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      "locator": "Dental 2024/25 data tables workbook, Table 4, hygienist rows",
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      "status": "current",
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      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-schools-total/2026/"
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      "source_id": "ahpra-dental-2025",
      "source_title": "Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)",
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      "basis": null,
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-technicians-total/2025/"
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      "source_title": "Occupation profile: Dental Technicians (ANZSCO 411213)",
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      "headline": false,
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      "supersedes": null,
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      "subgroup": null,
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      "series_break": null,
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-technicians-total/2021/"
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      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
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      "source_id": "ahpra-dental-2025",
      "source_title": "Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia",
      "source_url": "https://www.dentalboard.gov.au/News/Annual-report/2025-annual-summary",
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      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
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      "quote": "Our population at 30 June 2025 was 27.6 million people; Dentist | 21114 (Table 4)",
      "quote_en": "Derived from au.dentists_total.2025 and au.population.2025 (see notes).",
      "definition_local": "Registered dentists per 100,000 residents, ABS population rounded to 0.1 million",
      "notes": "Derived: 21,141 / 27,600,000 x 100,000 = 76.6. Registered basis; population rounded to 0.1 million. OECD practising basis for 2024: 66 per 100,000.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-per-100k/2025/"
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      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
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      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)",
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      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": "practising",
      "headline": true,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
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      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank SP.POP.TOTL AUS 2024; numerator au.dentists_practising.2024",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"AUS\",\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":27194286",
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      "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (OECD practising) divided by World Bank total population, same year",
      "notes": "Derived: 17,831 (au.dentists_practising.2024, source oecd-health-hr) / 27,194,286 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 65.6. Numerator basis: practising (OECD measure P). Other per-100k records for AU use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/"
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      "id": "au.dentists_practising.2024",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 17831,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
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      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "OECD SDMX CSV row AUS / HSE / PS / DNST / P / 2024",
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      "notes": "OECD measure P (practising), Australia. Licensed basis 20,958.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-practising/2024/"
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
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      "source_title": "Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia",
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      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "derived_from": [],
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Dental 2024/25 data tables workbook, Table 4, rows Dentist and combined-division rows",
      "quote": "Dentist | 387 | 6243 | 122 | 4438 | 1389 | 324 | 5179 | 2292 | 740 | 21114 | 20548 ... Dentist and oral health therapist | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 13",
      "quote_en": "Table 4 (division x state), 30 June 2025: Dentist-only 21,114 (2024: 20,548); plus registrants holding Dentist with another division (14 with OHT, 7 hygienist, 3 prosthetist, 2 therapist, 1 hygienist+therapist) = 21,141.",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-total/2025/"
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      "source_title": "Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "locator": "Dental 2024/25 data tables workbook, Table 4, column Total 2023/24",
      "quote": "Dentist | 387 | 6243 | 122 | 4438 | 1389 | 324 | 5179 | 2292 | 740 | 21114 | 20548 ... Dentist and oral health therapist | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 13",
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      "notes": "Derived from Table 4, 2023/24 column: Dentist-only 20,548 + combined (13 OHT, 6 hygienist, 3 prosthetist, 2 therapist, 1 hygienist+therapist) = 20,573. Total dental practitioners 27,583.",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-total/2024/"
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      "as_of": "2025-06-30",
      "source_id": "au-abs-cabee-2025",
      "source_title": "Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, July 2021 - June 2025, Data cube 2",
      "source_publisher": "Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)",
      "source_url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/business-indicators/counts-australian-businesses-including-entries-and-exits/jul2021-jun2025/8165DC02.xlsx",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "n/a (no figure located)",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Share of dental clinics owned by a DSO/corporate group",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found: no official measure. ABS counts businesses, not sites, so a group share cannot be derived from CABEE. Leads: site counts of the larger groups (Pacific Smiles, Abano/Maven, National Dental Care, Bupa Dental, 1300SMILES) divided by a site-based total, which does not exist officially; definition needs agreement first.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dso-clinic-share-pct/2025/"
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    {
      "id": "au.gdp_per_capita_usd.2025",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd",
      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
      "value": 65129.7227990563,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "au-worldbank-gdp-pcap",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: GDP per capita (current US$), Australia",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IDN;PHL;AUS;NZL;BRN;TLS/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&mrv=2&per_page=50",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "API JSON, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, country AU, date 2025",
      "quote": "\"country\":{\"id\":\"AU\",\"value\":\"Australia\"},\"countryiso3code\":\"AUS\",\"date\":\"2025\",\"value\":65129.7227990563",
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      "definition_local": "GDP per capita in current US dollars (market exchange rate)",
      "notes": "World Bank WDI NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; API lastupdated 2026-10-08. 2024: 64609.9865116088. Full precision kept; round on display.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/gdp-per-capita-usd/2025/"
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      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
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      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2025-06-30",
      "source_id": "ahpra-dental-2025",
      "source_title": "Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia",
      "source_url": "https://www.dentalboard.gov.au/News/Annual-report/2025-annual-summary",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": null,
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
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      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": null,
      "notes": "Not retrieved.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2025/"
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    {
      "id": "au.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2025-doh",
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      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
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      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2025-06-30",
      "source_id": "au-doh-dental-health-topic",
      "source_title": "Dental health (topic page)",
      "source_publisher": "Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing",
      "source_url": "https://www.health.gov.au/topics/dental-health",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2025-doh/"
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      "source_title": "General Treatment Dental (GTD) annual report 2025-26 - Preliminary (privately insured dental treatment)",
      "source_publisher": "Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing",
      "source_url": "https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-09/gtd-annual-report-2025-26-preliminary.xlsx",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/implant-procedures-annual/2025/"
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    {
      "id": "au.implant_procedures_annual.2025",
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      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/implant-procedures-annual/2025/"
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      "source_title": "Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, July 2021 - June 2025, Data cube 2",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/ios-installed-base/2025/"
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      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2026/"
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      "source_publisher": "Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)",
      "source_url": "https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-07/2026-Dentists-and-dental-specialists.docx",
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      "supersedes": null,
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      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2026-dva/"
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    {
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      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2019/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.population.2025",
      "country": "AU",
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      "metric_label": "Population",
      "value": 27600000,
      "unit": "persons",
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      "source_title": "National, state and territory population, June 2025 (media release)",
      "source_publisher": "Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)",
      "source_url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/population-15-june-2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "ABS media release, quote from ABS head of demography",
      "quote": "Our population at 30 June 2025 was 27.6 million people, 420,100 more than in June 2024.",
      "quote_en": "(English original)",
      "definition_local": "Estimated resident population at 30 June 2025, rounded to 0.1 million in the release",
      "notes": "Rounded to 0.1 million in the ABS media release (27.6 million, +420,100 y/y).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/population/2025/"
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    {
      "id": "au.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2023",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct",
      "metric_label": "Self-pay share of dental spend (%)",
      "value": 60.7,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2023-06-30",
      "source_id": "au-oecd-sha-dental",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by AIHW for Australia)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_SHA@DF_SHA,/AUS+NZL.A.EXP_HEALTH.........?startPeriod=2021",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX CSV rows AUS / XDC / HC132 / PROVIDER _T / PRICE_BASE V / 2023 for FINANCING_SCHEME HF3 and _T",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,XDC,HF3,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,7977.274,,,,,,6,1 | OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,XDC,_T,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,13152.275,,,,,,6,1",
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      "definition_local": "Household out-of-pocket payments (HF.3) as a share of current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (HC.1.3.2)",
      "notes": "Derived: 7,977.274 / 13,152.275 x 100 = 60.65 -> 60.7%. Out-of-pocket only; private health insurance is a separate scheme (HF.2). The dataset also gives HF2+HF3 (voluntary schemes + OOP) at 87.4% of dental spend (11,488.984 / 13,152.275). OECD-published shares: HF3 18.297% of all household OOP spend is dental (PT_EXP_FS).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2023/"
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    {
      "id": "jp.chairside_cadcam_installed_base.2025",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "chairside_cadcam_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Chairside cadcam installed base",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "-",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "-",
      "notes": "No reliable public estimate found (CAD/CAM crowns are insured since 2014/2024 revisions but no installed-base count was located).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/chairside-cadcam-installed-base/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.clear_aligner_cases_annual.2025",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "clear_aligner_cases_annual",
      "metric_label": "Clear aligner cases annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "cases",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "-",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "-",
      "notes": "No reliable public estimate. Orthodontics is largely uninsured; no official or association count found. Company disclosures (Align) cover APAC only.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/clear-aligner-cases-annual/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_3d_printer_installed_base.2025",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_3d_printer_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Dental 3d printer installed base",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "-",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "-",
      "notes": "No reliable public estimate found.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-3d-printer-installed-base/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_clinics_total.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_clinics_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
      "value": 66378,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-10-01",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.1 (1) 施設の種類別にみた施設数",
      "quote": "「歯科診療所」は 66,378 施設で 440 施設減少している。",
      "quote_en": "\"Dental clinics\" numbered 66,378, down 440.",
      "definition_local": "Dental clinics (歯科診療所) in operation on 1 October 2024, excluding suspended",
      "notes": "Active dental clinics. Ownership: individuals 48,667 (73.3%), medical corporations 17,053 (25.7%), public 247, other 403. Ownership form is not a DSO share.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-clinics-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_clinics_total.2023",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_clinics_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
      "value": 66818,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2023-10-01",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Table 1 row 歯科診療所",
      "quote": "歯科診療所 66 378 66 818 △ 440 △ 0.7 100.0 100.0",
      "quote_en": "Dental clinics: 2024 66,378; 2023 66,818; change -440 (-0.7%).",
      "definition_local": "Same as 2024 record",
      "notes": "Prior-year column of Table 1. Individuals 49,522 (74.1%), medical corporations 16,677 (25.0%).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-clinics-total/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_graduates_annual.2025",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_graduates_annual",
      "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual",
      "value": 1657,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-03-14",
      "source_id": "mhlw-dentist-exam-118",
      "source_title": "Pass announcement, 118th National Dentist Licensing Examination",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/general/sikaku/successlist/2025/siken02/about.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "results table",
      "quote": "新卒者 2,310人 1,973人 1,657人 84.0% 全体 3,431人 3,039人 2,136人 70.3%",
      "quote_en": "New graduates: 2,310 applicants, 1,973 examinees, 1,657 passed (84.0%). All candidates: 3,431 / 3,039 / 2,136 (70.3%).",
      "definition_local": "New graduates (新卒者) passing the national dentist licensing examination",
      "notes": "Proxy: new graduates who passed the 118th national dentist licensing exam (held 2025-02-01/02). Total passers incl. repeat candidates: 2,136 (70.3%). Japan has no published \"graduates per year\" series in the sources fetched.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-graduates-annual/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_hygienists_total.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total",
      "value": 149579,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-eisei-2024",
      "source_title": "Report on Public Health Administration and Services 2024 (employed health workers)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/eisei/24/dl/gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.7 2(1)",
      "quote": "令和６年末現在の就業歯科衛生士（以下「歯科衛生士」という。）は 149,579 人で、前回（令和４年）に比べ 4,396 人（3.0%）増加している。",
      "quote_en": "At end-2024 employed dental hygienists numbered 149,579, up 4,396 (3.0%) from 2022.",
      "definition_local": "Licensed dental hygienists employed (就業) as reported to prefectures, as of end of year",
      "notes": "Employed dental hygienists, up 4,396 (3.0%) vs 2022; 90.6% (135,499) work in clinics.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-hygienists-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_hygienists_total.2022",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total",
      "value": 145183,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-eisei-2024",
      "source_title": "Report on Public Health Administration and Services 2024 (employed health workers)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/eisei/24/dl/gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.7 Table 4 row 歯科衛生士",
      "quote": "歯科衛生士 116 299 123 831 132 629 142 760 145 183 149 579 4 396 3.0",
      "quote_en": "Dental hygienists, employed: 2014 116,299 ... 2022 145,183, 2024 149,579.",
      "definition_local": "Same as 2024 record",
      "notes": "From Table 4 time series in the 2024 overview.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-hygienists-total/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_public_coverage.2020",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_public_coverage",
      "metric_label": "Dental public coverage",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2020-12-31",
      "source_id": "jp-idj-commentary-2020",
      "source_title": "Global Neglect of Dental Coverage in Universal Health Coverage Systems and Japan’s Broad Coverage (Int Dent J 2020)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (peer-reviewed commentary)",
      "source_url": "https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10123794/1/1-s2.0-S0020653920365588-main.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-public-coverage/2020/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_schools_total.2025",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": 29,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2025-12-01",
      "source_id": "mext-dental-enrolment-2025",
      "source_title": "MEXT survey of dental faculties: enrolment fill rate and competition (FY2023-25 average)",
      "source_publisher": "MEXT (Higher Education Bureau, Medical Education Division)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20251201-mxt_igaku-100001063_07.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "chart p.1 (per-faculty labels)",
      "quote": "歯学部歯学科の入学定員充足率（３か年（R５-７）平均） ※ 歯学部の修学状況等の調査結果（医学教育課調べ）。 国立大学 公立大学 私立大学",
      "quote_en": "Enrolment fill rate of dental school (DDS course) programmes, 3-year average FY2023-25; MEXT survey of dental faculties; national / public / private universities.",
      "definition_local": "Faculties of dentistry (6-year dental course) surveyed by MEXT",
      "notes": "Derived by counting distinct faculty labels in the MEXT chart: national 11 (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Institute of Science Tokyo, Niigata, Osaka, Okayama, Hiroshima, Tokushima, Kyushu, Nagasaki, Kagoshima), public 1 (Kyushu Dental), private 17 (incl. Nihon University Tokyo and Matsudo faculties and Nippon Dental University Tokyo and Niigata as separate faculties). No single sentence states \"29\" in the fetched MEXT chart.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-schools-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_spend_total_usd.2023",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_spend_total_usd",
      "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "jp-kokumin-iryohi-2023",
      "source_title": "National Medical Care Expenditure FY2023 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/k-iryohi/23/dl/R05kekka.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "-",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "-",
      "notes": "FY2023 (Apr 2023-Mar 2024). Not recorded in USD: MHLW national medical expenditure covers insured care only; dental medical expenditure FY2023 = 3,294.5 billion yen (6.9% of 48,091.5 billion yen). Propose a local-currency metric (see gaps/JP.md).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-spend-total-usd/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_technicians_total.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": 31733,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-eisei-2024",
      "source_title": "Report on Public Health Administration and Services 2024 (employed health workers)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/eisei/24/dl/gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.7 2(1)",
      "quote": "就業歯科技工士（以下「歯科技工士」という。）は 31,733 人で、前回に比べ 1,209 人（3.7%）減少している。",
      "quote_en": "Employed dental technicians numbered 31,733, down 1,209 (3.7%) from the previous survey.",
      "definition_local": "Licensed dental technicians employed (就業) as reported to prefectures",
      "notes": "Employed dental technicians, down 1,209 (3.7%) vs 2022; 74.1% (23,521) work in dental laboratories (20,278 laboratories).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-technicians-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dental_technicians_total.2022",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": 32942,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-eisei-2024",
      "source_title": "Report on Public Health Administration and Services 2024 (employed health workers)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/eisei/24/dl/gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.7 Table 4 row 歯科技工士",
      "quote": "歯科技工士 34 495 34 640 34 468 34 826 32 942 31 733 △ 1 209 △ 3.7",
      "quote_en": "Dental technicians, employed: ... 2022 32,942, 2024 31,733.",
      "definition_local": "Same as 2024 record",
      "notes": "From Table 4 time series in the 2024 overview.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-technicians-total/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_per_100k.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 83.7,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.16 (2 歯科医師 (1))",
      "quote": "また、人口 10 万対歯科医師数は 83.7 で、前回に比べ 0.5 減少している。",
      "quote_en": "Dentists per 100,000 population were 83.7, down 0.5 from the previous survey.",
      "definition_local": "Notified dentists per 100,000 population",
      "notes": "Reported by MHLW (down 0.5 vs 2022).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-per-100k/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 80.9,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "worldbank-sp-pop-totl",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others)",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/JPN/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2024:2024",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": "employed",
      "headline": true,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [
        "jp.dentists_practising.2024"
      ],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank SP.POP.TOTL JPN 2024; numerator jp.dentists_practising.2024",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"JPN\",\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":123975371",
      "quote_en": "World Bank total population, JPN, 2024: 123,975,371",
      "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (employed) divided by World Bank total population, same year",
      "notes": "Derived: 100,266 (jp.dentists_practising.2024, source mhlw-ishi-2024) / 123,975,371 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 80.9. Numerator basis: employed. Other per-100k records for JP use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_practising.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 100266,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.16 (1) / Table 9",
      "quote": "「医療施設の従事者」は 100,266 人（総数の 96.7％）で、前回に比べ 1,653 人、1.6％減少している。",
      "quote_en": "Dentists \"engaged at medical facilities\" were 100,266 (96.7% of the total), down 1,653 (1.6%) from the previous survey.",
      "definition_local": "Dentists whose primary place of work is a medical facility (hospital, clinic)",
      "notes": "Dentists whose main workplace is a medical facility (hospital or clinic). Excludes dentists in administration, research and non-practising. Best Japanese match for \"practising\".",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_practising.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 100266,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed: at medical facilities (hospital or clinic)",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "jp.dentists_practising.2024@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.16 (1) / Table 9",
      "quote": "「医療施設の従事者」は 100,266 人（総数の 96.7％）で、前回に比べ 1,653 人、1.6％減少している。",
      "quote_en": "Dentists \"engaged at medical facilities\" were 100,266 (96.7% of the total), down 1,653 (1.6%) from the previous survey.",
      "definition_local": "Dentists whose primary place of work is a medical facility (hospital, clinic)",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: dentists whose main workplace is a medical facility (hospital or clinic); dentists in administration, research or without a post are excluded. Dentists whose main workplace is a medical facility (hospital or clinic). Excludes dentists in administration, research and non-practising. Best Japanese match for \"practising\".",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_practising.2022",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 101919,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Table 9 row 医療施設の従事者",
      "quote": "医療施設の従事者 100 266 96.7 101 919 △ 1 653 △ 1.6 81.0 81.6 △ 0.6",
      "quote_en": "Dentists at medical facilities: 2024 100,266; 2022 101,919.",
      "definition_local": "Same as 2024 record",
      "notes": "Same definition as the 2024 record.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-practising/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_practising.2022",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 101919,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed: at medical facilities (hospital or clinic)",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "jp.dentists_practising.2022@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Table 9 row 医療施設の従事者",
      "quote": "医療施設の従事者 100 266 96.7 101 919 △ 1 653 △ 1.6 81.0 81.6 △ 0.6",
      "quote_en": "Dentists at medical facilities: 2024 100,266; 2022 101,919.",
      "definition_local": "Same as 2024 record",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: dentists whose main workplace is a medical facility (hospital or clinic); dentists in administration, research or without a post are excluded. Same definition as the 2024 record.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-practising/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_total.2024",
      "country": "JP",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 103652,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.15-16, 2 歯科医師 (1)",
      "quote": "令和６(2024)年 12 月 31 日現在における全国の届出「歯科医師数」は 103,652 人で、「男」75,455 人",
      "quote_en": "As of 31 Dec 2024 the number of notified dentists nationwide was 103,652 (male 75,455).",
      "definition_local": "Dentists with an address in Japan who filed the biennial notification under Dentists Act Art. 6(3)",
      "notes": "Dentists notified under Dentists Act Art. 6(3) and resident in Japan; male 75,455, female 28,197. Down 1,615 (1.5%) vs 2022.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dentists_total.2022",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 105267,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-ishi-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/24/dl/R06_1gaikyo.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Table 9 row 総数",
      "quote": "総数1) 103 652 100.0 105 267 △ 1 615 △ 1.5 83.7 84.2 △ 0.5",
      "quote_en": "Total (all dentists): 2024 103,652; 2022 105,267; change -1,615 (-1.5%); per 100,000 83.7 vs 84.2.",
      "definition_local": "Same as 2024 record",
      "notes": "Read from the 2022 column of Table 9 of the 2024 overview (earlier pass derived it from the stated decrease; same value).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-total/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.dso_clinic_share_pct.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "dso_clinic_share_pct",
      "metric_label": "DSO share of dental clinics (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "-",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "-",
      "notes": "No reliable public estimate. Medical-corporation ownership (25.7% of dental clinics, MHLW 2024) is the closest official proxy but is a legal form, not a DSO/chain measure.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dso-clinic-share-pct/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.gdp_per_capita_usd.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd",
      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
      "value": 33797.1014287876,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "jp-worldbank-gdp-pcap",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: GDP per capita (current US$), Japan",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/JPN/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&date=2024:2024",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "API JSON, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, date 2024",
      "quote": "\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":33797.1014287876",
      "quote_en": "GDP per capita (current US$), Japan, 2024: 33797.1014287876",
      "definition_local": "GDP per capita in current US dollars (market exchange rate)",
      "notes": "World Bank WDI series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (current US$); API lastupdated 2026-10-08. Full-precision value kept; round on display.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/gdp-per-capita-usd/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2024",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": 1238,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-10-01",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Table 5 row 40 歯科",
      "quote": "40 歯科 1 071 1 078 △ 7 △ 0.6 15.3 167 168 △ 1 △ 0.6 15.8",
      "quote_en": "Dentistry (歯科): general hospitals 1,071 (2023: 1,078), 15.3% of general hospitals; psychiatric hospitals 167 (2023: 168), 15.8%.",
      "definition_local": "Hospitals that advertise 歯科 as a clinical department (multiple departments counted per hospital)",
      "notes": "Derived: hospitals listing \"歯科\" among their clinical departments: general hospitals 1,071 + psychiatric hospitals 167 = 1,238 (Table 5, double counting across departments). Hospitals listing only 歯科口腔外科 (1,034 + 10), 小児歯科 (140 + 4) or 矯正歯科 (133 + 3) may not be counted. Replaces earlier null.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.implant_procedures_annual.2025",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "implant_procedures_annual",
      "metric_label": "Implant procedures annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "procedures",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mhlw-iryosd-2024",
      "source_title": "Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW",
      "source_url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/iryosd/24/dl/02sisetu06.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "-",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "-",
      "notes": "No national count found. Searches of MHLW, JSOI journal and Survey of Dental Diseases returned only prevalence in older adults (3.8% of age 65+ in 2016, cited second-hand) and clinic-level studies. Implants are outside the insurance schedule so no claims data exist.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/implant-procedures-annual/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.ios_installed_base.2026",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "ios_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Intraoral scanners installed",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2026-06-30",
      "source_id": "jp-jsoi-ios-survey-2026",
      "source_title": "J Jpn Soc Oral Implantol 39(2):156-163 (IOS utilization questionnaire)",
      "source_publisher": "Japanese Society of Oral Implantology",
      "source_url": "https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsoi/39/2/39_156/_article/-char/en",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/ios-installed-base/2026/"
    },
    {
      "id": "jp.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2018",
      "country": "JP",
      "metric": "oral_appliance_reimbursement",
      "metric_label": "Oral appliance reimbursement",
      "value": "Covered by dental insurance: oral appliance for sleep apnoea, 3,000 points (acrylic type) or 2,000 points (thermoplastic type), billable only on a request with a clinical information letter from a medical institution (FY2018 fee schedule; 1 point = 10 yen).",
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2018-03-05",
      "source_id": "jp-kouseikyoku-hokkaido-shika-2018",
      "source_title": "Summary of FY2018 dental fee-schedule revision (Hokkaido regional bureau)",
      "source_publisher": "MHLW Hokkaido Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare",
      "source_url": "https://kouseikyoku.mhlw.go.jp/hokkaido/iryo_shido/documents/shikap51-75.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.1",
      "quote": "睡眠時無呼吸症候群に対する口腔内装置１ 3,000点２睡眠時無呼吸症候群に対する口腔内装置２ 2,000点",
      "quote_en": "Oral appliance for sleep apnoea 1: 3,000 points; 2: 2,000 points.",
      "definition_local": "Dental reimbursement item for oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnoea, requires referral from medical institution",
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      "quote_en": "OECD: practising dentists per 1,000 population, Korea, 2024 = 0.56 (x100 = 56 per 100,000)",
      "definition_local": "Practising dentists per 1,000 population (OECD, population per OECD/UN basis)",
      "notes": "Derived: OECD reports 0.56 practising dentists per 1,000 population; x100 = 56.0 per 100,000. OECD reports 0.56 practising dentists per 1,000 population (68 per 100,000 on licensed basis). Value here is practising basis.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-per-100k/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 55.7,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "worldbank-sp-pop-totl",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others)",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/KOR/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2024:2024",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": "practising",
      "headline": true,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [
        "kr.dentists_practising.2024"
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      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank SP.POP.TOTL KOR 2024; numerator kr.dentists_practising.2024",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"KOR\",\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":51751065",
      "quote_en": "World Bank total population, KOR, 2024: 51,751,065",
      "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (practising) divided by World Bank total population, same year",
      "notes": "Derived: 28,836 (kr.dentists_practising.2024, source oecd-health-hr) / 51,751,065 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 55.7. Numerator basis: practising. Other per-100k records for KR use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_per_100k.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 56,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
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      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "kr.dentists_per_100k.2024@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": {
        "factor": 100,
        "from_unit": "per 1,000",
        "to_unit": "per 100,000"
      },
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "OECD SDMX CSV row KOR / HSE / 10P3HB / DNST / P / 2024",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,10P3HB,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2024,0.56",
      "quote_en": "OECD: practising dentists per 1,000 population, Korea, 2024 = 0.56 (x100 = 56 per 100,000)",
      "definition_local": "Practising dentists per 1,000 population (OECD, population per OECD/UN basis)",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Unit conversion declared: the quote gives 0.56 practising dentists per 1,000 population; stored value 56.0 per 100,000 = 0.56 x 100. Method derived. Derived: OECD reports 0.56 practising dentists per 1,000 population; x100 = 56.0 per 100,000. OECD reports 0.56 practising dentists per 1,000 population (68 per 100,000 on licensed basis). Value here is practising basis.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-per-100k/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_practising.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 28836,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX-CSV row REF_AREA=KOR, MEASURE=HSE, UNIT=PS, HEALTH_PROF=DNST, ACTIVITY_STATUS=P, TIME_PERIOD=2024",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2024,28836",
      "quote_en": "OECD dataflow row: Korea, health employment, dentists (DNST), practising (P), 2024 = 28,836 persons.",
      "definition_local": "OECD \"practising\" (P): dentists providing care directly to patients; compiled by OECD from national (MOHW) data.",
      "notes": "OECD measure P (practising), Korea.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_practising.2023",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 28392,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "OECD SDMX CSV row KOR / HSE / PS / DNST / P / 2023",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2023,28392",
      "quote_en": "OECD Health Statistics, Korea, dentists (DNST), practising (P), 2023: 28,392",
      "definition_local": "practising (P)",
      "notes": "Replaces the quarantined MOHW workforce-survey value (DECISIONS L3). OECD compiles Korea's figure from national sources; basis differs from the MOHW survey (active 29,278, licence holders after cleaning 32,517).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-practising/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_total.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 35011,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "licensed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX-CSV row REF_AREA=KOR, MEASURE=HSE, UNIT=PS, HEALTH_PROF=DNST, ACTIVITY_STATUS=LP, TIME_PERIOD=2024",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,LP,_Z,2024,35011",
      "quote_en": "OECD dataflow row: Korea, health employment, dentists (DNST), licensed to practise (LP), 2024 = 35,011 persons.",
      "definition_local": "OECD \"licensed to practise\" (LP): all dentists holding a licence to practise, whether or not currently active; compiled by OECD from national (MOHW) data.",
      "notes": "OECD measure LP (licensed to practise), Korea. National primary source (MOHW) not located; OECD compiles from national data.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_total.2023",
      "country": "KR",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 34361,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
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      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "licensed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "OECD SDMX CSV row KOR / HSE / PS / DNST / LP / 2023",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,LP,_Z,2023,34361",
      "quote_en": "OECD Health Statistics, Korea, dentists (DNST), licensed to practise (LP), 2023: 34,361",
      "definition_local": "licensed to practise (LP)",
      "notes": "Replaces the quarantined MOHW workforce-survey value (DECISIONS L3). OECD compiles Korea's figure from national sources; basis differs from the MOHW survey (active 29,278, licence holders after cleaning 32,517).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-total/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dentists_total.2022",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 33707,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "licensed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX-CSV row REF_AREA=KOR, MEASURE=HSE, UNIT=PS, HEALTH_PROF=DNST, ACTIVITY_STATUS=LP, TIME_PERIOD=2022",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,LP,_Z,2022,33707",
      "quote_en": "OECD dataflow row: Korea, health employment, dentists (DNST), licensed to practise (LP), 2022 = 33,707 persons.",
      "definition_local": "OECD \"licensed to practise\" (LP): all dentists holding a licence to practise, whether or not currently active; compiled by OECD from national (MOHW) data.",
      "notes": "OECD measure LP, Korea.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-total/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.dso_clinic_share_pct.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "dso_clinic_share_pct",
      "metric_label": "DSO share of dental clinics (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-kda",
      "source_title": "Korean Dental Association (KDA) website (pointer for industry/professional surveys)",
      "source_publisher": "Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)",
      "source_url": "https://www.kda.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "n/a: no figure",
      "notes": "No reliable figure. No registry or survey giving a chain/DSO share of clinics was found. Not estimated.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dso-clinic-share-pct/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.gdp_per_capita_usd.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd",
      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
      "value": 36238.639908315,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-worldbank-gdp-pcap",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: GDP per capita (current US$), NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, Korea Rep.",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank (national accounts data from OECD/national sources)",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/KOR/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&date=2020:2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "JSON array item with date \"2024\" of indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"KOR\",\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":36238.639908315",
      "quote_en": "World Bank API JSON: Korea, Rep., GDP per capita (current US$), year 2024 = 36,238.64.",
      "definition_local": "GDP per capita in current US dollars (GDP divided by midyear population), converted at official exchange rate.",
      "notes": "World Bank WDI NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (current US$), Korea Rep., year 2024; API last updated 2026-10-08. 2025 value in the same pull: 36226.9663637512; 2023: 35674.095995632. Value is as served (unrounded).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/gdp-per-capita-usd/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "hira-kr",
      "source_title": "HIRA healthcare institution status (dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)",
      "source_url": "https://www.hira.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2024-x",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-data-go-mohw-facilities",
      "source_title": "Number of hospitals and clinics by type and province (CSV), MOHW",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health and Welfare via data.go.kr",
      "source_url": "https://www.data.go.kr/data/15127855/fileData.do",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "data.go.kr dataset 15127855 description, column list",
      "quote": "병의원_종합병원, 병의원_요양병원, 병의원_일반병원, 병의원_의원, 특수병원_결핵, 특수병원_한센, 특수병원_정신, 치과병 의원_치과병원, 치과병 의원_치과의원, 한방병 의원_한방병원, 한방병 의원_한의원, 부속의원, 조산원",
      "quote_en": "Dataset columns: general hospital, long-term care hospital, hospital, clinic, TB, leprosy and psychiatric special hospitals, dental hospital, dental clinic, oriental-medicine hospital and clinic, attached clinic, midwifery centre (no by-department split).",
      "definition_local": "n/a: no department-level count published in the dataset.",
      "notes": "No reliable figure. Fetched MOHW data.go.kr dataset 15127855 (hospital and clinic counts by institution type and province): it splits dental hospitals (치과병원) and dental clinics (치과의원) but has no count of general hospitals or tertiary hospitals that run a dental department. NHIS provider table likewise has no by-department split (it shows dental hospitals only: 241 in 2024). HIRA department-level counts need the HIRA open API / hospital information service (key required) or a KOSIS department table; neither was usable without a key. Dental hospitals (241, 2024) are a different metric and are not substituted.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024-x/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.implant_procedures_annual.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "implant_procedures_annual",
      "metric_label": "Implant procedures annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "procedures",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "hira-kr",
      "source_title": "HIRA healthcare institution status (dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)",
      "source_url": "https://www.hira.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/implant-procedures-annual/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.ios_installed_base.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "ios_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Intraoral scanners installed",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-kda",
      "source_title": "Korean Dental Association (KDA) website (pointer for industry/professional surveys)",
      "source_publisher": "Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)",
      "source_url": "https://www.kda.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "n/a: no figure",
      "notes": "No public installed-base figure. A market-research page claimed over 50% penetration in Korea and Japan without method or source; rejected under the source policy. Vendor data (3Shape, Medit, Align, Dentium, Shining 3D) or a KDA/KAID survey would be needed.",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2018/"
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      "source_title": "Kim J et al. Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in middle-aged Korean men and women. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004;170:1108-13",
      "source_publisher": "American Thoracic Society (peer-reviewed journal); abstract via PubMed",
      "source_url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15347562/",
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      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2004/"
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      "notes": "Resident registration population, nationwide, December 2024 (includes registered residents only; excludes unregistered foreigners). Retrieved via the MOIS statistics form (POST, month 2024-12).",
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      "source_publisher": "Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)",
      "source_url": "https://www.hira.or.kr/",
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      "supersedes": null,
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      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2024/"
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    {
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      "metric_label": "Chairside cadcam installed base",
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      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
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      "method": "reported",
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "series_break": null,
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: official statistics. Why: no public equipment registry. Best lead: Dentsply Sirona / Ivoclar distributor statements; Medical Device Authority (MDA, mda.gov.my) establishment register does not count installed units.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/chairside-cadcam-installed-base/2024/"
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
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      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: national statistics and health accounts (no procedure detail). Why: private self-pay, no public data. Best lead: Align Technology does not disclose country volumes; local aligner brands' disclosures; MDC advisories on direct-to-consumer aligners.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/clear-aligner-cases-annual/2024/"
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    {
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      "metric_label": "Dental 3d printer installed base",
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
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      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: official statistics. Why: no public equipment registry. Best lead: distributor/vendor disclosures; dental laboratory surveys.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-3d-printer-installed-base/2024/"
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    {
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      "metric": "dental_clinics_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-dosm-economic-census-2023",
      "source_title": "Economic Census 2023: Services Sector / Health and Social Works Services Sector (reference year 2022)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)",
      "source_url": "https://www.dosm.gov.my/portal-main/release-content/economic-census-2023-health-and-social-works-services-sector",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-clinics-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dental_clinics_total.2022",
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      "metric": "dental_clinics_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
      "value": 6228,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-health-indicators",
      "source_title": "Petunjuk Kesihatan / Health Indicators 2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (Health Informatics Centre, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/health_indicators_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-clinics-total/2022/"
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      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
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      "unit": "facilities",
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      "source_id": "my-moh-health-indicators",
      "source_title": "Petunjuk Kesihatan / Health Indicators 2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (Health Informatics Centre, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/health_indicators_2022.pdf",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
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      "status": "current",
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      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
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      "restricted": false,
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      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
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      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-graduates-annual/2024/"
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      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-graduates-annual/2023/"
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      "metric": "dental_graduates_annual",
      "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2014-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
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      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-graduates-annual/2014/"
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      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
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      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-who-gho-nhwa",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update)",
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      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-hygienists-total/2023/"
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    {
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      "metric": "dental_public_coverage",
      "metric_label": "Dental public coverage",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2020-11-20",
      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-public-coverage/2020/"
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      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2026-11-04",
      "source_id": "my-mqa-mqr",
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      "confidence": "medium",
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-schools-total/2026/"
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    {
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      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
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      "method": "derived",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-schools-total/2024/"
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      "id": "my.dental_schools_total.2010",
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      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2010-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
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      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "revision": 1,
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-per-100k/2024/"
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-per-100k/2024-mdc/"
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-practising/2024/"
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      "revision": 1,
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      "restricted": true,
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      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
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      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-practising/2022-mdc/"
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      "value": null,
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      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
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      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
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      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-specialists-total/2024/"
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    {
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-who-gho-nhwa",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update)",
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      "supersedes": null,
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      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-total/2024/"
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      "unit": "persons",
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      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
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      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-total/2024-mdc/"
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    {
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      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-who-gho-nhwa",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update)",
      "source_url": "https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/HWF_0011?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20'MYS'",
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      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-total/2023/"
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      "source_id": "my-qnm-ar2024",
      "source_title": "Q & M Dental Group (Singapore) Limited Annual Report 2024",
      "source_publisher": "Q & M Dental Group (SGX-listed), via SGXNet",
      "source_url": "https://links.sgx.com/1.0.0/corporate-announcements/0G85RNZT6NI0B1UB/840261_QnM-AR2024.pdf",
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      "source_title": "World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$), NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, Malaysia",
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      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MY/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&per_page=5",
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      "notes": "About USD 13,125. 2024: 11,874.43. National source in RM: DOSM gdp_gni_annual_nominal gives GDP per capita RM 59,099.5 for 2025 (api.data.gov.my, fetched 2026-11-09).",
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      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
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      "source_id": "my-datagovmy-healthcare-staff",
      "source_title": "Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type (public sector, MOH)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia via data.gov.my (Public Sector Open Data)",
      "source_url": "https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
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      "basis": null,
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "metric": "implant_procedures_annual",
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      "unit": "procedures",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
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      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "conversion": null,
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      "quote_en": "",
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: MNHA 2022 (spend only), data.gov.my, KKMNOW. Why: implants are private self-pay; no registry or claims data published. Best lead: MOH Oral Health Programme annual report (implant cases in MOH specialist clinics, hq.moh.gov.my blocked); industry reports (Straumann/Osstem APAC disclosures) for private volume.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/implant-procedures-annual/2024/"
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
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      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
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      "headline": false,
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "conversion": null,
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: official statistics (none collect equipment counts). Why: no public registry of intraoral scanners. Best lead: MOH digital dental clinic programme (press: MOH targets 956 digital dental clinics by 2027, news only) and distributor disclosures.",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/ios-installed-base/2024/"
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      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
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      "method": "reported",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "conversion": null,
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: MNHA 2022 (no device-level detail). Why: Malaysia has no national health insurance; MOH care is tax-funded with nominal fees, private care is out-of-pocket or private insurance. No document found stating whether MOH supplies mandibular advancement devices or at what fee. Best lead: MOH Fees (Medical) (Amendment) Order 2017 schedule (moh.gov.my, blocked) and MOH CPG on OSA.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2024/"
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      "metric": "osa_prevalence_adult_pct",
      "metric_label": "Adult OSA prevalence (%)",
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      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2024/"
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      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2026-07-01",
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      "source_title": "Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) via data.gov.my / OpenDOSM",
      "source_url": "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_malaysia&filter=overall@age,both@sex,overall@ethnicity",
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      "locator": "data.gov.my catalogue population_malaysia, API row date=2026-01-01, age=overall, sex=both, ethnicity=overall (unit: thousands)",
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      "source_url": "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_malaysia&filter=overall@age,both@sex,overall@ethnicity",
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      "as_of": "2021-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-kkmnow-sha2011",
      "source_title": "KKMNOW dashboard: Health Accounts (SHA 2011), using WHO Global Health Expenditure Database",
      "source_publisher": "Health Transformation Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia (data: WHO GHED)",
      "source_url": "https://data.moh.gov.my/dashboard/sha-2011",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "derived",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2021/"
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    {
      "id": "nz.chairside_cadcam_installed_base.2024",
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      "metric": "chairside_cadcam_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Chairside cadcam installed base",
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      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
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      "source_title": "Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho)",
      "source_url": "https://dcnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Publications/Annual-reports/2024-25-Dental-Council-Annual-Report.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/chairside-cadcam-installed-base/2024/"
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      "id": "nz.clear_aligner_cases_annual.2024",
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "nz-dcnz-annual-report-2025",
      "source_title": "Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho)",
      "source_url": "https://dcnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Publications/Annual-reports/2024-25-Dental-Council-Annual-Report.pdf",
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      "revision": 1,
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      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/clear-aligner-cases-annual/2024/"
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      "id": "nz.dental_3d_printer_installed_base.2024",
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      "metric_label": "Dental 3d printer installed base",
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      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
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      "source_title": "Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho)",
      "source_url": "https://dcnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Publications/Annual-reports/2024-25-Dental-Council-Annual-Report.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/dental-3d-printer-installed-base/2024/"
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      "as_of": "2025-02-28",
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      "notes": "Business count, not a premises/clinic count (DECISIONS L9). Moved from nz.dental_clinics_total.2025. Quote is assembled from two cells of a JavaScript-rendered table (filter caption + 2025 row); automatic cross-check cannot fetch it, verify in a browser. Enterprises, not clinic sites; one enterprise can run several practices, and covers only enterprises above the GST/employee threshold. Republished by Figure.NZ from Stats NZ business demography statistics (Feb 2025). 2024: 2,532. Geographic-unit (site) counts exist by region but no national 4-digit total was read.",
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      "source_url": "https://figure.nz/chart/IW0xisEu03j4YW09-VTbdUJVy2DVCl7AV",
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      "quote": "وبلغ إجمالي عدد أطباء الأسنان 33,751 طبيباً، وكان عدد أطباء الأسنان السعوديين 19,598 طبيباً",
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      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOH Health Facilities table, \"Dental Clinics\" block, rows Public (Total) and Private",
      "quote": "► Public (Total) | 245 | 250 | 251 | ... ► Private | 1079 | 1022 | 1046 |",
      "quote_en": "Dental clinics: public total 245 / 250 / 251; private 1,079 / 1,022 / 1,046 for 2023 / 2024 / 2025. 2024: 250 + 1022.",
      "definition_local": "Public (polyclinic, hospital/institution, school dental clinics) plus private dental clinics",
      "notes": "Derived: public 250 + private 1,022.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-clinics-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_clinics_total.2023",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_clinics_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
      "value": 1324,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-moh-facilities",
      "source_title": "Health Facilities (public/private dental clinics)",
      "source_publisher": "MOH Singapore",
      "source_url": "https://www.moh.gov.sg/others/resources-and-statistics/health-facilities/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOH Health Facilities table, \"Dental Clinics\" block, rows Public (Total) and Private",
      "quote": "► Public (Total) | 245 | 250 | 251 | ... ► Private | 1079 | 1022 | 1046 |",
      "quote_en": "Dental clinics: public total 245 / 250 / 251; private 1,079 / 1,022 / 1,046 for 2023 / 2024 / 2025. 2023: 245 + 1079.",
      "definition_local": "Public (polyclinic, hospital/institution, school dental clinics) plus private dental clinics",
      "notes": "Derived: public 245 + private 1,079.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-clinics-total/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_graduates_annual.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_graduates_annual",
      "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual",
      "value": 56,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-singstat-tablebuilder",
      "source_title": "SingStat Table Builder (population M810001, GDP per capita M015121, university graduates M850511, health personnel M870011, health facilities M870291, services industries M601481)",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Department of Statistics",
      "source_url": "https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850511",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SingStat Table Builder M850511, series 1.10 'Males: Dentistry' and 2.10 'Females: Dentistry', column 2024 (academic year); dataLastUpdated 09/01/2026",
      "quote": "Graduates From University First Degree Courses By Type Of Course And Sex, Annual | Males: Dentistry | 2024: 11 | Females: Dentistry | 2024: 45",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Graduates from first-degree courses in Dentistry at Singapore universities (SSEC 2020 field), academic year",
      "notes": "Derived: 11 male + 45 female = 56 (AY2024). NUS Faculty of Dentistry is the only dental first-degree provider, so this is the national BDS graduate count. 2023: 21 + 38 = 59; 2022: 26 + 34 = 60. Cross-check: SDC AR 2025 p.17 shows 75 newly registered local-trained dentists in 2025 (registration year, may include earlier cohorts).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-graduates-annual/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_graduates_annual.2023",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_graduates_annual",
      "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual",
      "value": 59,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-singstat-tablebuilder",
      "source_title": "SingStat Table Builder (population M810001, GDP per capita M015121, university graduates M850511, health personnel M870011, health facilities M870291, services industries M601481)",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Department of Statistics",
      "source_url": "https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850511",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SingStat Table Builder M850511, series 1.10 and 2.10, column 2023 (academic year)",
      "quote": "Males: Dentistry | 2023: 21 | Females: Dentistry | 2023: 38",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Graduates from first-degree courses in Dentistry at Singapore universities, academic year",
      "notes": "Derived: 21 male + 38 female = 59.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-graduates-annual/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_hygienists_total.2025",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-sdc-ar2025",
      "source_title": "Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Dental Council",
      "source_url": "https://file.go.gov.sg/sdc-annual-report-2025.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-hygienists-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_hygienists_total.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total",
      "value": 451,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-moh-manpower",
      "source_title": "Health Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore",
      "source_url": "https://www.moh.gov.sg/others/resources-and-statistics/health-manpower/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOH Health Manpower table, row \"Total No. of Oral Health Therapists\" (note 4)",
      "quote": "Total No. of Oral Health Therapists 4 | 448 | 465 | 451 |",
      "quote_en": "Total number of oral health therapists: 2022 448; 2023 465; 2024 451.",
      "definition_local": "Registered oral health therapists (the registered hygiene/therapy profession in Singapore); not identical to dental hygienists",
      "notes": "Registered oral health therapists (OHT), the registered category in Singapore that performs hygienist/therapist work; not identical to hygienist. 2023: 465; 2022: 448.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-hygienists-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_public_coverage.2026",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_public_coverage",
      "metric_label": "Dental public coverage",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2026-11-09",
      "source_id": "sg-chas",
      "source_title": "Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) - dental services covered and news releases",
      "source_publisher": "Agency for Integrated Care (for Ministry of Health)",
      "source_url": "https://www.chas.sg/Using-CHAS/Whats-Covered/Dental-Services",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-public-coverage/2026/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_schools_total.2019",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2019-07-05",
      "source_id": "sg-nuhs-media",
      "source_title": "NUHS media release: NUCOHS official opening (5 July 2019)",
      "source_publisher": "National University Health System",
      "source_url": "https://www.nuhs.edu.sg/docs/default-source/newsroom-document/nucohs/050719-nucohs-official-opening.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-schools-total/2019/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_spend_total_usd.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_spend_total_usd",
      "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-singstat-tablebuilder",
      "source_title": "SingStat Table Builder (population M810001, GDP per capita M015121, university graduates M850511, health personnel M870011, health facilities M870291, services industries M601481)",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Department of Statistics",
      "source_url": "https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M601481",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: SingStat M601481 (services industries) only gives 'SSIC 86204/869 - Dental & Other Health Services' combined (operating receipts S$5,776.6m in 2024), not dental alone; M870391 government health expenditure has no dental line. Why: no dental-only spend series. Best lead: SingStat Household Expenditure Survey 2023 dental item x households; request SSIC 86204 split from SingStat.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-spend-total-usd/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_technicians_total.2025",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-sdc-ar2025",
      "source_title": "Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Dental Council",
      "source_url": "https://file.go.gov.sg/sdc-annual-report-2025.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-technicians-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dental_technicians_total.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-moh-manpower",
      "source_title": "Health Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore",
      "source_url": "https://www.moh.gov.sg/others/resources-and-statistics/health-manpower/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": null,
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "structural",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": null,
      "notes": "Dental technicians are not listed in the MOH table; no registration.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-technicians-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_per_100k.2025",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-sdc-ar2025",
      "source_title": "Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Dental Council",
      "source_url": "https://file.go.gov.sg/sdc-annual-report-2025.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-per-100k/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 46,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "worldbank-sp-pop-totl",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others)",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/SGP/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2025:2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": "practising",
      "headline": true,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [
        "sg.dentists_practising.2025"
      ],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank SP.POP.TOTL SGP 2025; numerator sg.dentists_practising.2025",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"SGP\",\"date\":\"2025\",\"value\":6111175",
      "quote_en": "World Bank total population, SGP, 2025: 6,111,175",
      "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (practising) divided by World Bank total population, same year",
      "notes": "Derived: 2,814 (sg.dentists_practising.2025, source sg-sdc-ar2025) / 6,111,175 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2025) x 100,000 = 46.0. Numerator basis: practising. Other per-100k records for SG use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-per-100k/2025-hl/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_per_100k.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 46.58,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-moh-manpower",
      "source_title": "Health Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore",
      "source_url": "https://www.moh.gov.sg/others/resources-and-statistics/health-manpower/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOH Health Manpower page, dentists table, rows 'Dentist to Population Ratio' and 'Dentist per 1,000 Population', column 2024",
      "quote": "Dentist to Population Ratio | 1:2,164 | 1:2,200 | 1:2147 (columns 2022 | 2023 | 2024); Dentist per 1,000 Population | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Registered dentists (Division I and II) per total population",
      "notes": "Derived: 2,812 registered dentists / 6,036,860 mid-2024 population (SingStat M810001) x 100,000 = 46.58; consistent with MOH ratio 1:2147 (= 46.58). Quote as rendered by the fetch tool from the MOH HTML table (moh.gov.sg returns 403 to curl); cell layout not byte-verified.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-per-100k/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_practising.2025",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-sdc-ar2025",
      "source_title": "Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Dental Council",
      "source_url": "https://file.go.gov.sg/sdc-annual-report-2025.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-practising/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_practising.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 2687,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-singstat-tablebuilder",
      "source_title": "SingStat Table Builder (population M810001, GDP per capita M015121, university graduates M850511, health personnel M870011, health facilities M870291, services industries M601481)",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Department of Statistics",
      "source_url": "https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M870011",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "active",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SingStat Table Builder M870011 (Registered Health Personnel, End Of Period), series 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, column 2024",
      "quote": "Dentists - Public | 2024: 583; Dentists - Non-Public | 2024: 2104; Dentists - Not In Active Practice | 2024: 125",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Registered dentists (Division I and II) in active practice in public or non-public (private + not-for-profit) facilities",
      "notes": "Derived: 583 public + 2,104 non-public = 2,687 (= 2,812 registered - 125 not in active practice). Same figures on MOH Health Manpower page. Basis is 'in active practice', not practising-certificate holders as in the SDC 2025 record; comparability B.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_total.2025",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-sdc-ar2025",
      "source_title": "Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025",
      "source_publisher": "Singapore Dental Council",
      "source_url": "https://file.go.gov.sg/sdc-annual-report-2025.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "sg.dentists_total.2024",
      "country": "SG",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 2812,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "sg-moh-manpower",
      "source_title": "Health Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore",
      "source_url": "https://www.moh.gov.sg/others/resources-and-statistics/health-manpower/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOH Health Manpower table, row \"Total No. of Dentists\" (note 3)",
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      "source_id": "th-worldbank-wdi",
      "source_title": "World Development Indicators API (Thailand)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/THA/indicator/SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS?format=json&date=2020:2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: World Bank WDI health-expenditure indicators (no dental line). Why: Thai NHA dental breakdown not published in reachable sources. Best lead: IHPP National Health Accounts; NHSO dental capitation budget (UCS prevention & promotion dental line) for the public portion.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dental-spend-total-usd/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dental_technicians_total.2015",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2015-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-who-gho",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory OData API - health workforce (NHWA) for Thailand",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization",
      "source_url": "https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/HWF_0013?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27THA%27",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dental-technicians-total/2015/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_per_100k.2026-est",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2026-10-15",
      "source_id": "th-dentalcouncil-stat",
      "source_title": "Dental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Dental Council of Thailand (ทันตแพทยสภา)",
      "source_url": "https://dentalcouncil.or.th/Pages/RenewLicense",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "derived",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-per-100k/2026-est/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_per_100k.2023",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 12.38,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-nso-syb2025",
      "source_title": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book)",
      "source_publisher": "National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand",
      "source_url": "https://www.nso.go.th/public/e-book/Statistical-Yearbook/SYB-2025/244/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025, Table 5.9, block 'No. of population per health personnel (1)', row 'Dentist', column 2566 (2023)",
      "quote": "ทันตแพทย์ ............................................….................... 8,652 8,057 8,012 8,076 Dentist",
      "quote_en": "No. of population per dentist, 2020-2023: 8,652; 8,057; 8,012; 8,076",
      "definition_local": "MOPH mid-year population divided by dentists in MOPH health-resources count",
      "notes": "Derived: 100,000 / 8,076 (population per dentist, reported) = 12.38 per 100,000 (2023). 2022: 100,000/8,012 = 12.48. Same undercount as th.dentists_practising.2023 (excludes most private-clinic dentists); NOT comparable with register-based densities.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-per-100k/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_per_100k.2023-hl",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 11.2,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "worldbank-sp-pop-totl",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others)",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/THA/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2023:2023",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": "employed",
      "headline": true,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [
        "th.dentists_practising.2023"
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      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank SP.POP.TOTL THA 2023; numerator th.dentists_practising.2023",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"THA\",\"date\":\"2023\",\"value\":71702435",
      "quote_en": "World Bank total population, THA, 2023: 71,702,435",
      "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (employed) divided by World Bank total population, same year",
      "notes": "Derived: 8,059 (th.dentists_practising.2023, source th-nso-syb2025) / 71,702,435 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2023) x 100,000 = 11.2. Numerator basis: employed. Other per-100k records for TH use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-per-100k/2023-hl/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_practising.2023",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 8059,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-nso-syb2025",
      "source_title": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book)",
      "source_publisher": "National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand",
      "source_url": "https://www.nso.go.th/public/e-book/Statistical-Yearbook/SYB-2025/244/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025, Table 5.9 'Personnel in the Government, State Enterprise, Municipality, Independence Agency and Private Sector: 2020-2023', Whole Kingdom row 'Dentist', column 2566 (2023) (e-book page 244)",
      "quote": "ทันตแพทย์ ................................................................... 7,561 8,094 8,132 8,059 Dentist",
      "quote_en": "Dentists (Whole Kingdom), 2020-2023: 7,561; 8,094; 8,132; 8,059",
      "definition_local": "Dentists working in health facilities reported to MOPH Office of the Permanent Secretary health-resources survey (government 7,315; state enterprise 6; municipality 253; independent agency 68; private sector 417)",
      "notes": "MOPH health-resources count (same series WHO GHO HWF_0011 mirrors: 2020 7,561; 2021 8,094; 2022 8,132). Private sector line (417) covers private hospitals only; dentists in ~6,600 private dental clinics are largely NOT counted, so this is a public-sector-heavy employed count, not all practising dentists. 2022 value 8,132.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-practising/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_practising.2023",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 8059,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-nso-syb2025",
      "source_title": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book)",
      "source_publisher": "National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand",
      "source_url": "https://www.nso.go.th/public/e-book/Statistical-Yearbook/SYB-2025/244/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed: public-sector heavy (most private-clinic dentists not counted)",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "th.dentists_practising.2023@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025, Table 5.9 'Personnel in the Government, State Enterprise, Municipality, Independence Agency and Private Sector: 2020-2023', Whole Kingdom row 'Dentist', column 2566 (2023) (e-book page 244)",
      "quote": "ทันตแพทย์ ................................................................... 7,561 8,094 8,132 8,059 Dentist",
      "quote_en": "Dentists (Whole Kingdom), 2020-2023: 7,561; 8,094; 8,132; 8,059",
      "definition_local": "Dentists working in health facilities reported to MOPH Office of the Permanent Secretary health-resources survey (government 7,315; state enterprise 6; municipality 253; independent agency 68; private sector 417)",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: public-sector-heavy employed count; most private-clinic dentists are not counted. MOPH health-resources count (same series WHO GHO HWF_0011 mirrors: 2020 7,561; 2021 8,094; 2022 8,132). Private sector line (417) covers private hospitals only; dentists in ~6,600 private dental clinics are largely NOT counted, so this is a public-sector-heavy employed count, not all practising dentists. 2022 value 8,132.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-practising/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_specialists_total.2026",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_specialists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists specialists total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2026-10-15",
      "source_id": "th-dentalcouncil-stat",
      "source_title": "Dental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Dental Council of Thailand (ทันตแพทยสภา)",
      "source_url": "https://dentalcouncil.or.th/upload/images/x5AQGpYeXqBrjgVF7J3TUWcy8lSsOaK4.jpg",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-specialists-total/2026/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dentists_total.2026",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2026-10-15",
      "source_id": "th-dentalcouncil-stat",
      "source_title": "Dental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Dental Council of Thailand (ทันตแพทยสภา)",
      "source_url": "https://dentalcouncil.or.th/Pages/RenewLicense",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-total/2026/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.dso_clinic_share_pct.2025",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "dso_clinic_share_pct",
      "metric_label": "DSO share of dental clinics (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-sec-d",
      "source_title": "SEC Thailand 56-1 filings list, Dental Corporation PCL (SET: D)",
      "source_publisher": "Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand",
      "source_url": "https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/th/FinancialReport/R561-0000011518",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: SEC Thailand filing list for Dental Corporation PCL (SET: D, Bangkok International Dental Center / Smile Signature brands) - 56-1 One Report FY2025 exists (zip, received 25 Mar 2026) but market.sec.or.th did not respond to direct download from this environment, so branch count not verified. Why: branch count must come from the filing; even a few dozen branches against 6,639 licensed clinics (2023) would be well under 1%, so the market is overwhelmingly independent clinics (inference, not a measured share). Best lead: D FY2025 56-1 One Report section 'business operations' (https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/Download?FILEID=dat/f56/1361ONE250320260853350412T.zip); other chains are private (unlisted).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dso-clinic-share-pct/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.gdp_per_capita_usd.2025",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd",
      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
      "value": 8056.56359761558,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-worldbank-wdi",
      "source_title": "World Development Indicators API (Thailand)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/THA/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&date=2020:2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank WDI API, NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, THA, date 2025 (lastupdated 2026-10-08)",
      "quote": "{\"indicator\":{\"id\":\"NY.GDP.PCAP.CD\"},\"country\":{\"value\":\"Thailand\"},\"date\":\"2025\",\"value\":8056.56359761558}",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "GDP per capita (current US$)",
      "notes": "Full API precision kept (approx. USD 8,057). 2024: 7,386.64; 2023: 7,210.54. NESDC (nesdc.go.th) national accounts not fetched (robots redirect / not reached); World Bank used as fallback per brief.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/gdp-per-capita-usd/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.gdp_per_capita_usd.2024",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd",
      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
      "value": 7386.63615126055,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-worldbank-wdi",
      "source_title": "World Development Indicators API (Thailand)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/THA/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&date=2020:2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank WDI API, NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, THA, date 2024",
      "quote": "{\"indicator\":{\"id\":\"NY.GDP.PCAP.CD\"},\"country\":{\"value\":\"Thailand\"},\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":7386.63615126055}",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "GDP per capita (current US$)",
      "notes": "Full API precision kept (approx. USD 7,387).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/gdp-per-capita-usd/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2023",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-nso-syb2025",
      "source_title": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book)",
      "source_publisher": "National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand",
      "source_url": "https://www.nso.go.th/public/e-book/Statistical-Yearbook/SYB-2025/243/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "blocked_source",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: NSO Statistical Yearbook 2025 Table 5.8 (1,401 hospitals with beds in 2023, incl. 947 MOPH general+special hospitals - no dental-department breakdown); Dental Council Stat page (private clinics only). Why: dental department counts are in MOPH SPD health-resources / GIS Health data; spd.moph.go.th robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot/anthropic-ai, bps.moph.go.th and hdcservice.moph.go.th did not respond. Best lead: MOPH Health Resources Report (รายงานทรัพยากรสาธารณสุข) table of dental chairs/units by facility type; Bureau of Dental Health (dental.anamai.moph.go.th) service-unit lists. MOPH runs 947 hospitals with beds (894 general + 53 special, 2023); most are believed to have a dental unit, but no fetched source states the number.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2020",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": 899,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2020-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-frontiers-ecc2021",
      "source_title": "Sitthisettapong T, Tasanarong P, Phantumvanit P. Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand: A Critical Overview. Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541",
      "source_publisher": "Frontiers in Public Health (peer-reviewed)",
      "source_url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.664541/pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.2, section 'Healthcare delivery system in Thailand'; ref. 8 = MOPH Health Administration Division, Directory of Government Health Service under MOPH 2020 (phdb.moph.go.th)",
      "quote": "Oral healthcare is mainly provided by dentists and dental therapists working in 899 government hospitals and 9,769 sub-district primary health centers (health promoting hospitals) located countrywide (8).",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Government (MOPH) hospitals in which dentists and dental therapists provide oral healthcare, per the MOPH 2020 directory of government health service units",
      "notes": "Peer-reviewed Perspective (Sitthisettapong, Tasanarong, Phantumvanit, Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541). The 899 is the count of MOPH government hospitals in the 2020 MOPH directory, which the authors state are where dentists provide oral care; it is not an audited count of hospital dental departments. Covers MOPH hospitals only (regional, general, community); excludes university, military, other-ministry, BMA and private hospitals with dental departments, so it understates the all-hospital total. Comparable order of magnitude: NSO SYB 2025 Table 5.8 lists 947 MOPH hospitals with beds in 2023. Directory source phdb.moph.go.th did not respond.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2020/"
    },
    {
      "id": "th.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2020",
      "country": "TH",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": 899,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2020-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-frontiers-ecc2021",
      "source_title": "Sitthisettapong T, Tasanarong P, Phantumvanit P. Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand: A Critical Overview. Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541",
      "source_publisher": "Frontiers in Public Health (peer-reviewed)",
      "source_url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.664541/pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other: MOPH hospitals only",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "th.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2020@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "p.2, section 'Healthcare delivery system in Thailand'; ref. 8 = MOPH Health Administration Division, Directory of Government Health Service under MOPH 2020 (phdb.moph.go.th)",
      "quote": "Oral healthcare is mainly provided by dentists and dental therapists working in 899 government hospitals and 9,769 sub-district primary health centers (health promoting hospitals) located countrywide (8).",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Government (MOPH) hospitals in which dentists and dental therapists provide oral healthcare, per the MOPH 2020 directory of government health service units",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: MOPH government hospitals only; university, military, other-ministry, BMA and private hospitals are excluded, and the count is of MOPH hospitals, not audited dental departments. Comparability lowered B to C. Peer-reviewed Perspective (Sitthisettapong, Tasanarong, Phantumvanit, Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541). The 899 is the count of MOPH government hospitals in the 2020 MOPH directory, which the authors state are where dentists provide oral care; it is not an audited count of hospital dental departments. Covers MOPH hospitals only (regional, general, community); excludes university, military, other-ministry, BMA and private hospitals with dental departments, so it understates the all-hospital total. Comparable order of magnitude: NSO SYB 2025 Table 5.8 lists 947 MOPH hospitals with beds in 2023. Directory source phdb.moph.go.th did not respond.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2020/"
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      "id": "th.implant_procedures_annual.2025",
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      "source_title": "Dental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts)",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/implant-procedures-annual/2025/"
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      "id": "th.ios_installed_base.2025",
      "country": "TH",
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      "value": null,
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      "source_publisher": "Dental Council of Thailand (ทันตแพทยสภา)",
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      "confidence": "low",
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      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/ios-installed-base/2025/"
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    {
      "id": "th.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2025",
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      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
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      "source_publisher": "Thai Consumers Council (สภาองค์กรของผู้บริโภค)",
      "source_url": "https://www.tcc.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1.pdf",
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      "confidence": "low",
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      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2025/"
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    {
      "id": "th.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2011",
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      "metric": "osa_prevalence_adult_pct",
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      "source_id": "th-jhsmr-osa",
      "source_title": "Tawaranurak K et al. Prevalence, risk factors and clinical manifestation of patients suspected as having OSA in Songklanagarind Hospital Sleep Center. J Health Sci Med Res 2019;37(4):305-312",
      "source_publisher": "Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University (JHSMR)",
      "source_url": "https://jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/download/65/98",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2011/"
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    {
      "id": "th.population.2025-wb",
      "country": "TH",
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      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/THA/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2020:2025",
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      "confidence": "high",
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      "locator": "World Bank WDI API, SP.POP.TOTL, THA, date 2025 (lastupdated 2026-10-08)",
      "quote": "{\"indicator\":{\"id\":\"SP.POP.TOTL\"},\"country\":{\"value\":\"Thailand\"},\"date\":\"2025\",\"value\":71619863}",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/population/2025-wb/"
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      "id": "th.population.2024",
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      "source_id": "th-nso-syb2025",
      "source_title": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book)",
      "source_publisher": "National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand",
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      "locator": "Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025, Table 1.3 'Population from Registration Record by Sex: 2000-2024', row 2567 (2024) (e-book page 75)",
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      "definition_local": "Population from civil registration (house registration records, Department of Provincial Administration), year-end",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/population/2024/"
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      "id": "th.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2023",
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      "metric": "self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct",
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      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "th-worldbank-wdi",
      "source_title": "World Development Indicators API (Thailand)",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/THA/indicator/SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS?format=json&date=2020:2025",
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      "confidence": "low",
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      "series_break": null,
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      "definition_local": "",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2023/"
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      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
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      "status": "current",
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOHW statistics list (searched, no dental device series)",
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/chairside-cadcam-installed-base/2025/"
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      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "clear_aligner_cases_annual",
      "metric_label": "Clear aligner cases annual",
      "value": null,
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      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024",
      "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)",
      "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf",
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      "confidence": "low",
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      "headline": false,
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      "locator": "NHIA AR 2023-2024 (searched, none)",
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      "quote_en": null,
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      "notes": "Orthodontics is self-pay in Taiwan (not billed to NHI), so no insurer data. Align Technology filings report APAC totals only; no Taiwan figure from a primary source was found.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/clear-aligner-cases-annual/2025/"
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      "id": "tw.dental_3d_printer_installed_base.2025",
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      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
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      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)",
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      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html",
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      "locator": "MOHW statistics list (searched, no dental device series)",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-3d-printer-installed-base/2025/"
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      "definition_local": "Clinics listing the specialty 牙醫一般科 (general dentistry); a clinic may list several specialties",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-clinics-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_clinics_total.2025-x",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_clinics_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental clinics total",
      "value": 7128,
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      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)",
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      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html",
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 1 (院所數), row 114 年, last three columns (診所 牙醫 計/公立/非公立)",
      "quote": "歷 年 醫 療 院 所 數\n單位：家\n年 底 別 | 院所數 | 醫院 合計 | 西醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 中醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 牙醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 診所 合計 | 西醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 中醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 牙醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立\n114  年  | 24546 | 460 | 455 | 81 | 374 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24086 | 12688 | 405 | 12283 | 4270 | 0 | 4270 | 7128 | 1 | 7127",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-clinics-total/2025-x/"
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    {
      "id": "tw.dental_graduates_annual.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_graduates_annual",
      "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual",
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      "source_id": "moe-tw-dept-profile",
      "source_title": "MOE open data: university/college profile by school and department (students, teachers, previous-year graduates), file sdata.csv",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/opendata/sdata.csv",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "sdata.csv, rows with 科系名稱=牙醫學系 and 等級別=B 學士, 學年度=114, column 上學年度畢業生數",
      "quote": "學年度,學校代碼,學校名稱,科系代碼,科系名稱,日間∕進修別,等級別,學生數,教師數,上學年度畢業生數,縣市名稱,體系別\n114,0003,國立臺灣大學,09111137,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,208,18,43,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,0005,國立成功大學,09111130,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,156,7,19,21 臺南市,1 一般\n114,0007,國立陽明交通大學,09111160,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,247,10,43,18 新竹市,1 一般\n114,1019,高雄醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,531,23,89,50 高雄市,1 一般\n114,1028,臺北醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,561,21,91,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,1029,中山醫學大學,09111038,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,477,23,83,19 臺中市,1 一般\n114,1035,中國醫藥大學,09111019,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,319,12,50,19 臺中市,1 一般",
      "quote_en": "Header and the seven bachelor-level Department of Dentistry rows of academic year 114: columns are academic year, school code and name, department code and name, day/evening, level (B = bachelor), students, teachers, previous-year graduates (43, 19, 43, 89, 91, 83, 50), county, system.",
      "definition_local": "New graduates of first-degree dentistry (牙醫學系 bachelor) programmes, previous academic year",
      "notes": "Derived: sum of 上學年度畢業生數 for 牙醫學系, level B 學士, in the 學年度 114 file = graduates of academic year 113 (Aug 2024 - Jul 2025): NTU 43 + NCKU 19 + NYCU 43 + KMU 89 + TMU 91 + CSMU 83 + CMU 50 = 418. Cross-check: graduatesc.csv (dataset 9620) 224 male + 194 female = 418. Prior years by same method: 379 (AY2023/24), 391 (AY2022/23). Taiwan dental degree is a 6-year bachelor; foreign-trained dentists returning to sit the licensing exam are not included. Licences issued to dentists in 2025: 479 (MOHW table 1.4, includes foreign-trained).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-graduates-annual/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_hygienists_total.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "structural",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv header row (no hygienist column)",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).",
      "definition_local": "No national licensed dental-hygienist category in Taiwan",
      "notes": "Structural null (DECISIONS L8): dental hygienist is not a licensed profession in Taiwan, so no register count exists. Dental hygienist is not a separate licensed category in the clinic personnel dataset columns reviewed. Confirmed 2026-11-09: also absent from MOHW table 1.7 (end-2025) and table 1.4 (licences issued); MOHW 2018 statement shows the Oral Hygiene Personnel Act was only a draft. Dental assistants are unlicensed. See tw.dental_hygienists_total.2018.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-hygienists-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_hygienists_total.2018",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2018-03-12",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-oral-hygiene-bill-2018",
      "source_title": "MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案), 12 Mar 2018",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-40127-1.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "structural",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOHW statement 2018-03-12, paragraph 2",
      "quote": "除提供現職牙科助理升格為醫事人員之機會，尚強化教、考、訓、用精神，讓口腔衛生學系(科)之畢業生學以致用，協助牙醫師，提供國人更優質之口腔照護。",
      "quote_en": "Besides giving current dental assistants a chance to be upgraded to registered medical personnel, it strengthens the link between education, examination, training and employment so graduates of oral hygiene departments can assist dentists.",
      "definition_local": "Dental hygienist/oral hygiene personnel: not a licensed category",
      "notes": "Structural null (DECISIONS L8): dental hygienist is not a licensed profession in Taiwan, so no register count exists. Taiwan has no licensed dental-hygienist category. MOHW drafted an Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案) to turn existing dental assistants (牙科助理) into registered medical personnel via special exams; the draft passed first reading in 2018 but is not law (per MOHW statements fetched; later status from trade press only). Hence no national headcount exists. Oral-hygiene programmes still graduate people (MOE sdata, AY2024/25 graduates: 口腔衛生學系 bachelor 44, 口腔衛生學科 5-year diploma 105) but these graduates are not licensed.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-hygienists-total/2018/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_public_coverage.2024",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_public_coverage",
      "metric_label": "Dental public coverage",
      "value": "NHI (single-payer, universal) covers dentistry as a listed service: extraction, operative dentistry, scaling, root canal and periodontal treatment, delivered through a dental outpatient global budget (paid since 1998 phase-in, universal from 2002). Patient pays a flat NT$50 copayment per dental visit at any level of institution, with no referral rule and no drug copayment for dental visits. Cosmetic and non-therapeutic items (including dentures per the NHI Act exclusion list) are outside NHI; no NHI coverage of implants or clear aligners was found in the sources read.",
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024",
      "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)",
      "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "AR 2023-2024, p.33 Table 3-2 and text (bilingual); p.37 Global Budget Payment System",
      "quote": "However, dental care and traditional Chinese medicine incur a fixed NT$50 copayment regardless of the level of care.\nCurrently NHI offers the following healthcare services: outpatient care, hospitalization, traditional Chinese medicine, dentistry, childbirth, rehabilitation, home care, and chronic psychiatric rehabilitation.",
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "What NHI pays for in dental care and patient copayment",
      "notes": "Composed from NHIA Annual Report 2023-2024 (copayment, services list, global budget) plus the 2020-21 Handbook record (tw.dental_public_coverage.2020) for exclusions. The statement about implants/aligners is absence of evidence in fetched documents; the NHI fee schedule chapter 3 (dental treatment) was skimmed and had no implant or orthodontic items but was not read in full. The 2024 dental outpatient budget is NT$52.037 billion (MOHW press).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-public-coverage/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_public_coverage.2020",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_public_coverage",
      "metric_label": "Dental public coverage",
      "value": "NHI covers dental care with a cap on repeat services (tooth extraction, operative dentistry and therapeutic scaling each limited to 6 times per 30 days; root canal 60 days per course). Items outside NHI include dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient. Low and middle-low income seniors (65+; indigenous 55+) can get a local-government denture subsidy of NT$15,000-40,000 under a separate MOHW programme (not NHI).",
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2020-12-31",
      "source_id": "nhia-tw-handbook-2020-2021",
      "source_title": "Handbook of Taiwan's National Health Insurance 2020-2021",
      "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.nhi.gov.tw/en/dl-8-1899d571eebf4241b538c5411d610168-2.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Handbook p.42-48 (Chapter 6 reimbursed services; list of services not covered, item 11)",
      "quote": "2. Dental Care: From the first day of treatment,\n(1) Tooth extraction and related therapy ― not more than 6 times within 30 days.\n(2) Operative dentistry in the same part of the mouth ― not more than 6 times within 30 days.\n(3) Therapeutic scaling ― not more than 6 times within 30 days.\n(4) Root canal in the same part of the mouth ― 60 days constitutes one course of treatment.\n11. Dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, canes, and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient.",
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "NHI-covered dental services and statutory exclusions",
      "notes": "The denture subsidy detail comes from the MOHW subsidy plan (https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-52644-a5433cdf-cab3-4a61-bdba-435fff0defbf.html, revised 2018-03-27), fetched 2026-11-09; amounts are per its Appendix as summarised by search, appendices not read directly, treat as indicative. NHI periodontal coverage per MOHW press 2013 (cp-3210-23599-1): scaling, emergency periodontal care, subgingival curettage and gingivectomy covered; periodontal laser, guided tissue regeneration and cosmetic periodontics not covered.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-public-coverage/2020/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_schools_total.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": 7,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2025-10-15",
      "source_id": "moe-tw-dept-profile",
      "source_title": "MOE open data: university/college profile by school and department (students, teachers, previous-year graduates), file sdata.csv",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/opendata/sdata.csv",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "sdata.csv, rows with 科系名稱=牙醫學系 and 等級別=B 學士, 學年度=114 (7 rows)",
      "quote": "學年度,學校代碼,學校名稱,科系代碼,科系名稱,日間∕進修別,等級別,學生數,教師數,上學年度畢業生數,縣市名稱,體系別\n114,0003,國立臺灣大學,09111137,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,208,18,43,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,0005,國立成功大學,09111130,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,156,7,19,21 臺南市,1 一般\n114,0007,國立陽明交通大學,09111160,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,247,10,43,18 新竹市,1 一般\n114,1019,高雄醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,531,23,89,50 高雄市,1 一般\n114,1028,臺北醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,561,21,91,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,1029,中山醫學大學,09111038,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,477,23,83,19 臺中市,1 一般\n114,1035,中國醫藥大學,09111019,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,319,12,50,19 臺中市,1 一般",
      "quote_en": "Header and the seven bachelor-level Department of Dentistry rows of academic year 114, one per school (NTU, NCKU, NYCU, KMU, TMU, CSMU, CMU).",
      "definition_local": "Schools running a first-degree 牙醫學系 bachelor programme in MOE records",
      "notes": "Derived: count of distinct schools with a 牙醫學系 bachelor-level (B 學士) department in academic year 114 = 7 (NTU, NCKU, NYCU, KMU, TMU, CSMU, CMU). Same 7 in academic years 112 and 113. Chang Gung and Tzu Chi appear only with oral-science graduate institutes. MOHW (2019 statement based on 2018) said 8 dental schools; that older figure is not reconciled. NCKU has 156 students and 19 graduates, so is a smaller or newer programme.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-schools-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_schools_total.2018",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": 8,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2018-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-oral-hygiene-bill-2018",
      "source_title": "MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案), 12 Mar 2018",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-2704-48087-1.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOHW Department of Mental and Oral Health statement, 2019-06-24 (page cp-2704-48087-1), paragraph 1",
      "quote": "台灣每年已有約420名左右之畢業生投入牙科醫療市場，單就國內8所牙醫院系每年所培育的牙醫人力足以提供目前牙醫人力市場的需求。",
      "quote_en": "About 420 graduates a year enter the dental market in Taiwan; the 8 domestic dental schools alone train enough dentists for current demand.",
      "definition_local": "Domestic dental schools/departments (牙醫院系)",
      "notes": "Older MOHW statement (published 2019-06-24, referring to 2018 survey data). Differs from the MOE-derived 7 for 2025; school list behind the MOHW figure is not given. Kept for history; prefer the 2025 record.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-schools-total/2018/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_spend_total_usd.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_spend_total_usd",
      "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-nhi-budget-2024",
      "source_title": "MOHW press release approving 2024 NHI global budget incl. dental outpatient budget",
      "source_publisher": "MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-76820-1.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOHW press 2024 NHI budget, paragraph 1",
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located",
      "notes": "Only the NHI dental outpatient budget (NT$52.037 billion, 2024) is public; total dental spending including self-pay (implants, orthodontics, dentures, cosmetic) is not published in sources fetched. Not converted to USD to avoid presenting a payer budget as total spend. See Proposed metrics.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-spend-total-usd/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": 238,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv + hos_personnel_114.csv, column 牙體技術師, sums 149 + 89",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4\n(hospital file) 鄉鎮市區碼,醫院家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,5,1979,329,12,77,98,2,95,2,93,0,1066,86,2,2,14,31,3,15,1,13,0,17,9,7,0,0,2,3",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).",
      "definition_local": "Registered dental technicians (牙體技術師) working in clinics and hospitals only",
      "notes": "Derived: 牙體技術師 149 in clinics + 89 in hospitals. Excludes 牙體技術生 (technician trainees: 8 + 8). Laboratory-based technicians outside clinics and hospitals are not covered, so this is a floor, not a national total. SUPERSEDED for national totals by tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x (1,981 in all institutions, MOHW table 1.7).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-technicians-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": 1981,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 1, row 總　計, column 牙體技術師",
      "quote": "機 構 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n單位：人\n醫事人員 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | 藥師 | 藥劑生 | 醫事檢驗師 | 醫事檢驗生 | 醫事放射師 | 醫事放射士 | 護理師 | 護士 | 助產師 | 助產士 | 醫事人員 | 鑲牙生 | 營養師 | 物理治療師 | 物理治療生 | 職能治療師 | 職能治療生 | 臨床心理師 | 諮商心理師 | 呼吸治療師 | 語言治療師 | 聽力師 | 牙體技術師 | 牙體技術生 | 驗光師 | 驗光生\n總　計 | 377484 | 56405 | 8234 | 16968 | 32523 | 5061 | 10601 | 119 | 7780 | 58 | 180559 | 15488 | 136 | 80 | 總　計 | 26 | 4045 | 9138 | 1577 | 4984 | 161 | 2368 | 4436 | 2456 | 2058 | 519 | 1981 | 798 | 4523 | 4402",
      "quote_en": "Practising medical personnel in institutions by county/city, end of ROC 114, unit: persons. Header row then the national total row (cells joined with \" | \"); 牙醫師 (dentists) = 16,968; 牙體技術師 (dental technicians) = 1,981; 牙體技術生 (technician trainees) = 798.",
      "definition_local": "Dental technicians (牙體技術師) practising in medical institutions, end ROC 114; excludes trainees (牙體技術生)",
      "notes": "Practising 牙體技術師 in all registered medical institutions, which include dental technician offices (牙體技術所) as well as clinics and hospitals (238 of the 1,981 are in clinics+hospitals per the open datasets). A further 798 牙體技術生 (trainee category, exams discontinued from 2014) practise but are excluded. That dental technician offices are counted in this table is inferred from the 238 vs 1,981 gap, not stated in the file.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-technicians-total/2025-x/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": 1981,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "practising: licensed technicians only (trainees excluded)",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 1, row 總　計, column 牙體技術師",
      "quote": "機 構 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n單位：人\n醫事人員 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | 藥師 | 藥劑生 | 醫事檢驗師 | 醫事檢驗生 | 醫事放射師 | 醫事放射士 | 護理師 | 護士 | 助產師 | 助產士 | 醫事人員 | 鑲牙生 | 營養師 | 物理治療師 | 物理治療生 | 職能治療師 | 職能治療生 | 臨床心理師 | 諮商心理師 | 呼吸治療師 | 語言治療師 | 聽力師 | 牙體技術師 | 牙體技術生 | 驗光師 | 驗光生\n總　計 | 377484 | 56405 | 8234 | 16968 | 32523 | 5061 | 10601 | 119 | 7780 | 58 | 180559 | 15488 | 136 | 80 | 總　計 | 26 | 4045 | 9138 | 1577 | 4984 | 161 | 2368 | 4436 | 2456 | 2058 | 519 | 1981 | 798 | 4523 | 4402",
      "quote_en": "Practising medical personnel in institutions by county/city, end of ROC 114, unit: persons. Header row then the national total row (cells joined with \" | \"); 牙醫師 (dentists) = 16,968; 牙體技術師 (dental technicians) = 1,981; 牙體技術生 (technician trainees) = 798.",
      "definition_local": "Dental technicians (牙體技術師) practising in medical institutions, end ROC 114; excludes trainees (牙體技術生)",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: licensed technicians only; technician trainees (牙體技術生) are excluded. Practising 牙體技術師 in all registered medical institutions, which include dental technician offices (牙體技術所) as well as clinics and hospitals (238 of the 1,981 are in clinics+hospitals per the open datasets). A further 798 牙體技術生 (trainee category, exams discontinued from 2014) practise but are excluded. That dental technician offices are counted in this table is inferred from the 238 vs 1,981 gap, not stated in the file.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-technicians-total/2025-x/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_in_clinics.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_in_clinics",
      "metric_label": "Dentists in clinics",
      "value": 14754,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "superseded",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv, column 牙醫師, sum over 366 rows",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).",
      "definition_local": "Dentists (牙醫師) practising in clinics (診所), counted by township",
      "notes": "Sum of 牙醫師 across 366 township rows, ROC-year-114 clinic personnel dataset (24,086 clinics of all types). Clinic-based only; excludes hospital dentists. Reference date within ROC 114 assumed year-end; file does not state it. Sum re-run 2026-11-09 from the downloaded CSV: 14,754 (matches).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-in-clinics/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_in_clinics.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_in_clinics",
      "metric_label": "Dentists in clinics",
      "value": 14754,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising: clinic-based only",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "tw.dentists_in_clinics.2025@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv, column 牙醫師, sum over 366 rows",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).",
      "definition_local": "Dentists (牙醫師) practising in clinics (診所), counted by township",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: clinic-based dentists only; hospital dentists are excluded. Sum of 牙醫師 across 366 township rows, ROC-year-114 clinic personnel dataset (24,086 clinics of all types). Clinic-based only; excludes hospital dentists. Reference date within ROC 114 assumed year-end; file does not state it. Sum re-run 2026-11-09 from the downloaded CSV: 14,754 (matches).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-in-clinics/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_per_100k.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 72.8,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "derived from dentists_total / population",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).",
      "definition_local": "Practising dentists per 100,000 registered population",
      "notes": "Derived: 16,968 / 23,299,132 x 100,000 = 72.8 (see dentists_total and population records). MOHW table 1.7 sheet 2 independently gives 7.2826747 per 10,000 (= 72.83 per 100,000).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-per-100k/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_per_100k.2025-x",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 72.83,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 2, row 總　計, column 牙醫師 (per 10,000)",
      "quote": "機 構 每 萬 人 口 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n醫事人員 | 年底人口數 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | ...\n總　計 | 23299132 | 162.01633605921455 | 24.209056371713761 | 3.5340372336617518 | 7.2826747365524174 | ...",
      "quote_en": "Per-10,000-population table, end of ROC 114. Header then national total row; 牙醫師 column = 7.2826747 per 10,000.",
      "definition_local": "Practising dentists in institutions per 10,000 year-end population",
      "notes": "Derived: MOHW reports 7.2826747365524174 practising dentists per 10,000 population; x10 = 72.83 per 100,000 (rounded to 2 decimals).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-per-100k/2025-x/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 72.8,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "tw-moi-ris-pop",
      "source_title": "Household registration population statistics, open data API ODRP019 (ROC year 114)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Household Registration, Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.ris.gov.tw/rs-opendata/api/v1/datastore/ODRP019/114?page=1",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": "practising",
      "headline": true,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [
        "tw.dentists_practising.2025",
        "tw.population.2025"
      ],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "numerator tw.dentists_practising.2025; denominator tw.population.2025",
      "quote": "{\"statistic_yyy\":\"114\",\"district_code\":\"65000010001\",\"site_id\":\"新北市板橋區\",\"village\":\"留侯里\",\"household_ordinary_total\":\"448\",\"household_business_total\":\"0\",\"household_single_total\":\"293\",\"household_ordinary_m\":\"649\",\"household_business_m\":\"0\",\"household_single_m\":\"139\",\"household_ordinary_f\":\"699\",\"household_business_f\":\"0\",\"household_single_f\":\"154\"}",
      "quote_en": "First API record (village-level), fields: household totals and male/female counts for ordinary, business and single-person households. The total is the sum of all male and female fields over all 7,752 villages.",
      "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4): practising dentists / Ministry of the Interior household-registration population. L5 EXCEPTION: Taiwan has no World Bank series, so the national denominator is used.",
      "notes": "Derived: 16,968 / 23,299,132 x 100,000 = 72.8. Cannot follow L5 (no World Bank population for Taiwan); denominator is the national registration population, same year. Labelled comparability B for this reason.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-per-100k/2025-hl/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_practising.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 16968,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 1 (醫事人員數), row 總　計, column 牙醫師",
      "quote": "機 構 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n單位：人\n醫事人員 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | 藥師 | 藥劑生 | 醫事檢驗師 | 醫事檢驗生 | 醫事放射師 | 醫事放射士 | 護理師 | 護士 | 助產師 | 助產士 | 醫事人員 | 鑲牙生 | 營養師 | 物理治療師 | 物理治療生 | 職能治療師 | 職能治療生 | 臨床心理師 | 諮商心理師 | 呼吸治療師 | 語言治療師 | 聽力師 | 牙體技術師 | 牙體技術生 | 驗光師 | 驗光生\n總　計 | 377484 | 56405 | 8234 | 16968 | 32523 | 5061 | 10601 | 119 | 7780 | 58 | 180559 | 15488 | 136 | 80 | 總　計 | 26 | 4045 | 9138 | 1577 | 4984 | 161 | 2368 | 4436 | 2456 | 2058 | 519 | 1981 | 798 | 4523 | 4402",
      "quote_en": "Practising medical personnel in institutions by county/city, end of ROC 114, unit: persons. Header row then the national total row (cells joined with \" | \"); 牙醫師 (dentists) = 16,968; 牙體技術師 (dental technicians) = 1,981; 牙體技術生 (technician trainees) = 798.",
      "definition_local": "Dentists (牙醫師) registered as practising in a medical institution (機構執業醫事人員), end of ROC year 114",
      "notes": "MOHW official count of dentists practising in medical institutions at end-2025. Identical to the sum of the clinic (14,754) and hospital (2,214) open datasets. Licensed-but-not-practising dentists are not included.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-practising/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dentists_total.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 16968,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "practising",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv + hos_personnel_114.csv, column 牙醫師, sums 14,754 + 2,214",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4\n(hospital file) 鄉鎮市區碼,醫院家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,5,1979,329,12,77,98,2,95,2,93,0,1066,86,2,2,14,31,3,15,1,13,0,17,9,7,0,0,2,3",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101). Hospital file has the same columns with 醫院家數 in place of 診所家數.",
      "definition_local": "Dentists practising in clinics plus hospitals (institution-based practising headcount)",
      "notes": "Derived: 14,754 dentists in clinics + 2,214 dentists in hospitals (hos_personnel_114.csv, https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101848-66ebc291-6bba-45b4-85ea-96a5ec2add02.html). A dentist employed at more than one institution may be counted more than once; reference date within ROC 114 assumed year-end. Cross-check 2026-11-09: MOHW table 1.7 (end of ROC 114) reports 牙醫師 16,968 practising in institutions, identical. This is practising headcount, not cumulative licences; no licensed-but-not-practising count was found.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.dso_clinic_share_pct.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "dso_clinic_share_pct",
      "metric_label": "DSO share of dental clinics (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 1, row 114 年, dental clinic public/non-public",
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located",
      "notes": "No ownership-form split of dental clinics is published. MOHW table 1.6 splits clinics public/non-public only (dental: 1 public, 7,127 non-public). Chain/corporate dental groups exist but no official count.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dso-clinic-share-pct/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.gdp_per_capita_usd.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd",
      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
      "value": 39515,
      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "dgbas-tw-news-2026-10",
      "source_title": "DGBAS national income news release, 30 Oct 2026: key economic indicators incl. per-capita GDP",
      "source_publisher": "Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS, 行政院主計總處), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://ws.dgbas.gov.tw/001/Upload/463/relfile/10980/236826/news11510.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "news11510.pdf p.4, Table 1 row 114年",
      "quote": "實質 | 經濟成長率 | 平均每人GDP | 平均每人GNI | 消費者物價上升率\n(新臺幣百萬元) | saqr | saar | yoy | 新臺幣元 | 美元 | 新臺幣元 | 美元\n114年 25,873,537 － － 8.76 1,230,035 39,515 1,264,890 40,626 1.66",
      "quote_en": "Table 1 (key economic indicators): row 114年: real GDP NT$25,873,537 million; growth 8.76%; per-capita GDP NT$1,230,035 = US$39,515; per-capita GNI NT$1,264,890 = US$40,626; CPI +1.66%.",
      "definition_local": "Nominal GDP divided by mid-year population, converted to US$ at DGBAS annual average rate",
      "notes": "DGBAS per-capita GDP for ROC 114 (2025) at current prices converted at DGBAS average exchange rate; NT$1,230,035. Revised figure; the Feb 2026 preliminary release gave 39,477 per trade press (not fetched).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/gdp-per-capita-usd/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": 188,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-hospital-specialty-114",
      "source_title": "Hospital specialty statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101849-767602cf-f8c7-4c25-8154-689da9066742.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "hos_sp114.csv, column 牙醫一般科, sum over 159 rows",
      "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,醫院家數,家庭醫學科,內科,外科,兒科,婦產科,骨科,神經科,神經外科,泌尿科,耳鼻喉科,眼科,皮膚科,精神科,復健科,麻醉科,放射診斷科,放射腫瘤科,解剖病理科,臨床病理科,核子醫學科,急診醫學科,整形外科,職業醫學科,西醫一般科,牙醫一般科,...\n101,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,1,3,1,1,3,2,2,2,4,1,...",
      "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of hospitals, specialties listed (... general dentistry 牙醫一般科 ...). First data row (township 101) shown.",
      "definition_local": "Hospitals listing the specialty 牙醫一般科 (general dentistry)",
      "notes": "Proxy: hospitals listing a general-dentistry specialty (牙醫一般科), of 460 hospitals; other dental specialty columns overlap. Treat as lower-bound approximation. Re-run 2026-11-09: 牙醫一般科 sums to 188; the largest other dental column is 口腔顎面外科 65; union cannot be computed from township aggregates. Total hospitals 460 agrees with MOHW table 1.6.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.implant_procedures_annual.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "implant_procedures_annual",
      "metric_label": "Implant procedures annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "procedures",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024",
      "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)",
      "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "NHIA AR 2023-2024 (searched, no implant series)",
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located",
      "notes": "Searched NHIA annual report, MOHW statistics tables and web search (2026-11-09). Implants are self-pay and not billed to NHI, so insurer claims give no count; no MOHW or association national count found. Implant makers and TDA surveys not accessible.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/implant-procedures-annual/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.ios_installed_base.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "ios_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Intraoral scanners installed",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "MOHW statistics list (searched, no dental device series)",
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located",
      "notes": "No national census of intraoral scanner installed units exists in MOHW/TFDA/TDA public statistics reviewed; only vendor-confidential data. MOHW table 1.6 (hazardous medical equipment counts is table 1.1, not reviewed for dental devices).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/ios-installed-base/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "oral_appliance_reimbursement",
      "metric_label": "Oral appliance reimbursement",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024",
      "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)",
      "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "NHIA AR 2023-2024 and dental fee schedule chapter 3 (searched)",
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "NHI reimbursement of oral appliances for OSA",
      "notes": "No NHI payment item for mandibular advancement / oral appliances for sleep apnea found in NHIA annual report or fee-schedule dental chapter skimmed; only trade-press says NHI covers surgery. Not verified against NHI medical-service payment standard (non-dental chapters, device codes). Treat as unknown, probable self-pay.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "osa_prevalence_adult_pct",
      "metric_label": "Adult OSA prevalence (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "chou-2023-nss-osa-taiwan",
      "source_title": "Chou et al. 2023, Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea using home sleep test in Taiwan, Nature and Science of Sleep 15:1107-1116",
      "source_publisher": "Dove Medical Press (peer-reviewed journal)",
      "source_url": "https://www.dovepress.com/prevalence-of-obstructive-sleep-apnea-using-home-sleep-test-in-taiwan--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NSS",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.population.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "population",
      "metric_label": "Population",
      "value": 23299132,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "tw-moi-ris-pop",
      "source_title": "Household registration population statistics, open data API ODRP019 (ROC year 114)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Household Registration, Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.ris.gov.tw/rs-opendata/api/v1/datastore/ODRP019/114?page=1",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "derived",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "ODRP019/114 pages 1-4, fields household_*_m + household_*_f",
      "quote": "{\"statistic_yyy\":\"114\",\"district_code\":\"65000010001\",\"site_id\":\"新北市板橋區\",\"village\":\"留侯里\",\"household_ordinary_total\":\"448\",\"household_business_total\":\"0\",\"household_single_total\":\"293\",\"household_ordinary_m\":\"649\",\"household_business_m\":\"0\",\"household_single_m\":\"139\",\"household_ordinary_f\":\"699\",\"household_business_f\":\"0\",\"household_single_f\":\"154\"}",
      "quote_en": "First API record (village-level), fields: household totals and male/female counts for ordinary, business and single-person households. The total is the sum of all male and female fields over all 7,752 villages.",
      "definition_local": "Registered (household registration) population of Taiwan, end ROC 114",
      "notes": "Derived: sum of male and female registered population across 7,752 village rows (4 API pages), ROC year 114. Matches the MOI figure for end-December 2025 reported by news; MOI page itself gives only age-group totals. Same total 23,299,132 appears as year-end population in MOHW table 1.7 sheet 2 (see tw.population.2025-x).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/population/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.population.2025-x",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "population",
      "metric_label": "Population",
      "value": 23299132,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114",
      "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "xlsx sheet 2 (每萬人口醫事人員數), row 總　計, column 年底人口數",
      "quote": "機 構 每 萬 人 口 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n醫事人員 | 年底人口數 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | ...\n總　計 | 23299132 | 162.01633605921455 | 24.209056371713761 | 3.5340372336617518 | 7.2826747365524174 | ...",
      "quote_en": "Per-10,000-population table, end of ROC 114. Header then national total row: year-end population 23,299,132; dentists per 10,000 = 7.2826747.",
      "definition_local": "Year-end population of Taiwan (household registration)",
      "notes": "Year-end population denominator used by MOHW (MOI household registration). Same value as the village-level API sum.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/population/2025-x/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tw.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2025",
      "country": "TW",
      "metric": "self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct",
      "metric_label": "Self-pay share of dental spend (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-nhi-budget-2024",
      "source_title": "MOHW press release approving 2024 NHI global budget incl. dental outpatient budget",
      "source_publisher": "MOHW, Taiwan",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/vn/dental-technicians-total/2024/"
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