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Dental hygienists total: Malaysia, 2023
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Malaysia had 7,618 dental hygienists in 2023, according to WHO Global Health Observatory. Basis: other.
Comparability C Confidence medium
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World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update). (2026). Dental hygienists total: Malaysia, as of 2023-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-hygienists-total/2023/
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Record
- Value
- 7,618 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
"TimeDim":2023,..."Value":"7618","NumericValue":7618.000000000
Locator: WHO GHO OData indicator HWF_0012 'Dental Assistants and Therapists (number)', SpatialDim MYS, TimeDim 2023
Local definition
NHWA ISCO-08 3251 dental assistants and therapists; in Malaysia these are dental therapists (Juruterapi Pergigian), historically MOH-employed
Source
World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update): WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia. Registry entry: my-who-gho-nhwa.
Notes
NOT hygienists. Malaysia has no formally trained dental hygienists: Int Dent J 2020 (PMC9379166) states 'There are no dental hygienists training or working formally in Malaysia.' and that the only operating clinicians are dentists and dental therapists. Recorded here as the nearest auxiliary-clinician category. Series: 2019 7,014; 2020 7,189; 2021 7,405; 2022 7,488.
Metric definition
Dental hygienists (headcount); some markets register oral health therapists instead (see notes) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7,618 persons | other | Comparability C | WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia |
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