Dental public coverage: Malaysia, 2020

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2020-11-20

Malaysia: All Malaysians are eligible for MOH public dental care at highly subsidised (nominal) fees covering fillings, extractions, low-cost dentures and emergency care; schoolchildren up to 18 get free check-ups and treatment from dental therapists under the School Dental Programme. in 2020, according to FDI The dental workforce in Malaysia. Basis: other.

Comparability A Confidence medium

Cite this

International Dental Journal (FDI), full text on PubMed Central PMC9379166. (2026). Dental public coverage: Malaysia, as of 2020-11-20 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-public-coverage/2020/

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Record

Value: All Malaysians are eligible for MOH public dental care at highly subsidised (nominal) fees covering fillings, extractions, low-cost dentures and emergency care; schoolchildren up to 18 get free check-ups and treatment from dental therapists under the School Dental Programme.
Unit: text
As of: 2020-11-20
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: medium
Method: reported
Basis: other
Scope: other
Comparability: Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status: Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

All Malaysians are eligible to receive publicly funded dental services that provide highly subsidised treatment comprising fillings, extractions, low-cost dentures and emergency care.

Locator: Introduction, paragraph on public dental services; next sentences on School Dental Programme (refs 19-21)

Local definition

Publicly funded MOH dental services; School Dental Programme offers free dental check-ups and treatment with parental consent

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

Peer-reviewed description (Int Dent J 2020). Legal basis is the Fees Act 1951 / Fees (Medical) Order 1982 as amended 2017 (fee schedule hosted on moh.gov.my and hq.moh.gov.my/ohp 'dental charges', both blocked); news reports (lead only) cite RM1 extraction / RM2 filling. No national social health insurance for private dental care; private dental is mostly out-of-pocket (see self-pay record).

Metric definition

What public (social or national) health insurance pays for in dental care; short text, original scope noted All markets for this metric.

History

Current records for Dental public coverage, Malaysia, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2020	All Malaysians are eligible for MOH public dental care at highly subsidised (nominal) fees covering fillings, extractions, low-cost dentures and emergency care; schoolchildren up to 18 get free check-ups and treatment from dental therapists under the School Dental Programme.	other	2020-11-20	Comparability A	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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