the volume of treatment per practice across Nice, Cannes, Antibes and Menton rather than from pricing.
An older profile and shared working time
22 % of general dentists here are 60 or older, above the French 19 %, and 27 % are under 35, fewer than nationally (30 %). Dentists winding down towards retirement weigh on the mean, as do the 9 % who divide their week between private and salaried work (France: 6 %). Headcount has nonetheless kept rising, from 1,003 to 1,095 in five years, with Nice's dental school close by. Women make up 43 % of general dentists, fewer than the national 48 %. Fees have grown more slowly than in France as a whole: +24 % since 2015, against +26 % nationally.
For a purchase or a new practice, this cuts both ways. A low local average makes an established practice look strong by comparison, while the national benchmark sets a much higher bar. Reading a Nice practice against both figures, and then against turnover per dental chair, gives a fairer picture of where it stands.
Riviera orthodontics: record density, rock-bottom average
Orthodontics shows the same pattern. The 68 specialists in dentofacial orthopaedics (ODF, the French orthodontic qualification) amount to 5.9 per 100,000 residents, nearly twice the French 3.0. Their average of €420,595 is −43 % relative to the national benchmark, at position 69 of 70, with 655 patients per orthodontist against 1,166 in France. Dépassements, the share of treatment billed above the reimbursement base, account for 71 % of the total, and 21 % of orthodontists also hold a salaried post. Measuring a Riviera orthodontic practice against the French mean alone would misrepresent the local market.
Ten years of average fees
| Year | General dentists | Orthodontists (ODF) | Stomatologists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | €188,558 | €303,012 | €164,406 |
| 2019 | €204,688 | €374,571 | €246,205 |
| 2021 | €242,155 | €411,919 | €303,661 |
| 2023 | €242,476 | €467,907 | €380,158 |
| 2024 | €241,173 | €452,912 | €399,472 |
| 2025 | €234,219 | €420,595 | €396,720 |
Other départements in the region
| Département | Practitioners | Per 100,000 | Average fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 87 | 51 | €267,718 |
| Hautes-Alpes | 94 | 64 | €242,333 |
| Bouches-du-Rhône | 1,663 | 78 | €300,570 |
| Var | 837 | 73 | €285,474 |
| Vaucluse | 310 | 54 | €320,083 |
Source: Assurance Maladie (Cnam), data.ameli.fr, private health professionals open data (SNDS), ODbL licence. 2025 data published on 12 October 2026, retrieved on 15 October 2026. A missing amount is covered by statistical confidentiality.