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      "quote": "Dental hygienist | 37 | 345 | 13 | 218 | 366 | 18 | 217 | 262 | 16 | 1492 | 1482",
      "quote_en": "Table 4: Dental hygienist-only registrants 1,492 at 30 June 2025 (2024: 1,482); plus combined-division registrants including hygienist = 1,996.",
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      "notes": "Derived from Table 4: hygienist-only 1,492 + combined divisions including hygienist (1+1+329+1+117+7+48 = 504). Registered headcount.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-hygienists-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dental_public_coverage.2026",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dental_public_coverage",
      "metric_label": "Dental public coverage",
      "value": "No universal public dental cover: Medicare does not pay for most dental care. Children 0-17 in families receiving certain Services Australia payments get up to A$1,158 per child over 2 calendar years for basic services (check-ups, X-rays, cleaning, fissure sealing, fillings, root canals, extractions) under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule; orthodontic, cosmetic and in-hospital dental services are excluded. States and territories run means-tested public dental services (with Commonwealth funding for adults). Private health insurance extras cover is the main other payer.",
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      "source_id": "au-services-australia-cdbs",
      "source_title": "What's covered by the Child Dental Benefits Schedule",
      "source_publisher": "Services Australia",
      "source_url": "https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/whats-covered-child-dental-benefits-schedule",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
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      "derived_from": [],
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Services Australia 'What's covered' page, first paragraph and exclusions list; Health Department dental health topic page",
      "quote": "We cover up to $1,158 for each eligible child over 2 calendar years for basic dental services under CDBS. ... The services we won’t cover are all of the following: orthodontic dental work cosmetic dental work any dental services in a hospital.",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Public funding of dental care in Australia (Commonwealth CDBS plus state/territory public dental services)",
      "notes": "Second source (au-doh-dental-health-topic, https://www.health.gov.au/topics/dental-health): \"To help improve dental health, state and territory governments provide public dental services.\" and \"manage the government funding agreement with states and territories to provide more public dental services for adults\". CDBS eligibility: aged 0-17 for at least one day in the year, Medicare-eligible, family receiving an eligible payment. Cap indexed each 1 January ($1,095 applied to periods starting 2024).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-public-coverage/2026/"
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      "id": "au.dental_schools_total.2026",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dental_schools_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental schools total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "schools",
      "as_of": "2026-11-09",
      "source_id": "au-adc-accredited-programs",
      "source_title": "Accredited Programs List (dental practitioner programs)",
      "source_publisher": "Australian Dental Council (ADC)",
      "source_url": "https://www.adc.org.au/australian-program-accreditation/accredited-programs/accredited-programs-list/",
      "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/au/dental-schools-total/2026/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dental_spend_local_currency.2023",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dental_spend_local_currency",
      "metric_label": "Dental spend local currency",
      "value": 13152275000,
      "unit": "AUD",
      "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": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "subgroup": null,
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        "factor": 1000000,
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX CSV row AUS / XDC / FINANCING_SCHEME _T / HC132 / PROVIDER _T / PRICE_BASE V / 2023 (UNIT_MULT 6 = millions)",
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      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (SHA HC.1.3.2), all financing schemes, Australian dollars, current prices",
      "notes": "Currency AUD. Total (insured + out-of-pocket + government), not insured-only. Australia reports health accounts by financial year; which FY \"2023\" denotes is to be confirmed (AIHW source robots-blocked). 2022: A$12,497.531m; 2021: A$11,114.4m.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-spend-local-currency/2023/"
    },
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      "id": "au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dental_spend_total_usd",
      "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)",
      "value": 9563524000,
      "unit": "USD",
      "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": "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": "SDMX CSV row REF_AREA=AUS, MEASURE=EXP_HEALTH, UNIT_MEASURE=USD_PPP, FINANCING_SCHEME=_T, FUNCTION=HC132, PROVIDER=_T, PRICE_BASE=V, TIME_PERIOD=2023 (UNIT_MULT 6 = millions)",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,USD_PPP,_T,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,9563.524,,,,,,6,1",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (SHA function HC.1.3.2), all financing schemes, USD at purchasing power parity, current prices",
      "notes": "USD PPP, not market-rate USD. In Australian dollars: A$13,152.275 million (same dataset, XDC). Australia reports health accounts by financial year; 2023 assumed to be FY2022-23 (to verify with AIHW Health expenditure Australia, which robots.txt blocks). 2022: USD PPP 8,848.611 million; 2021: 7,625.221 million.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-spend-total-usd/2023/"
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      "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)",
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      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2023-06-30",
      "source_id": "au-worldbank-fx",
      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average), Australia",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AUS/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?format=json&date=2021:2025",
      "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": [],
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "Numerator: OECD SHA AUS XDC HC132 2023 = 13,152.275 million AUD (au.dental_spend_local_currency.2023); rate: World Bank PA.NUS.FCRF AUS 2023",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"AUS\",\"date\":\"2023\",\"value\":1.50519106560508",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Dental outpatient curative care spending (OECD SHA HC.1.3.2) converted to USD at the market (official average) exchange rate",
      "notes": "Derived: 13,152.275 million AUD / 1.50519106560508 AUD per USD = 8,737.94 million USD. Headline value per leader ruling L7 (market rate). Calendar-2023 average rate applied to a financial-year spend figure; FY2022-23 average would differ slightly. PPP value (US$9,563.524 million) kept as au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023 (secondary).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-spend-total-usd/2023-mkt/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023",
      "country": "AU",
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      "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)",
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      "unit": "USD",
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      "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",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 2,
      "supersedes": "au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023@1",
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": {
        "factor": 1000000,
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX CSV row REF_AREA=AUS, MEASURE=EXP_HEALTH, UNIT_MEASURE=USD_PPP, FINANCING_SCHEME=_T, FUNCTION=HC132, PROVIDER=_T, PRICE_BASE=V, TIME_PERIOD=2023 (UNIT_MULT 6 = millions)",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,USD_PPP,_T,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,9563.524,,,,,,6,1",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (SHA function HC.1.3.2), all financing schemes, USD at purchasing power parity, current prices",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Basis labelled: the value is USD at purchasing power parity, not market exchange rate (DECISIONS L7); declared conversion from millions of PPP dollars. Comparability set to C until a market-rate value is added. USD PPP, not market-rate USD. In Australian dollars: A$13,152.275 million (same dataset, XDC). Australia reports health accounts by financial year; 2023 assumed to be FY2022-23 (to verify with AIHW Health expenditure Australia, which robots.txt blocks). 2022: USD PPP 8,848.611 million; 2021: 7,625.221 million.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-spend-total-usd/2023/"
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    {
      "id": "au.dental_technicians_total.2025",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "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": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": null,
      "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": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": null,
      "notes": "Dental technicians are not nationally registered; no consistent public count. Dental prosthetists (registered denture providers): 1,319 (Table 4, any division incl. prosthetist).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-technicians-total/2025/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dental_technicians_total.2021",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dental_technicians_total",
      "metric_label": "Dental technicians total",
      "value": 2800,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2021-08-10",
      "source_id": "au-jsa-anzsco-411213",
      "source_title": "Occupation profile: Dental Technicians (ANZSCO 411213)",
      "source_publisher": "Jobs and Skills Australia",
      "source_url": "https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/data/occupation-and-industry-profiles/occupations-anzsco/411213-dental-technicians",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "employed",
      "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": "Overview panel \"Employed\"; data note \"ANZSCO 6-digit occupations: ABS, 2021 Census\"",
      "quote": "ANZSCO 411213 Dental Technicians Overview Details Downloads Employed 2,800 Part-time share 33% Female share 40%",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Persons employed in ANZSCO 411213 Dental Technicians (2021 Census, place of usual residence), rounded",
      "notes": "Dental technicians are not registered by Ahpra, so no register count exists. Census-based employed headcount, rounded by JSA; excludes those employed but away from work. Registered dental prosthetists are a separate group (see au.dental_technicians_total.2025 legacy note).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-technicians-total/2021/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dentists_per_100k.2025",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 76.6,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "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": "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,
      "locator": "derived; inputs au.dentists_total.2025, au.population.2025",
      "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/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dentists_per_100k",
      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 65.6,
      "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/AUS/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2024:2024",
      "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": [
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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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      "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",
      "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": "OECD SDMX CSV row AUS / HSE / PS / DNST / P / 2024",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),AUS,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2024,17831",
      "quote_en": "OECD Health Statistics, Australia, dentists, practising (P), 2024 = 17,831 (flagged estimate by OECD).",
      "definition_local": "Practising dentists (OECD measure P); OBS_STATUS E (estimated)",
      "notes": "OECD measure P (practising), Australia. Licensed basis 20,958.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dentists_total.2025",
      "country": "AU",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 21141,
      "unit": "persons",
      "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": "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": "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/"
    },
    {
      "id": "au.dentists_total.2024",
      "country": "AU",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
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      "source_id": "ahpra-dental-2025",
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      "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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      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
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