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Dental hygienists total: Thailand, 2018-who
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Thailand had 17,676 dental hygienists in 2018, according to WHO Global Health Observatory OData API - health workforce for Thailand. Basis: other.
Comparability C Confidence medium
Series break: this series has a documented break (2016). A change across it reflects a change in source or definition, not growth. See Series break below.
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World Health Organization. (2026). Dental hygienists total: Thailand, as of 2018-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dental-hygienists-total/2018-who/
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Record
- Value
- 17,676 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
{"IndicatorCode":"HWF_0012","SpatialDim":"THA","TimeDim":2018,"NumericValue":17676.0,"Comments":"NHWA data portal, December 2025 update"}
Locator: WHO GHO OData API, indicator HWF_0012 'Dental Assistants and Therapists (number)', THA, TimeDim 2018
Local definition
WHO NHWA ISCO-08 3251 dental assistants and therapists
Source
World Health Organization: WHO Global Health Observatory OData API - health workforce (NHWA) for Thailand. Registry entry: th-who-gho.
Notes
Mixed cadre: includes Thai dental nurses/dental public health officers (ทันตาภิบาล, the hygienist/therapist-equivalent) AND chairside dental assistants. Series break 2015 (6,981) -> 2016 (16,654) suggests assistants were added. Use only as an upper bound for hygienist-equivalents.
Metric definition
Dental hygienists (headcount); some markets register oral health therapists instead (see notes) All markets for this metric.
Series break
Series break at 2016 (between 2015 and 2016): WHO NHWA series jumps from 6,981 (2015) to 16,654 (2016), probably because chairside dental assistants were added to the hygienist-equivalent count
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Source blocked why | other | Comparability not rated | WHO Global Health Observatory OData API - health workforce (NHWA) for Thailand | ||
| 2018-who | 17,676 persons | other | Comparability C | WHO Global Health Observatory OData API - health workforce (NHWA) for Thailand |
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