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Dental graduates annual: Japan, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Japan had 1,657 new dental graduates in 2025, according to MHLW Pass announcement, 118th National Dentist Licensing Examination. Basis: other.
Comparability B Confidence medium
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MHLW. (2026). Dental graduates annual: Japan, as of 2025-03-14 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dental-graduates-annual/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 1,657 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source 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%
English: New graduates: 2,310 applicants, 1,973 examinees, 1,657 passed (84.0%). All candidates: 3,431 / 3,039 / 2,136 (70.3%).
Locator: results table
Local definition
New graduates (新卒者) passing the national dentist licensing examination
Source
MHLW: Pass announcement, 118th National Dentist Licensing Examination. Registry entry: mhlw-dentist-exam-118.
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.
Metric definition
New dental graduates per year All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,657 persons | other | Comparability B | Pass announcement, 118th National Dentist Licensing Examination |
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