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Dental graduates annual: Malaysia, 2014
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Malaysia had 900 new dental graduates in 2014, according to FDI The dental workforce in Malaysia. Basis: estimate.
Comparability B Confidence low
Cite this
International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166. (2026). Dental graduates annual: Malaysia, as of 2014-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-graduates-annual/2014/
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Record
- Value
- 900 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- low
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- estimate
- Scope
- estimate
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Current revision
Source quote
At the time this research was conducted, there were 5,916 dentists serving a population of 28 million and ~900 graduates per year
Locator: Introduction, paragraph on workforce supply (cites refs 14 and 24, MDC Annual Report 2014)
Local definition
Approximate dental graduates per year (local schools; basis not stated)
Source
International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166: 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). Registry entry: my-idj-2020-workforce.
Notes
Approximate and dated (~2014, study period). Stale; newer figures (MDC registrar reports: about 900-1,000+ new registrations a year incl. foreign graduates; MDA 2021 statement: 1,000-1,200 incl. overseas) were only seen in search snippets or news and could not be fetched (hq.moh.gov.my 403). Replace when an MDC annual report is reachable.
Metric definition
New dental graduates per year All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 620 persons | registered | Comparability B | Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC | ||
| 2023 | 753 persons | registered | Comparability B | Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC | ||
| 2014 | 900 persons | estimate | Comparability B | 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) |
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