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Dental technicians total: Malaysia, 2024
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Malaysia had 1,206 dental technicians in 2024, according to WHO Global Health Observatory. Basis: other (likely public-sector weighted (MOH dental technologists)).
Comparability B Confidence medium
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World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update). (2026). Dental technicians total: Malaysia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-technicians-total/2024/
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Record
- Value
- 1,206 persons
- Scope qualifier
- likely public-sector weighted (MOH dental technologists)
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 2
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other: likely public-sector weighted (MOH dental technologists)
- 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
"TimeDim":2024,..."Value":"1206","NumericValue":1206.000000000
Locator: WHO GHO OData indicator HWF_0013 'Dental Prosthetic Technicians (number)', SpatialDim MYS, TimeDim 2024
Local definition
NHWA ISCO-08 3214 dental prosthetic technicians (Malaysian title: dental technologist / Juruteknologi Pergigian)
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
Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: likely weighted to public-sector (MOH) dental technologists; private laboratory technicians are not registered in Malaysia. Coverage likely weighted to public sector (MOH dental technologists); private laboratory technicians are not registered in Malaysia, so private coverage is uncertain. Series: 2019 960; 2020 1,002; 2021 1,024; 2022 1,119; 2023 1,062.
Metric definition
Dental technicians (headcount) All markets for this metric.
Revisions
Earlier revisions of this figure stay on record for citation. They are never deleted.
Revision 1 (superseded)
- Value
- 1,206 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
"TimeDim":2024,..."Value":"1206","NumericValue":1206.000000000
Locator: WHO GHO OData indicator HWF_0013 'Dental Prosthetic Technicians (number)', SpatialDim MYS, TimeDim 2024
Source: 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.
Local definition: NHWA ISCO-08 3214 dental prosthetic technicians (Malaysian title: dental technologist / Juruteknologi Pergigian)
Notes: Coverage likely weighted to public sector (MOH dental technologists); private laboratory technicians are not registered in Malaysia, so private coverage is uncertain. Series: 2019 960; 2020 1,002; 2021 1,024; 2022 1,119; 2023 1,062.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,206 persons | other (likely public-sector weighted (MOH dental technologists)) | Comparability B | 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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