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Dental technicians total: New Zealand, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
New Zealand had 368 dental technicians in 2025, according to Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25. Basis: registered.
Comparability A Confidence high
Cite this
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho). (2026). Dental technicians total: New Zealand, as of 2025-03-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/dental-technicians-total/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 368 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- registered
- Scope
- registered
- Comparability
- Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
Dental technicians 368 368
Locator: p.24, table "Registered practitioners by profession*", row "Dental technicians", column 2024/25
Local definition
Practitioners registered in the dental technology profession
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
Dental technicians are a registered profession in NZ (unlike AU). Clinical dental technicians (who treat patients directly for dentures) are counted separately: 260. 84% of dental technicians hold an APC.
Metric definition
Dental technicians (headcount) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 368 persons | registered | Comparability A | Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025) |
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