Dental Specialty Education, INC
451 Murfreesboro Pike, Building 1, Nashville, TN 37210
The registry record
- NPI
- 1043603996
- Registered as
- Type-2 organization (not an individual dentist's personal NPI)
- Dental categories
- Pediatric, General, Orthodontics, Other specialty
- Taxonomy codes
- 1223G0001X (General practice dentistry); 1223P0106X (Oral and maxillofacial pathology); 1223P0221X (Pediatric dentistry); 1223X0400X (Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics)
- Practice location
- 451 Murfreesboro Pike, Building 1, Nashville, TN 37210
- Telephone
- (615) 256-7543
- NPI issued
- 16 March 2015 (11 years ago)
- Record updated
- 7 March 2017 (9 years ago)
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
- Metro area
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (metropolitan area, Davidson County)
- State
- Tennessee (2,160 registered practices)
- Operator size
- 2 addresses registered under this organization name nationally
- Sibling NPIs
- Children's Dental Health Center - Nashville (1003272790)
- Former names on file
- Dental Specialty Education, Inc. - Nashville
- Map position
- Census address match at street level
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026
What the record tells you
Dental Specialty Education, INC is an NPI registry record for a dental organization at 451 Murfreesboro Pike, Building 1 in Nashville, Tennessee 37210. CMS issued NPI 1043603996 on 16 March 2015, and the practice last updated its own entry on 7 March 2017. That was 9 years ago, so treat the phone number and the suite number as unconfirmed until someone answers.
It is registered under 4 dental taxonomy codes: General practice dentistry (1223G0001X), Oral and maxillofacial pathology (1223P0106X), Pediatric dentistry (1223P0221X), Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (1223X0400X). That puts it in 4 categories on this site, led by pediatric dentistry. A practice that registers more than one category is telling CMS it does more than one kind of dental work at this address, which is why it has a page here rather than a row. The same registered name appears at 2 distinct addresses nationally. That is either a group practice or a name common enough that unrelated offices share it, so ask whether pricing is set locally or by a parent company. One further NPI is registered to what looks like the same business at this address (Children's Dental Health Center - Nashville, NPI 1003272790); it is covered by this page rather than given a page of their own.
Nashville holds 233 registered dental practices inside the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, which has 870 in total on the Tennessee side and ranks 1st in the state. 13 of the Nashville records also register pediatric dentistry, so this is one of several local options in that category. Across the metro the mix runs general dentistry 59.2%, dental clinic or center 19%, pediatric dentistry 8.2%. The closest other registered practices are Napier-Sudekum Dental Clinic (0 miles, Nashville), Dental Specialists of Nashville, PLLC (0 miles, Nashville) and Gray Dental Care, PC (2 miles, Nashville), with 2 more inside 2.1 miles.
On our figures a routine adult cleaning in Tennessee runs $90 to $135 cash and scaling and root planing $165 to $255 per quadrant, against a US average of $125. This practice's own prices are not in the registry and never will be: NPPES holds identifiers, not fees. Call (615) 256-7543 and ask for the cash price on code D1110, whether the exam and X-rays are included, and whether they run a membership plan if you have no insurance.
Nearest alternatives
The 5 closest registered dental practices to 451 Murfreesboro Pike, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are listed on their metro page rather than having one of their own.
| Practice | City | Distance | Categories | Phone on the record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napier-Sudekum Dental Clinic | Nashville, TN | 0 mi | Dental clinic | (615) 256-7543 |
| Dental Specialists of Nashville, PLLC | Nashville, TN | 0 mi | Orthodontics, Oral surgery, Endodontics | (615) 327-4739 |
| Gray Dental Care, PC | Nashville, TN | 2 mi | General | (615) 385-9400 |
| Music City Dental: Family, Cosmetic, and Implant Dentistry PLLC | Nashville, TN | 2 mi | General | (615) 953-2469 |
| Ideal Dental of Melrose PLLC | Nashville, TN | 2.1 mi | General | (615) 334-5041 |
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What to ask when you call
- The cash price for D1110, a routine adult cleaning, and whether the exam (D0120) and X-rays (D0274) are inside or outside that number.
- Whether you need scaling and root planing before a routine clean, and the per-quadrant price for D4341 or D4342 if so.
- Whether they run an in-house membership plan, and what it covers against what it costs a year.
- Whether they are taking new patients and how far out the next hygiene appointment is.
- The practice license, with your state dental board. An NPI is a billing identifier and proves nothing about licensing.
CMS NPPES NPI data file, August 2026, snapshot 10 August 2026. US federal public data (FOIA-disclosable, no charge). CMS NPI files. NPI registry records, status as reported by CMS in the August 2026 data dissemination file. NPPES is an identifier registry, not a license register: an NPI does not validate that a practice is licensed, accredited or currently open. Practices maintain their own NPPES entries. Every page shows the date the record was last updated; addresses and phone numbers are as self-reported and are not verified by us. This page describes a registry record. It is not a review, an endorsement or a check on Dental Specialty Education, INC.
Price figures are our own, last verified April 2026. State averages are our estimates compiled from FAIR Health regional cost data and CMS Medicare fee schedules; the ADA discontinued its national Survey of Dental Fees in 2023, so no national fee survey exists. Treat them as a starting point and call two or three offices for an actual quote.