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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: official statistics. Why: no public equipment registry. Best lead: Dentsply Sirona / Ivoclar distributor statements; Medical Device Authority (MDA, mda.gov.my) establishment register does not count installed units.",
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: national statistics and health accounts (no procedure detail). Why: private self-pay, no public data. Best lead: Align Technology does not disclose country volumes; local aligner brands' disclosures; MDC advisories on direct-to-consumer aligners.",
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      "series_break": null,
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      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: official statistics. Why: no public equipment registry. Best lead: distributor/vendor disclosures; dental laboratory surveys.",
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      "locator": "Petunjuk Kesihatan / Health Indicators 2022, p.134 Table 4.3 (Number of Dental Facilities, row MALAYSIA, Total = 2,706) and p.137 Table 4.4 cont'd (Registered Health Facilities, Private Dental Clinic, row MALAYSIA = 3,522)",
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      "definition_local": "MOH dental clinics (standalone dental clinics + dental services in other facilities, excluding mobile teams and community dental clinics) plus private dental clinics registered with MOH Medical Practice Division, as at 31 Dec 2022",
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      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
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      "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/my/dental-graduates-annual/2024/"
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      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
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      "supersedes": null,
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      "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/my/dental-graduates-annual/2023/"
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      "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2014-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
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      "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/my/dental-graduates-annual/2014/"
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      "metric": "dental_hygienists_total",
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      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-who-gho-nhwa",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update)",
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      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/dental-hygienists-total/2023/"
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      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
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      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
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      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/dental-public-coverage/2020/"
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      "value": null,
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      "as_of": "2026-11-04",
      "source_id": "my-mqa-mqr",
      "source_title": "Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)",
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      "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/my/dental-schools-total/2026/"
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
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      "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/my/dental-schools-total/2024/"
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      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
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      "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/my/dental-schools-total/2010/"
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      "value": null,
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-spend-total-usd/2021/"
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      "id": "my.dental_technicians_total.2024",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-per-100k/2024/"
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      "source_title": "Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) via data.gov.my / OpenDOSM",
      "source_url": "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_malaysia&filter=overall@age,both@sex,overall@ethnicity",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "revision": 1,
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      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "WHO HWF_0011 MYS 2024; data.gov.my population_malaysia 2024 overall row",
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      "notes": "Derived: 17,318 / 34,052,100 x 100000 = 50.86. Both inputs 2024. Uses national (DOSM) denominator instead of the UN one behind WHO's ratio.",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": 48.7,
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      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MYS/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&date=2024:2024",
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      "notes": "Derived: 17,318 (my.dentists_total.2024, source my-who-gho-nhwa) / 35,557,673 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 48.7. Numerator basis: registered. Other per-100k records for MY use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.",
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      "id": "my.dentists_per_100k.2024-mdc",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
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      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
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      "confidence": "high",
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
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      "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/my/dentists-per-100k/2024-mdc/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population",
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      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
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      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
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      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_practising.2023",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "dentists_practising",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
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      "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/my/dentists-practising/2023/"
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    {
      "id": "my.dentists_practising.2022",
      "country": "MY",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
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      "source_id": "my-datagovmy-healthcare-staff",
      "source_title": "Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type (public sector, MOH)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia via data.gov.my (Public Sector Open Data)",
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      "locator": "data.gov.my catalogue healthcare_staff (Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type), row date=2022-01-01, type=dentist, state=Malaysia",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-practising/2022/"
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    {
      "id": "my.dentists_practising.2022-mdc",
      "country": "MY",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2022-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
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      "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/my/dentists-practising/2022-mdc/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_practising.2022",
      "country": "MY",
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      "source_title": "Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type (public sector, MOH)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia via data.gov.my (Public Sector Open Data)",
      "source_url": "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=healthcare_staff",
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      "conversion": null,
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      "locator": "data.gov.my catalogue healthcare_staff (Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type), row date=2022-01-01, type=dentist, state=Malaysia",
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      "definition_local": "Number of active public sector (Ministry of Health) dentists as at 31 December, from Health Informatics Centre (PIK) individual-level records",
      "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: the count covers MOH (public sector) dentists only, so it is a lower bound for practising dentists; comparability stays C. PUBLIC SECTOR ONLY (MOH), so a lower bound for practising dentists; private-sector dentists excluded. Series: 2018 6,455; 2019 7,087; 2020 7,443; 2021 7,785; 2022 7,828. No national practising (APC) total was reachable: MDC/OHP pages on hq.moh.gov.my returned 403. Proposed metric dentists_public_sector in gaps file.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-practising/2022/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_specialists_total.2024",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "dentists_specialists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists specialists total",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/dentists-specialists-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_total.2024",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-who-gho-nhwa",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update)",
      "source_url": "https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/HWF_0011?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20'MYS'",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
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      "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/my/dentists-total/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_total.2024-mdc",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-mdc-statistic-2024",
      "source_title": "Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC",
      "source_publisher": "Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia",
      "source_url": "https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/mdc/statistic/mdc-annual-report.html",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/dentists-total/2024-mdc/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dentists_total.2023",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "dentists_total",
      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-who-gho-nhwa",
      "source_title": "WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update)",
      "source_url": "https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/HWF_0011?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20'MYS'",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
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      "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/my/dentists-total/2023/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.dso_clinic_share_pct.2024",
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      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-qnm-ar2024",
      "source_title": "Q & M Dental Group (Singapore) Limited Annual Report 2024",
      "source_publisher": "Q & M Dental Group (SGX-listed), via SGXNet",
      "source_url": "https://links.sgx.com/1.0.0/corporate-announcements/0G85RNZT6NI0B1UB/840261_QnM-AR2024.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/dso-clinic-share-pct/2024/"
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    {
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      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
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      "as_of": "2025-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-worldbank-wdi",
      "source_title": "World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$), NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, Malaysia",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MY/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&per_page=5",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "World Bank API NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (GDP per capita, current US$), country MY, date 2025 (WDI lastupdated 2026-10-08)",
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      "notes": "About USD 13,125. 2024: 11,874.43. National source in RM: DOSM gdp_gni_annual_nominal gives GDP per capita RM 59,099.5 for 2025 (api.data.gov.my, fetched 2026-11-09).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/gdp-per-capita-usd/2025/"
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      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-datagovmy-healthcare-staff",
      "source_title": "Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type (public sector, MOH)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia via data.gov.my (Public Sector Open Data)",
      "source_url": "https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "series_break": null,
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      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: data.gov.my and data.moh.gov.my (KKMNOW) catalogues (hospital_beds only, no dental), DOSM. Why: MOH Health Facts and Oral Health Programme annual reports (hq.moh.gov.my/ohp) are blocked (403/unreachable). Best lead: MOH Health Facts 2025 table 'Dental clinics in hospitals' (snippet for 2022: 77 MOH hospital dental clinics, not fetched); private hospitals with dental units not compiled anywhere found.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024/"
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      "metric": "implant_procedures_annual",
      "metric_label": "Implant procedures annual",
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      "unit": "procedures",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
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      "conversion": null,
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      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: MNHA 2022 (spend only), data.gov.my, KKMNOW. Why: implants are private self-pay; no registry or claims data published. Best lead: MOH Oral Health Programme annual report (implant cases in MOH specialist clinics, hq.moh.gov.my blocked); industry reports (Straumann/Osstem APAC disclosures) for private volume.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/implant-procedures-annual/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.ios_installed_base.2024",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "ios_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Intraoral scanners installed",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: official statistics (none collect equipment counts). Why: no public registry of intraoral scanners. Best lead: MOH digital dental clinic programme (press: MOH targets 956 digital dental clinics by 2027, news only) and distributor disclosures.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/ios-installed-base/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2024",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "oral_appliance_reimbursement",
      "metric_label": "Oral appliance reimbursement",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-moh-mnha-2022",
      "source_title": "Malaysia National Health Accounts: Health Expenditure Report 2011-2022",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health Malaysia (MNHA Unit, Planning Division), hosted on storage.data.gov.my",
      "source_url": "https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/pub/mnha_2022.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": null,
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "blocked_source",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "",
      "quote": "",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "",
      "notes": "No reliable figure found. Checked: MNHA 2022 (no device-level detail). Why: Malaysia has no national health insurance; MOH care is tax-funded with nominal fees, private care is out-of-pocket or private insurance. No document found stating whether MOH supplies mandibular advancement devices or at what fee. Best lead: MOH Fees (Medical) (Amendment) Order 2017 schedule (moh.gov.my, blocked) and MOH CPG on OSA.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2024",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "osa_prevalence_adult_pct",
      "metric_label": "Adult OSA prevalence (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-idj-2020-workforce",
      "source_title": "The dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)",
      "source_publisher": "International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166",
      "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379166/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "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/my/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.population.2026",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "population",
      "metric_label": "Population",
      "value": 34389400,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2026-07-01",
      "source_id": "my-dosm-population",
      "source_title": "Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) via data.gov.my / OpenDOSM",
      "source_url": "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_malaysia&filter=overall@age,both@sex,overall@ethnicity",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": {
        "factor": 1000,
        "from_unit": "thousand persons",
        "to_unit": "persons"
      },
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "data.gov.my catalogue population_malaysia, API row date=2026-01-01, age=overall, sex=both, ethnicity=overall (unit: thousands)",
      "quote": "{\"age\": \"overall\", \"sex\": \"both\", \"date\": \"2026-01-01\", \"ethnicity\": \"overall\", \"population\": 34389.4}",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Population at national level; non-census years are intercensal mid-year population estimates (cohort-component method); includes non-citizens",
      "notes": "DOSM via data.gov.my; value in thousands (34,389.4k). Dataset dates are YYYY-01-01 placeholders for annual data; catalogue text says mid-year estimates, so as_of set to 1 July. Includes 3,373.6k other non-citizens. World Bank SP.POP.TOTL (UN-based) gives a higher 35,557,673 for 2024.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/population/2026/"
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      "id": "my.population.2024",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "population",
      "metric_label": "Population",
      "value": 34052100,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-07-01",
      "source_id": "my-dosm-population",
      "source_title": "Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)",
      "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) via data.gov.my / OpenDOSM",
      "source_url": "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_malaysia&filter=overall@age,both@sex,overall@ethnicity",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "estimate",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": {
        "factor": 1000,
        "from_unit": "thousand persons",
        "to_unit": "persons"
      },
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "data.gov.my catalogue population_malaysia, API row date=2024-01-01, age=overall, sex=both, ethnicity=overall (unit: thousands)",
      "quote": "\"date\": \"2024-01-01\", \"ethnicity\": \"overall\", \"population\": 34052.1",
      "quote_en": "",
      "definition_local": "Intercensal mid-year population estimate, total incl. non-citizens",
      "notes": "Kept as denominator for 2024 dentist ratio. Value in thousands (34,052.1k).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/population/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "my.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2021",
      "country": "MY",
      "metric": "self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct",
      "metric_label": "Self-pay share of dental spend (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2021-12-31",
      "source_id": "my-kkmnow-sha2011",
      "source_title": "KKMNOW dashboard: Health Accounts (SHA 2011), using WHO Global Health Expenditure Database",
      "source_publisher": "Health Transformation Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia (data: WHO GHED)",
      "source_url": "https://data.moh.gov.my/dashboard/sha-2011",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "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/my/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2021/"
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