Our Process

In June 2022, we mailed surveys to the over 1,000 dentists who currently practice in Hillsborough County and its outlying areas. We obtained this list from the Florida Department of Health in May 2022.

We asked the dentists to nominate the peers they believe to be the best in 8 different specialties, then return the surveys in anonymous prepaid return envelopes or online using their randomly assigned, unique survey number. The online surveys require the unique survey number, and each survey number can be used only once. We then tally the votes from the mail-in and online surveys to compile this list.