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Dentists (practising): Malaysia, 2023

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Malaysia had 14,255 practising dentists in 2023, according to Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Basis: practising.

Comparability A Confidence high

Cite this

Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia. (2026). Dentists (practising): Malaysia, as of 2023-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-practising/2023/

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Record

Value
14,255 persons
Unit
persons
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
reported
Basis
practising
Scope
practising
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status
Current revision

Source quote

Total Div I 5,888 6,384 7,186 8,598 9,699 10,801 11,597 12,574 13,436 14,255 14,720

Locator: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, p.5 table 2B 'Number of Active Dental Practitioners by Sector, 2014 - 2024', row 'Total Div I', column 2023

Local definition

Active Division I dental practitioners (with APC), public + private sector

Source

Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Registry entry: my-mdc-statistic-2024.

Notes

2023: public 8,049 + private 6,206 = 14,255. Matches WHO NHWA 2023 value (my.dentists_total.2023), confirming that WHO's 2023 figure is the APC/active count, not the register.

Metric definition

Dentists reported as practising / on the resident register (narrower than registered) All markets for this metric.

History

Dentists (practising) in Malaysia: current records by yearDentists (practising) in Malaysia: current records by year. persons; same basis only (practising); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed…. Dental Market Radar.Dentists (practising) in Malaysia: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (practising); a dashed line crosses a series break2022: 13,43613,4362023: 14,2552024: 14,72014,72020222024Source: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed…. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (practising). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists (practising), Malaysia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
202414,720 personspractisingComparability AStatistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC
202314,255 personspractisingComparability AStatistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC
2022-mdc13,436 personspractisingComparability AStatistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC
20227,828 personsemployed (public sector (MOH) only)Comparability CHealthcare Staff by State and Staff Type (public sector, MOH)

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