Who goes to the dentist in Fairfax County?

By Shield Dental Care · Published November 12, 2026 · Data year 2022

Burke and Springfield, side by side

CDC's PLACES project estimates, for every county, town and neighborhood in the country, how many adults have seen a dentist in the past year and how many adults 65 and older have lost all their natural teeth. The figures come from a statistical model built on a national health survey, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which asked these questions in 2022. The chart compares the five Census places with Burke or Springfield in their name with Fairfax County and Virginia.

• Place (CDC model estimate)
• Fairfax County (CDC model estimate)
• Virginia (state survey estimate)
• 95% interval

Dots are estimates; bars show the 95% interval around each. Burke, Burke Centre, West Springfield, North Springfield and Springfield are Census places (census-designated places). Sources: CDC PLACES, 2025 release (places and county); CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022 (Virginia).

Adults who saw a dentist in the past year, and adults 65+ who had lost all their teeth, 2022

Places and Fairfax County: CDC PLACES model-based estimates, 2025 release, 2022 survey data. Virginia and the state median: direct estimates from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; CDC publishes no interval for the median. Download all tables as a CSV.

By ZIP code

The same estimates for the five ZIP codes whose mailing city is Burke or Springfield.

By ZIP code (ZIP Code Tabulation Area), 2022

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau's area version of ZIP codes. Source: CDC PLACES, 2025 release, ZCTA file.

Across Fairfax County

Across the county's 70 Census places, the share of adults with a dental visit in the past year ranged from 56.6 to 81.5% (middle value 75.1%), and the share of adults 65 and older with no natural teeth ranged from 2.5 to 15.2%. At the smaller scale of the county's 271 census tracts the spread is wider: dental visits from 46.4 to 83.7%, with half of tracts between 71.0 and 78.5%.

Among Virginia's 133 counties and independent cities, Falls Church had the only higher county-level estimate than Fairfax County's 74.5%; Loudoun County's was the same. The full place list is below and in the CSV.

All 70 places in Fairfax County, A to Z

Every Census place in Fairfax County, 2022

Place	Saw a dentist, past year (%)	95% interval	Lost all teeth, 65+ (%)	95% interval
Annandale	64.1	61.3 to 66.9	8.9	7.3 to 10.8
Bailey's Crossroads	61.9	59.0 to 64.7	10.1	8.3 to 12.1
Belle Haven	78.0	75.6 to 80.2	5.6	4.6 to 6.8
Braddock	79.1	76.9 to 81.3	3.9	3.1 to 4.8
Bull Run	78.1	75.9 to 80.3	3.7	3.0 to 4.6
Burke	75.9	73.4 to 78.2	5.3	4.3 to 6.5
Burke Centre	75.3	72.8 to 77.7	5.8	4.7 to 7.1
Centreville	71.7	69.0 to 74.2	6.3	5.1 to 7.7
Chantilly	72.7	70.1 to 75.2	6.5	5.2 to 8.0
Clifton	80.1	77.9 to 82.1	2.5	2.0 to 3.2
Crosspointe	80.2	78.0 to 82.2	3.5	2.8 to 4.3
Difficult Run	81.3	79.2 to 83.2	2.6	2.1 to 3.3
Dranesville	79.0	76.7 to 81.1	2.9	2.3 to 3.6
Dunn Loring	78.6	76.3 to 80.7	4.1	3.3 to 5.0
Fair Lakes	73.0	70.4 to 75.5	4.5	3.6 to 5.6
Fair Oaks	74.7	72.1 to 77.1	4.8	3.9 to 5.9
Fairfax Station	78.7	76.4 to 80.8	4.4	3.5 to 5.4
Floris	78.6	76.4 to 80.8	3.0	2.4 to 3.8
Fort Belvoir	71.7	69.0 to 74.3	6.1	4.9 to 7.4
Fort Hunt	80.2	78.0 to 82.2	5.8	4.7 to 7.1
Franconia	74.8	72.3 to 77.1	5.2	4.2 to 6.4
Franklin Farm	79.6	77.3 to 81.7	3.4	2.7 to 4.2
George Mason	67.8	64.9 to 70.6	6.0	4.8 to 7.4
Great Falls	80.8	78.7 to 82.8	3.0	2.4 to 3.7
Great Falls Crossing	79.6	77.4 to 81.7	3.1	2.5 to 3.9
Greenbriar	75.4	72.9 to 77.7	5.9	4.7 to 7.3
Groveton	70.1	67.3 to 72.7	8.2	6.6 to 9.9
Hayfield	78.4	76.1 to 80.5	5.1	4.1 to 6.2
Herndon (partly in Loudoun County)	70.5	67.8 to 73.1	7.6	6.2 to 9.2
Huntington	74.0	71.5 to 76.5	7.0	5.7 to 8.4
Hutchison	58.9	55.8 to 61.9	11.3	9.3 to 13.5
Hybla Valley	58.5	55.4 to 61.5	11.1	9.1 to 13.3
Idylwood	71.1	68.5 to 73.6	6.8	5.5 to 8.3
Kings Park	73.3	70.8 to 75.8	7.5	6.0 to 9.0
Kings Park West	76.0	73.5 to 78.3	4.8	3.9 to 5.9
Kingstowne	74.8	72.3 to 77.2	6.2	5.0 to 7.5
Lake Barcroft	72.9	70.4 to 75.3	6.2	5.0 to 7.5
Laurel Hill	75.0	72.5 to 77.4	4.2	3.4 to 5.2
Lincolnia	68.0	65.2 to 70.7	7.0	5.7 to 8.5
Long Branch	77.1	74.7 to 79.3	5.6	4.5 to 6.8
Lorton	68.2	65.3 to 70.9	7.7	6.2 to 9.3
Mantua	77.0	74.7 to 79.2	4.2	3.4 to 5.2
Mason Neck	76.1	73.7 to 78.4	7.0	5.6 to 8.7
McLean	81.1	79.0 to 83.1	3.7	3.0 to 4.6
McNair	69.8	67.0 to 72.6	7.0	5.7 to 8.5
Merrifield	74.5	72.0 to 77.0	5.0	4.0 to 6.1
Mount Vernon	74.3	71.8 to 76.7	7.2	5.8 to 8.8
Navy	79.5	77.3 to 81.6	2.9	2.3 to 3.6
Newington	74.6	72.0 to 77.0	6.2	5.0 to 7.6
Newington Forest	75.8	73.4 to 78.1	6.2	5.0 to 7.5
North Springfield	69.4	66.6 to 72.0	7.7	6.3 to 9.3
Oakton	75.7	73.3 to 78.0	4.3	3.4 to 5.2
Occoquan (partly in Prince William County)	65.2	62.0 to 68.3	14.1	11.6 to 16.8
Pimmit Hills	74.6	72.1 to 77.0	5.3	4.2 to 6.5
Ravensworth	70.9	68.1 to 73.4	9.6	7.8 to 11.6
Reston	75.4	73.0 to 77.7	4.7	3.8 to 5.7
Rose Hill	75.2	72.7 to 77.6	6.2	5.0 to 7.6
Seven Corners	56.6	53.4 to 59.6	15.2	12.7 to 18.0
South Run	81.5	79.5 to 83.5	3.6	2.9 to 4.4
Springfield	69.1	66.4 to 71.8	7.8	6.3 to 9.5
Sully Square	72.8	70.1 to 75.4	4.0	3.2 to 4.9
Tysons	76.0	73.5 to 78.3	4.5	3.6 to 5.6
Union Mill	79.6	77.4 to 81.7	3.6	2.9 to 4.5
Vienna	78.4	76.1 to 80.6	4.9	3.9 to 5.9
Wakefield	77.7	75.4 to 79.9	4.0	3.2 to 4.9
West Falls Church	67.0	64.2 to 69.6	9.3	7.6 to 11.1
West Springfield	76.0	73.6 to 78.3	5.6	4.5 to 6.8
Wolf Trap	80.2	78.0 to 82.2	3.7	3.0 to 4.6
Woodburn	71.6	68.9 to 74.2	5.8	4.6 to 7.0
Woodlawn	62.9	59.9 to 65.9	11.6	9.5 to 13.9

Census-designated places and towns, from the Census Bureau's 2020 place list for Virginia. Source: CDC PLACES, 2025 release, place file.

What the estimates show

• A clear gap between Burke and Springfield on dental visits. Burke's estimate is 6.8 percentage points higher than Springfield's, and their 95% intervals (73.4 to 78.2 and 66.4 to 71.8) do not overlap.
• Tooth loss among seniors: a smaller, less certain difference. Springfield's 7.8% is above Burke's 5.3%, but the intervals (6.3 to 9.5 and 4.3 to 6.5) overlap, so the true gap may be smaller than it looks.
• Fairfax County sits above the state. The county's 74.5% compares with 68.4% for Virginia in the state survey and 65.9% for the median state. The county figure is a model estimate and the state figure a survey estimate, so read this as a broad comparison.

What this means for families in Burke and Springfield

• If it has been a while since your last checkup, you are not alone. In 2022, an estimated 30.9% of Springfield adults, 24.1% of Burke adults and 25.5% of adults across Fairfax County had not seen a dentist in the past year.
• These numbers describe whole communities, not your street or your family. They are model estimates with a margin either side, and the CDC cautions against using them to judge local programs.
• Find your own area. The ZIP code table and the list of all 70 places give each estimate with its interval, and the CSV has the age-adjusted figures too.
• If insurance is what is holding you back, our page on the Shield Prevention Plan explains the practice's plan for patients without dental insurance, and our guide to Medicare and dental care covers what Original Medicare does and does not pay for.

Method

We downloaded the CDC PLACES 2025 release files for Virginia counties, Virginia places, the five Burke and Springfield ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and Fairfax County's census tracts, and the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System prevalence table for Virginia and the median state, on November 12, 2026. A script checks that every PLACES file is the 2025 release, with 2022 survey data for both measures, matches each Census place in Fairfax County (from the Census Bureau's 2020 place list) to its PLACES estimate, and computes the ranges and medians on this page. Figures are crude prevalence, the share of all adults (or all adults 65 and older) in the area. Age-adjusted figures, which allow for places with older or younger populations, are in the CSV for the county and places. The tract range and middle half use all 271 tracts in the county file. The script, the raw files and their checksums are kept with the site's source code.

Sources

• CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data, 2025 release (rows updated December 12, 2025). data.cdc.gov/d/eav7-hnsx
• CDC, PLACES, County Data, 2025 release. data.cdc.gov/d/swc5-untb
• CDC, PLACES, ZCTA Data, 2025 release. data.cdc.gov/d/qnzd-25i4
• CDC, PLACES, Census Tract Data, 2025 release. data.cdc.gov/d/cwsq-ngmh
• CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data (2011 to present), 2022. data.cdc.gov/d/dttw-5yxu
• U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 FIPS codes for places, Virginia. census.gov place codes
• CDC, PLACES methodology. cdc.gov/places

Limits

• PLACES figures are model-based estimates, not counts of patients. CDC notes: “Because the small area model cannot detect effects due to local interventions, users are cautioned against using these estimates for program or policy evaluations.”
• The dental questions are asked every other year, so the latest local estimates describe 2022.
• A dental visit means any visit to a dentist or dental clinic in the past year, for any reason. The survey does not say what care people received.
• Small places and tracts have wider intervals. Differences between neighboring areas whose intervals overlap may not be real.
• The Virginia and state-median figures are direct survey estimates, a different method from the county and place figures.
• This is a summary of public data, not medical advice.

Cite this study

Shield Dental Care. “Who goes to the dentist in Fairfax County? Dental visits and tooth loss by neighborhood.” Published November 12, 2026. Data: CDC PLACES, 2025 release (2022 data); CDC BRFSS 2022. https://shielddentalcare.com/research/dental-visits-fairfax-county/

The tables are free to reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license with a link to this page: download the CSV (86 rows: Northern Virginia counties and cities, every place in Fairfax County, the five ZIP codes, Virginia and the state median).