Dr. Thomas J Tax , DDS
Dentist β’ Palatine, IL
222 N Plum Grove Rd
Palatine, IL 60067
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
222 N Plum Grove Rd
Palatine, IL 60067
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Dentist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019β2025.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Compared with the same specialty in Palatine and Illinois
31 active clinicians are listed under Dentist with a practice address in Palatine, IL (4,537 in Illinois).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Palatine
0% of these 31 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
0% of these 31 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 122300000X
A dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (D.D.S.) or dental medicine (D.M.D.), licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. There is no difference between the two degrees: dentists who have a DMD or DDS have the same education. Universities have the prerogative to determine what degree is awarded. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Generally, three or more years of undergraduate education plus four years of dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist. State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a dental specialist.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Dentist
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dentist
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dentist - General Practice
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dentist
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dentist - General Practice
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dentist - Periodontics
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated November 29, 2006.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to November 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Dentists in Palatine
- Dr. Herman Salzberg, DMD
- Dr. Sandhya Pallam, DDS
- Dr. Liana Tremmel, DDS
- Dr. Goran Topalo, DDS
- Dr. Ambreen Hasan, DDS
- Dr. Shahad Elttayef, DMD
Mailing Address
222 N Plum Grove Rd
Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 8473594700