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Dentists (total): Australia, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Australia had 20,573 registered dentists in 2024, 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). Dentists (total): Australia, as of 2024-06-30 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-total/2024/

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Record

Value
20,573 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
Current revision

Source 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

English: Table 4, 2023/24 column: Dentist-only 20,548 plus combined-division registrants (13 with OHT, 6 hygienist, 3 prosthetist, 2 therapist, 1 hygienist+therapist) = 20,573.

Locator: Dental 2024/25 data tables workbook, Table 4, column Total 2023/24

Local definition

Practitioners registered in the Dentist division (alone or with another division), headcount at 30 June 2024

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, 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.

Metric definition

Dentists registered or licensed to practise (headcount); definition per record notes All markets for this metric.

History

Dentists (total) in Australia: current records by yearDentists (total) in Australia: current records by year. persons; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia Dental Board of…. Dental Market Radar.Dentists (total) in Australia: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break2024: 20,57320,5732025: 21,14121,14120242025Source: Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia Dental Board of…. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (registered). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists (total), Australia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
202521,141 personsregisteredComparability ADental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)
202420,573 personsregisteredComparability ADental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)

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