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Dental schools total: United Arab Emirates, 2026
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
United Arab Emirates: No figure found for dental schools total as of 2026-11-09.
Comparability C Confidence low
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World Health Organization (NHWA data portal, December 2025 update). (2026). Dental schools total: United Arab Emirates, as of 2026-11-09 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/ae/dental-schools-total/2026/
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Record
- Value
- No figure found
- Unit
- schools
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- low
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Reason for no figure
- No figure found (gap): we searched and found nothing
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
No verbatim quote recorded for this figure yet.
Locator: not recorded.
Local definition
Dental schools (no official list fetched)
Source
World Health Organization (NHWA data portal, December 2025 update): WHO Global Health Observatory API: NHWA dentists (HWF_0011) and dental expenditure, United Arab Emirates. Registry entry: ae-who-gho.
Notes
No reliable figure found. University pages show accredited BDS programmes at least at Gulf Medical University, City University Ajman, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University and Ajman University; MBRU (Dubai) and University of Sharjah also teach dentistry (not verified this session). Lead: the CAA (Commission for Academic Accreditation) programme directory at caa.ae.
Metric definition
Number of dental schools / faculties granting a first dental degree (DDS/DMD/BDS equivalent) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure found why | other | Comparability C | WHO Global Health Observatory API: NHWA dentists (HWF_0011) and dental expenditure, United Arab Emirates |
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