Fact · Facilities
Hospitals with a dental department: Thailand, 2020
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Thailand had 899 hospitals with a dental department in 2020, according to Frontiers in Public Health Sitthisettapong T, Tasanarong P, Phantumvanit P. Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand. Basis: other (MOPH hospitals only).
Comparability C Confidence medium
Cite this
Frontiers in Public Health (peer-reviewed). (2026). Hospitals with a dental department: Thailand, as of 2020-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2020/
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Record
- Value
- 899 facilities
- Scope qualifier
- MOPH hospitals only
- Unit
- facilities
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 2
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other: MOPH hospitals only
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric; 1 earlier revision is kept below
Source quote
Oral healthcare is mainly provided by dentists and dental therapists working in 899 government hospitals and 9,769 sub-district primary health centers (health promoting hospitals) located countrywide (8).
Locator: p.2, section 'Healthcare delivery system in Thailand'; ref. 8 = MOPH Health Administration Division, Directory of Government Health Service under MOPH 2020 (phdb.moph.go.th)
Local definition
Government (MOPH) hospitals in which dentists and dental therapists provide oral healthcare, per the MOPH 2020 directory of government health service units
Source
Frontiers in Public Health (peer-reviewed): Sitthisettapong T, Tasanarong P, Phantumvanit P. Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand: A Critical Overview. Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541. Registry entry: th-frontiers-ecc2021.
Notes
Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: MOPH government hospitals only; university, military, other-ministry, BMA and private hospitals are excluded, and the count is of MOPH hospitals, not audited dental departments. Comparability lowered B to C. Peer-reviewed Perspective (Sitthisettapong, Tasanarong, Phantumvanit, Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541). The 899 is the count of MOPH government hospitals in the 2020 MOPH directory, which the authors state are where dentists provide oral care; it is not an audited count of hospital dental departments. Covers MOPH hospitals only (regional, general, community); excludes university, military, other-ministry, BMA and private hospitals with dental departments, so it understates the all-hospital total. Comparable order of magnitude: NSO SYB 2025 Table 5.8 lists 947 MOPH hospitals with beds in 2023. Directory source phdb.moph.go.th did not respond.
Metric definition
Hospitals with a dental department All markets for this metric.
Revisions
Earlier revisions of this figure stay on record for citation. They are never deleted.
Revision 1 (superseded)
- Value
- 899 facilities
- Unit
- facilities
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Oral healthcare is mainly provided by dentists and dental therapists working in 899 government hospitals and 9,769 sub-district primary health centers (health promoting hospitals) located countrywide (8).
Locator: p.2, section 'Healthcare delivery system in Thailand'; ref. 8 = MOPH Health Administration Division, Directory of Government Health Service under MOPH 2020 (phdb.moph.go.th)
Source: Sitthisettapong T, Tasanarong P, Phantumvanit P. Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand: A Critical Overview. Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541. Registry entry: th-frontiers-ecc2021.
Local definition: Government (MOPH) hospitals in which dentists and dental therapists provide oral healthcare, per the MOPH 2020 directory of government health service units
Notes: Peer-reviewed Perspective (Sitthisettapong, Tasanarong, Phantumvanit, Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541). The 899 is the count of MOPH government hospitals in the 2020 MOPH directory, which the authors state are where dentists provide oral care; it is not an audited count of hospital dental departments. Covers MOPH hospitals only (regional, general, community); excludes university, military, other-ministry, BMA and private hospitals with dental departments, so it understates the all-hospital total. Comparable order of magnitude: NSO SYB 2025 Table 5.8 lists 947 MOPH hospitals with beds in 2023. Directory source phdb.moph.go.th did not respond.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Source blocked why | other | Comparability not rated | Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book) | ||
| 2020 | 899 facilities | other (MOPH hospitals only) | Comparability C | Sitthisettapong T, Tasanarong P, Phantumvanit P. Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand: A Critical Overview. Front. Public Health 2021;9:664541 |
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