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Dental graduates annual: New Zealand, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
New Zealand had 114 new dental graduates in 2025, according to Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25. Basis: registered.
Comparability B Confidence high
Cite this
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho). (2026). Dental graduates annual: New Zealand, as of 2025-03-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/dental-graduates-annual/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 114 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- registered
- Scope
- registered
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
7 – 116 94 114 86 – – 9 1 –
Locator: p.26 "Additions to the register", Dentists and dental specialists, row "New Zealand graduate", column Approved 2024/25
Local definition
Approved applications for registration as a dentist via the "New Zealand graduate" pathway in the year to 31 March
Source
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho): Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025). Registry entry: nz-dcnz-annual-report-2025.
Notes
Quote is the numeric data row printed beside the label "New Zealand graduate" (label and numbers sit on separate text lines in the PDF). Row columns: brought forward 7/-, received 116/94, approved 114/86, declined -/-, withdrawn 9/1 (2024/25 / 2023/24). Proxy for annual BDS graduates of the University of Otago (sole school). 2023/24: 86.
Metric definition
New dental graduates per year All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 persons | registered | Comparability B | Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025) |
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