# US Dentists Directory — Dental Practices Scraper (`straightforward_hydra/us-dentists-directory`) Actor

Extract every dental practice in any US state: name, address, phone, website, opening hours & GPS. Clean B2B lead list from OpenStreetMap. No key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/us-dentists-directory.md
- **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 dental practices

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Dentists Directory — Dental Practices Scraper 🦷

**Extract every dental practice in any US state — name, full address, phone, website, opening hours and GPS coordinates — as a clean, structured B2B lead list. Data from OpenStreetMap. No API key.**

A ready-to-use list of dentists and dental clinics for sales prospecting, market research, territory mapping, or enriching a CRM. Pick a state (or a city bounding box) and get structured rows in seconds — no scraping fragile HTML, no login.

***

### What you get

Each row: `name` · `address` (plus split `street` / `city` / `state` / `postcode`) · `phone` · `website` · `email` · `opening_hours` · `brand` · `lat` / `lon` · `osm_url`.

### Examples

**All dentists in California**

```json
{ "state": "CA", "maxResults": 5000 }
```

**Dentists in New York**

```json
{ "state": "New York" }
```

**Just one city (bounding box)**

```json
{ "bbox": "30.24,-97.78,30.30,-97.70" }
```

### Use cases

- **Sales prospecting** — dental software, equipment, supplies, marketing agencies.
- **Market & competitor research** — practice density by state or city.
- **CRM enrichment** — add phone / website / location to existing records.
- **Territory planning** — map coverage and gaps with GPS coordinates.

### Run it on a schedule

Schedule a run to keep a fresh dental-practice list for a state as OpenStreetMap is updated by its global community.

### Notes

- **No API key.** Data comes from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org) via the Overpass API (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).
- **Coverage varies.** OpenStreetMap is community-maintained, so not every practice is mapped and some rows have partial contact details — completeness is highest in populated areas. The `phone` / `website` fields are populated where contributors have added them.
- **Canadian provinces** work too (e.g. `"ON"`, `"BC"`).
- Works statewide or for a precise `bbox`; raise `maxResults` for large states.

***

#### Keywords

dentists, dental practices, dental clinics, US dentists, dentist directory, dental leads, B2B leads, lead generation, local business data, business directory, sales prospecting, healthcare providers, OpenStreetMap, POI, phone, website, CRM enrichment, market research, no API key.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state as a 2-letter code (e.g. "CA", "TX", "NY") or full name (e.g. "New York"). Canadian provinces (e.g. "ON", "BC") also work.

## `bbox` (type: `string`):

Optional geographic box "south,west,north,east" (decimal degrees) to use instead of a state — e.g. a single city area.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on practices returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "CA",
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "state": "CA"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/us-dentists-directory").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "state": "CA" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/us-dentists-directory").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "state": "CA"
}' |
apify call straightforward_hydra/us-dentists-directory --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=straightforward_hydra/us-dentists-directory",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wTCs3MdWgyscUSkGi/builds/rxzcnoxCXGrysMhyl/openapi.json