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Dental hygienists total: Australia, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Australia had 1,996 dental hygienists in 2025, according to Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables. Basis: registered.
Comparability A Confidence high
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Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia. (2026). Dental hygienists total: Australia, as of 2025-06-30 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-hygienists-total/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 1,996 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- registered
- Scope
- registered
- Comparability
- Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
Dental hygienist | 37 | 345 | 13 | 218 | 366 | 18 | 217 | 262 | 16 | 1492 | 1482
English: Table 4: Dental hygienist-only registrants 1,492 at 30 June 2025 (2024: 1,482); plus combined-division registrants including hygienist = 1,996.
Locator: Dental 2024/25 data tables workbook, Table 4, hygienist rows
Local definition
Practitioners registered in the Dental hygienist division (alone or with other divisions)
Source
Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia: Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025). Registry entry: ahpra-dental-2025.
Notes
Derived from Table 4: hygienist-only 1,492 + combined divisions including hygienist (1+1+329+1+117+7+48 = 504). Registered headcount.
Metric definition
Dental hygienists (headcount); some markets register oral health therapists instead (see notes) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,996 persons | registered | Comparability A | Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025) |
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