Dentists’ fees in Moselle
570 general dentists in private practice, 32 orthodontists: their 2025 average fees, and yours alongside.
General dentists in Moselle (Grand Est) billed €331,715 in fees on average in 2025 per full-time active practitioner, 10 % above the national average (€302,480), which ranks the département 41 out of 101. Of that amount, €154,926 is extra fees (dépassements), the part charged above the national health insurance tariffs, mostly on crowns and other prosthetics: 47 % of fees, against 46 % across France. There are 54 general dentists per 100,000 residents (France: 55), and 25 % of them are aged 60 or over. The 32 orthodontists qualified in dentofacial orthopaedics (ODF) billed €965,818 on average, against €742,190 nationally. Between 2019 and 2025, general dentists’ average fees moved by +18.7 %. 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 Moselle
−10 %
below 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 % |
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
| Moselle | Grand Est | France | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dentists | |||
| Practitioners in private practice | 570 | 3,199 | 38,065 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 54.0 | 58.0 | 55.0 |
| Average fees | €331,715 | €312,575 | €302,480 |
| Share of extra fees | 47 % | 44 % | 46 % |
| Different patients per practitioner | 910 | 888 | 837 |
| Aged 60 and over | 25 % | 20 % | 19 % |
| Orthodontists (ODF) | |||
| Practitioners in private practice | 32 | 163 | 2,084 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Average fees | €965,818 | €887,328 | €742,190 |
| Share of extra fees | 62 % | 64 % | 67 % |
| Different patients per practitioner | 1,797 | 1,485 | 1,166 |
| Aged 60 and over | 22 % | 22 % | 24 % |
| Stomatologists | |||
| Practitioners in private practice | 4 | 25 | 686 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Average fees | – | €524,212 | €528,366 |
| Share of extra fees | – | 40 % | 44 % |
| Different patients per practitioner | – | 1,384 | 1,144 |
| Aged 60 and over | 75 % | 44 % | 36 % |
Moselle: a flat headcount and a generation nearing retirement
At the end of 2020 the Moselle had 563 general dentists in private practice; five years on it has 570. The workforce has barely moved, while the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin both grew. Meanwhile the age structure has tightened: 25 % of dentists are 60 or over, above the French 19 %, and under-35s make up only 24 %. For Metz, Thionville, Forbach or Sarreguemines, that implies a timetable: a sizeable share of practices will need a buyer within the next decade.
Density is 54 per 100,000 residents, almost exactly the national 55, so the imbalance shows in the age pyramid rather than in current supply. A Moselle dentist sees about 910 patients a year, more than the French 837.
Purely private practice, and an average above Grand Est
Only 2 % of Moselle general dentists combine their surgery with salaried work, against 6 % nationally. The mean of €331,715 per full-time active practitioner therefore reflects people working full weeks in their own practice. It runs +10 % on France and +6 % on Grand Est, ranking 41st of 101; the denser Meurthe-et-Moselle next door is clearly lower. Of that total, €176,789 is billed at the tarif de convention (the agreed national tariff) and €154,926 as dépassements, extra fees above it. The figure rose from €264,662 in 2015 to €331,715 in 2025, with most of the gain after 2019.
Orthodontics in the Moselle runs against the trend
Where general dentistry is ageing, orthodontics is renewing itself. Of 32 private orthodontists, 16 % are under 35, a high share in a specialty where young practitioners are usually scarce. Their patient lists are long, 1,797 a year each against 1,166 in France, and average fees of €965,818 rank 15th of 70 published départements, +30 % on the national orthodontist mean. Extra fees make up most of it (€600,669), standard for this specialty. The département ranking places the Moselle against the rest of France for each specialty.
Orthodontic headcount is stable (34 at the end of 2020) and density, 3 per 100,000 people, matches France's. Stomatology has lost practitioners, from 7 to 4, too few for a published average. On the general dentistry side, 545 of the 570 practitioners meet the criteria for the average (under 65, active all year, within the national agreement); women make up 44 %. The Moselle borders both Luxembourg and Germany, but these figures cover only fees billed in French private practice under the Assurance Maladie, the national health insurance fund.
Ten years of average fees
| Year | General dentists | Orthodontists (ODF) |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | €264,662 | €749,538 |
| 2019 | €279,552 | €786,551 |
| 2021 | €314,151 | €795,994 |
| 2023 | €328,153 | €849,338 |
| 2024 | €333,678 | €930,284 |
| 2025 | €331,715 | €965,818 |
Other départements in the region
| Département | Practitioners | Per 100,000 | Average fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardennes | 103 | 39 | €337,442 |
| Aube | 135 | 44 | €308,852 |
| Marne | 332 | 60 | €274,645 |
| Haute-Marne | 71 | 43 | €368,077 |
| Meurthe-et-Moselle | 431 | 59 | €285,617 |
| Meuse | 70 | 40 | €389,270 |
| Bas-Rhin | 873 | 74 | €295,398 |
| Haut-Rhin | 434 | 56 | €340,735 |
| Vosges | 180 | 51 | €342,427 |
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.