Dentists (practising): Japan, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2024-12-31

Japan had 100,266 employed dentists in 2024, according to MHLW Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024. Basis: employed (at medical facilities (hospital or clinic)).

Comparability B Confidence high

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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). (2026). Dentists (practising): Japan, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-practising/2024/

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Record

Value: 100,266 persons
Scope qualifier: at medical facilities (hospital or clinic)
Unit: persons
As of: 2024-12-31
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 2
Confidence: high
Method: reported
Basis: employed
Scope: employed: at medical facilities (hospital or clinic)
Comparability: Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Status: Latest record for this market and metric; 1 earlier revision is kept below

Source 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。

English: Dentists "engaged at medical facilities" were 100,266 (96.7% of the total), down 1,653 (1.6%) from the previous survey.

Locator: p.16 (1) / Table 9

Local definition

Dentists whose primary place of work is a medical facility (hospital, clinic)

Source

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview). Registry entry: mhlw-ishi-2024.

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".

Metric definition

Dentists reported as practising / on the resident register (narrower than registered) All markets for this metric.

Revisions

Earlier revisions of this figure stay on record for citation. They are never deleted.

Revision 1 (superseded)

Value: 100,266 persons
Unit: persons
As of: 2024-12-31
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: high
Method: reported
Basis: employed
Scope: employed
Comparability: Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted

「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。

English: Dentists "engaged at medical facilities" were 100,266 (96.7% of the total), down 1,653 (1.6%) from the previous survey.

Locator: p.16 (1) / Table 9

Source: Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview). Registry entry: mhlw-ishi-2024.

Local definition: 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".

History

Current records on the same basis (employed (at medical facilities (hospital or clinic))). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.

Current records for Dentists (practising), Japan, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2024	100,266 persons	employed (at medical facilities (hospital or clinic))	2024-12-31	Comparability B	Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)
2022	101,919 persons	employed (at medical facilities (hospital or clinic))	2022-12-31	Comparability B	Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview)

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