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Dentists (practising): Malaysia, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Malaysia had 14,720 practising dentists in 2024, 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 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-practising/2024/

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Record

Value
14,720 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
Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

Division I 17,318 14,720 ... MALAYSIA 8,472 6,248 14,720 5

Locator: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, p.4 section 2A 'Number of Dental Practitioners on the Dental Register and Number Issued with an Annual Practising Certificate, 2024' (column NO. WITH APC IN 2024) and p.5 table 2C row MALAYSIA

Local definition

Division I dental surgeons issued with an Annual Practising Certificate (APC) in 2024; public 8,472 + private 6,248

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

Regulator figure (Malaysian Dental Council). Excludes 5 Division II dentists with APC (total 14,725). Public 8,472 / private 6,248. Same document shows 2023 = 14,255 and 2022 = 13,436. Fetched via fetch tool (hq.moh.gov.my has no robots.txt; curl gets 403; leader ruling L2). PDF text extracted with pdftotext; quote is the table row text with column spacing collapsed.

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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