Fact · Workforce
Dentists (practising): Singapore, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Singapore had 2,814 practising dentists in 2025, according to Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Basis: practising.
Comparability A Confidence high
Cite this
Singapore Dental Council. (2026). Dentists (practising): Singapore, as of 2025-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-practising/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 2,814 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
As at 31 December 2025, 97% (2,814) of the 2,906 registered dentists had valid practising certificates (PCs)
Locator: SDC Annual Report 2025, PDF p.16, 'Percentage of Dental Practitioners with Valid Practising Certificates by Employment Sector', Table 1
Local definition
Registered dentists holding a valid practising certificate at 31 Dec 2025
Source
Singapore Dental Council: Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Registry entry: sg-sdc-ar2025.
Notes
Table 1: private sector 2,198, public sector 616 (public = restructured hospitals, polyclinics, schools, local universities, ministries, statutory boards).
Metric definition
Dentists reported as practising / on the resident register (narrower than registered) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,814 persons | practising | Comparability A | Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025 | ||
| 2024 | 2,687 persons | active | Comparability B | SingStat Table Builder (population M810001, GDP per capita M015121, university graduates M850511, health personnel M870011, health facilities M870291, services industries M601481) |
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