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Dentists specialists total: Malaysia, 2024
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Malaysia had 1,155 specialist 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 specialists total: Malaysia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-specialists-total/2024/
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Record
- Value
- 1,155 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
TOTAL 497 41 379 917 238 1155
English: Total: MOH 497, MOD 41, MOHE 379, public total 917, private 238, grand total 1,155
Locator: MDC Statistics 2024, section 2D 'Dental Specialist with Annual Practising Certificates by Sector in Malaysia, 2024', row 'TOTAL', column 'GRAND TOTAL'
Local definition
Dental specialists on the MDC Specialist Register holding an Annual Practising Certificate in 2024, all 12 specialties, public (MOH, MOD, MOHE) and private
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
Practising basis (L4). Specialist register headcount (registered basis) is 1,195 ('Specialist (since 2022) 1,195', section 2A). Largest specialties: orthodontics 252, oral and maxillofacial surgery 184, periodontics 146. Specialist register opened in 2022. PDF link carries an expiring token (see source record).
Metric definition
Registered specialist dentists (board-certified or specialist-register), headcount All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,155 persons | practising | Comparability A | Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC |
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