The .dentist Domain: An Address in the Dentist's Name
.dentist was recorded in the root zone on 22 May 2014, and the IANA entry names Dog Beach, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. Its near neighbour .dental belongs to Binky Moon, LLC; a shared umbrella does not make them one company. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 counts 3,147 registrations, 2,572 of them present in the zone file.
An address built on the profession fits the case where patients remember the person: a surname joined to the ending is understood once, whether read from a card or heard on the phone. Where the practice itself is what carries the reputation, a .dental domain gives a more institutional frame. Compare the two through a domain name search.
No diploma, speciality or board registration is checked at registration; the registry defines no such control. Dentistry is a licensed profession nearly everywhere, and that obligation follows from the work rather than the address. Naming the practitioner, the qualification and the regulator on the page gives patients a route to verify it, and advertising limits are best tracked in the same place.
.DENTIST Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Root zone record 22 May 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 3,147 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 2,572 names, about 82%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dentist domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dentist Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$62.50 /year -
Transfer
$64.99 /year -
Renewal
$69.99 /year -
Restore
$179.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.00
Included With Every .dentist Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.dentist Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .dentist domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .dentist address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .dentist domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $11.00 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .dentist returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.dentist Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.dentist Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dentist domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dentist Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .dentist Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Anyone can; no practitioner credential is asked for.
Dog Beach, LLC requires neither a diploma nor a board registration when the name is taken. That does not turn the address into a licence: the right to treat patients comes from national health law. Availability can be checked in a domain name search.
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Pick .dentist if patients remember you, .dental if they remember the practice.
In a single-chair surgery the surname belongs in the label and the address reads like a signature. Once several dentists work under one brand, a personal name grows tight and starts to mislead. The institutional side is set out on the .dental domain page.
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No. The IANA records show two separate legal entities.
.dentist sits with Dog Beach, LLC and .dental with Binky Moon, LLC. Both are run under the Identity Digital umbrella, yet the contracting party differs. In day-to-day terms the distinction stays on paper: registration conditions and technical operation look much the same on either side.
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The zone holds 3,147 registrations with 2,572 in the zone file.
The data comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. At about 82%, most registrants here have published something. Because the zone stays small, short labels built on a surname remain widely available.
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Who treats, how appointments work, and how long data is kept.
An appointment form gathers health information, so an encrypted connection and a plain privacy notice are both needed. Before-and-after imagery is restricted advertising in many jurisdictions, and the limits differ country by country. For the encryption step, see the SSL certificate page.
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Request the authorisation code from your current registrar first.
In a one-dentist practice the phone line and the booking page hang on the same address, so plan the move outside working hours. The domain must be unlocked and at least sixty days past registration. Verify the record with a whois search, then continue at domain transfer.
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