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Dental hygienists total: Singapore, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Singapore had 451 dental hygienists in 2024, according to MOH Health Manpower. Basis: registered.

Comparability B Confidence medium

Cite this

Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore. (2026). Dental hygienists total: Singapore, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dental-hygienists-total/2024/

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Record

Value
451 persons
Unit
persons
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
medium
Method
reported
Basis
registered
Scope
registered
Comparability
Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Status
Current revision

Source quote

Total No. of Oral Health Therapists 4 | 448 | 465 | 451 |

English: Total number of oral health therapists: 2022 448; 2023 465; 2024 451.

Locator: MOH Health Manpower table, row "Total No. of Oral Health Therapists" (note 4)

Local definition

Registered oral health therapists (the registered hygiene/therapy profession in Singapore); not identical to dental hygienists

Source

Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore: Health Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists). Registry entry: sg-moh-manpower.

Notes

Registered oral health therapists (OHT), the registered category in Singapore that performs hygienist/therapist work; not identical to hygienist. 2023: 465; 2022: 448.

Metric definition

Dental hygienists (headcount); some markets register oral health therapists instead (see notes) All markets for this metric.

History

Dental hygienists total in Singapore: current records by yearDental hygienists total in Singapore: current records by year. persons; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: MOH Health Manpower; Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Dental Market Radar.Dental hygienists total in Singapore: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break2024: 4514512025: 46746720242025Sources: MOH Health Manpower; Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (registered). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dental hygienists total, Singapore, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2025467 personsregisteredComparability BSingapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025
2024451 personsregisteredComparability BHealth Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists)

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Same metric in other markets

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