{ "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "Dental Market Radar (dentalmarketradar.com)", "record_count": 33, "link_only_count": 1, "country": "TW", "country_name": "Taiwan", "page": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/markets/tw/", "facts": [ { "id": "tw.chairside_cadcam_installed_base.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "chairside_cadcam_installed_base", "metric_label": "Chairside cadcam installed base", "value": null, "unit": "units", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "not_published", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW statistics list (searched, no dental device series)", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "No national census of chairside CAD/CAM system installed units exists in MOHW/TFDA/TDA public statistics reviewed; only vendor-confidential data. MOHW table 1.6 (hazardous medical equipment counts is table 1.1, not reviewed for dental devices).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/chairside-cadcam-installed-base/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.clear_aligner_cases_annual.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "clear_aligner_cases_annual", "metric_label": "Clear aligner cases annual", "value": null, "unit": "cases", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024", "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)", "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "gap", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "NHIA AR 2023-2024 (searched, none)", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "Orthodontics is self-pay in Taiwan (not billed to NHI), so no insurer data. Align Technology filings report APAC totals only; no Taiwan figure from a primary source was found.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/clear-aligner-cases-annual/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_3d_printer_installed_base.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_3d_printer_installed_base", "metric_label": "Dental 3d printer installed base", "value": null, "unit": "units", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "not_published", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW statistics list (searched, no dental device series)", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "No national census of dental 3D printer installed units exists in MOHW/TFDA/TDA public statistics reviewed; only vendor-confidential data. MOHW table 1.6 (hazardous medical equipment counts is table 1.1, not reviewed for dental devices).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-3d-printer-installed-base/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_clinics_total.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_clinics_total", "metric_label": "Dental clinics total", "value": 7148, "unit": "facilities", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-specialty-114", "source_title": "Clinic specialty statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101851-b064072e-abe2-4b0e-bb33-62fc360d8f7d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "clinic_sp114.csv, column 牙醫一般科, sum over 366 rows", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,家庭醫學科,內科,外科,兒科,婦產科,骨科,神經科,神經外科,泌尿科,耳鼻喉科,眼科,皮膚科,精神科,復健科,麻醉科,放射診斷科,放射腫瘤科,解剖病理科,臨床病理科,核子醫學科,急診醫學科,整形外科,職業醫學科,西醫一般科,牙醫一般科,...\n101,331,12,16,9,14,4,3,1,0,0,14,11,13,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,54,125,...", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, specialties listed (family medicine, internal medicine, ... general dentistry 牙醫一般科 ...). First data row (township 101) shown; 牙醫一般科 = 125 there.", "definition_local": "Clinics listing the specialty 牙醫一般科 (general dentistry); a clinic may list several specialties", "notes": "Proxy: sum of clinics listing a general-dentistry specialty (牙醫一般科) across townships; the dataset has no single dental-clinic count and a clinic may list several specialties. Treat as approximate. SUPERSEDED by tw.dental_clinics_total.2025-x (7,128, MOHW table 1.6, an exact dental-clinic count).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-clinics-total/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_clinics_total.2025-x", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_clinics_total", "metric_label": "Dental clinics total", "value": 7128, "unit": "facilities", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "licensed", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 1 (院所數), row 114 年, last three columns (診所 牙醫 計/公立/非公立)", "quote": "歷 年 醫 療 院 所 數\n單位：家\n年 底 別 | 院所數 | 醫院 合計 | 西醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 中醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 牙醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 診所 合計 | 西醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 中醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立 | 牙醫 計 | 公立 | 非公立\n114 年 | 24546 | 460 | 455 | 81 | 374 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24086 | 12688 | 405 | 12283 | 4270 | 0 | 4270 | 7128 | 1 | 7127", "quote_en": "Historical count of hospitals and clinics, unit: establishments. Row for year 114: total 24,546; hospitals 460; clinics 24,086, of which dental clinics (診所-牙醫-計) 7,128 (1 public, 7,127 non-public).", "definition_local": "Dental clinics (診所 牙醫), licensed establishments at year end", "notes": "Exact count of dental clinics (牙醫診所) at end of ROC 114; 7,127 non-public + 1 public. Supersedes the specialty-column proxy 7,148. Excludes dental clinics operating inside hospitals. Table also shows 1 dental hospital (牙醫醫院) in the hospital block.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-clinics-total/2025-x/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_graduates_annual.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_graduates_annual", "metric_label": "Dental graduates annual", "value": 418, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-07-31", "source_id": "moe-tw-dept-profile", "source_title": "MOE open data: university/college profile by school and department (students, teachers, previous-year graduates), file sdata.csv", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/opendata/sdata.csv", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "derived", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "sdata.csv, rows with 科系名稱=牙醫學系 and 等級別=B 學士, 學年度=114, column 上學年度畢業生數", "quote": "學年度,學校代碼,學校名稱,科系代碼,科系名稱,日間∕進修別,等級別,學生數,教師數,上學年度畢業生數,縣市名稱,體系別\n114,0003,國立臺灣大學,09111137,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,208,18,43,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,0005,國立成功大學,09111130,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,156,7,19,21 臺南市,1 一般\n114,0007,國立陽明交通大學,09111160,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,247,10,43,18 新竹市,1 一般\n114,1019,高雄醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,531,23,89,50 高雄市,1 一般\n114,1028,臺北醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,561,21,91,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,1029,中山醫學大學,09111038,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,477,23,83,19 臺中市,1 一般\n114,1035,中國醫藥大學,09111019,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,319,12,50,19 臺中市,1 一般", "quote_en": "Header and the seven bachelor-level Department of Dentistry rows of academic year 114: columns are academic year, school code and name, department code and name, day/evening, level (B = bachelor), students, teachers, previous-year graduates (43, 19, 43, 89, 91, 83, 50), county, system.", "definition_local": "New graduates of first-degree dentistry (牙醫學系 bachelor) programmes, previous academic year", "notes": "Derived: sum of 上學年度畢業生數 for 牙醫學系, level B 學士, in the 學年度 114 file = graduates of academic year 113 (Aug 2024 - Jul 2025): NTU 43 + NCKU 19 + NYCU 43 + KMU 89 + TMU 91 + CSMU 83 + CMU 50 = 418. Cross-check: graduatesc.csv (dataset 9620) 224 male + 194 female = 418. Prior years by same method: 379 (AY2023/24), 391 (AY2022/23). Taiwan dental degree is a 6-year bachelor; foreign-trained dentists returning to sit the licensing exam are not included. Licences issued to dentists in 2025: 479 (MOHW table 1.4, includes foreign-trained).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-graduates-annual/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_hygienists_total.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_hygienists_total", "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total", "value": null, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114", "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "reported", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "structural", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv header row (no hygienist column)", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).", "definition_local": "No national licensed dental-hygienist category in Taiwan", "notes": "Structural null (DECISIONS L8): dental hygienist is not a licensed profession in Taiwan, so no register count exists. Dental hygienist is not a separate licensed category in the clinic personnel dataset columns reviewed. Confirmed 2026-11-09: also absent from MOHW table 1.7 (end-2025) and table 1.4 (licences issued); MOHW 2018 statement shows the Oral Hygiene Personnel Act was only a draft. Dental assistants are unlicensed. See tw.dental_hygienists_total.2018.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-hygienists-total/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_hygienists_total.2018", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_hygienists_total", "metric_label": "Dental hygienists total", "value": null, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2018-03-12", "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-oral-hygiene-bill-2018", "source_title": "MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案), 12 Mar 2018", "source_publisher": "Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-40127-1.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "structural", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW statement 2018-03-12, paragraph 2", "quote": "除提供現職牙科助理升格為醫事人員之機會，尚強化教、考、訓、用精神，讓口腔衛生學系(科)之畢業生學以致用，協助牙醫師，提供國人更優質之口腔照護。", "quote_en": "Besides giving current dental assistants a chance to be upgraded to registered medical personnel, it strengthens the link between education, examination, training and employment so graduates of oral hygiene departments can assist dentists.", "definition_local": "Dental hygienist/oral hygiene personnel: not a licensed category", "notes": "Structural null (DECISIONS L8): dental hygienist is not a licensed profession in Taiwan, so no register count exists. Taiwan has no licensed dental-hygienist category. MOHW drafted an Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案) to turn existing dental assistants (牙科助理) into registered medical personnel via special exams; the draft passed first reading in 2018 but is not law (per MOHW statements fetched; later status from trade press only). Hence no national headcount exists. Oral-hygiene programmes still graduate people (MOE sdata, AY2024/25 graduates: 口腔衛生學系 bachelor 44, 口腔衛生學科 5-year diploma 105) but these graduates are not licensed.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-hygienists-total/2018/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_public_coverage.2024", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_public_coverage", "metric_label": "Dental public coverage", "value": "NHI (single-payer, universal) covers dentistry as a listed service: extraction, operative dentistry, scaling, root canal and periodontal treatment, delivered through a dental outpatient global budget (paid since 1998 phase-in, universal from 2002). Patient pays a flat NT$50 copayment per dental visit at any level of institution, with no referral rule and no drug copayment for dental visits. Cosmetic and non-therapeutic items (including dentures per the NHI Act exclusion list) are outside NHI; no NHI coverage of implants or clear aligners was found in the sources read.", "unit": "text", "as_of": "2024-12-31", "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024", "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)", "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "AR 2023-2024, p.33 Table 3-2 and text (bilingual); p.37 Global Budget Payment System", "quote": "However, dental care and traditional Chinese medicine incur a fixed NT$50 copayment regardless of the level of care.\nCurrently NHI offers the following healthcare services: outpatient care, hospitalization, traditional Chinese medicine, dentistry, childbirth, rehabilitation, home care, and chronic psychiatric rehabilitation.", "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "What NHI pays for in dental care and patient copayment", "notes": "Composed from NHIA Annual Report 2023-2024 (copayment, services list, global budget) plus the 2020-21 Handbook record (tw.dental_public_coverage.2020) for exclusions. The statement about implants/aligners is absence of evidence in fetched documents; the NHI fee schedule chapter 3 (dental treatment) was skimmed and had no implant or orthodontic items but was not read in full. The 2024 dental outpatient budget is NT$52.037 billion (MOHW press).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-public-coverage/2024/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_public_coverage.2020", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_public_coverage", "metric_label": "Dental public coverage", "value": "NHI covers dental care with a cap on repeat services (tooth extraction, operative dentistry and therapeutic scaling each limited to 6 times per 30 days; root canal 60 days per course). Items outside NHI include dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient. Low and middle-low income seniors (65+; indigenous 55+) can get a local-government denture subsidy of NT$15,000-40,000 under a separate MOHW programme (not NHI).", "unit": "text", "as_of": "2020-12-31", "source_id": "nhia-tw-handbook-2020-2021", "source_title": "Handbook of Taiwan's National Health Insurance 2020-2021", "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.nhi.gov.tw/en/dl-8-1899d571eebf4241b538c5411d610168-2.pdf", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "Handbook p.42-48 (Chapter 6 reimbursed services; list of services not covered, item 11)", "quote": "2. Dental Care: From the first day of treatment,\n(1) Tooth extraction and related therapy ― not more than 6 times within 30 days.\n(2) Operative dentistry in the same part of the mouth ― not more than 6 times within 30 days.\n(3) Therapeutic scaling ― not more than 6 times within 30 days.\n(4) Root canal in the same part of the mouth ― 60 days constitutes one course of treatment.\n11. Dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, canes, and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient.", "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "NHI-covered dental services and statutory exclusions", "notes": "The denture subsidy detail comes from the MOHW subsidy plan (https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-52644-a5433cdf-cab3-4a61-bdba-435fff0defbf.html, revised 2018-03-27), fetched 2026-11-09; amounts are per its Appendix as summarised by search, appendices not read directly, treat as indicative. NHI periodontal coverage per MOHW press 2013 (cp-3210-23599-1): scaling, emergency periodontal care, subgingival curettage and gingivectomy covered; periodontal laser, guided tissue regeneration and cosmetic periodontics not covered.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-public-coverage/2020/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_schools_total.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_schools_total", "metric_label": "Dental schools total", "value": 7, "unit": "schools", "as_of": "2025-10-15", "source_id": "moe-tw-dept-profile", "source_title": "MOE open data: university/college profile by school and department (students, teachers, previous-year graduates), file sdata.csv", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/opendata/sdata.csv", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "derived", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "sdata.csv, rows with 科系名稱=牙醫學系 and 等級別=B 學士, 學年度=114 (7 rows)", "quote": "學年度,學校代碼,學校名稱,科系代碼,科系名稱,日間∕進修別,等級別,學生數,教師數,上學年度畢業生數,縣市名稱,體系別\n114,0003,國立臺灣大學,09111137,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,208,18,43,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,0005,國立成功大學,09111130,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,156,7,19,21 臺南市,1 一般\n114,0007,國立陽明交通大學,09111160,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,247,10,43,18 新竹市,1 一般\n114,1019,高雄醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,531,23,89,50 高雄市,1 一般\n114,1028,臺北醫學大學,09111044,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,561,21,91,30 臺北市,1 一般\n114,1029,中山醫學大學,09111038,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,477,23,83,19 臺中市,1 一般\n114,1035,中國醫藥大學,09111019,牙醫學系,D 日,B 學士,319,12,50,19 臺中市,1 一般", "quote_en": "Header and the seven bachelor-level Department of Dentistry rows of academic year 114, one per school (NTU, NCKU, NYCU, KMU, TMU, CSMU, CMU).", "definition_local": "Schools running a first-degree 牙醫學系 bachelor programme in MOE records", "notes": "Derived: count of distinct schools with a 牙醫學系 bachelor-level (B 學士) department in academic year 114 = 7 (NTU, NCKU, NYCU, KMU, TMU, CSMU, CMU). Same 7 in academic years 112 and 113. Chang Gung and Tzu Chi appear only with oral-science graduate institutes. MOHW (2019 statement based on 2018) said 8 dental schools; that older figure is not reconciled. NCKU has 156 students and 19 graduates, so is a smaller or newer programme.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-schools-total/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_schools_total.2018", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_schools_total", "metric_label": "Dental schools total", "value": 8, "unit": "schools", "as_of": "2018-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-oral-hygiene-bill-2018", "source_title": "MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案), 12 Mar 2018", "source_publisher": "Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-2704-48087-1.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "medium", "method": "reported", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW Department of Mental and Oral Health statement, 2019-06-24 (page cp-2704-48087-1), paragraph 1", "quote": "台灣每年已有約420名左右之畢業生投入牙科醫療市場，單就國內8所牙醫院系每年所培育的牙醫人力足以提供目前牙醫人力市場的需求。", "quote_en": "About 420 graduates a year enter the dental market in Taiwan; the 8 domestic dental schools alone train enough dentists for current demand.", "definition_local": "Domestic dental schools/departments (牙醫院系)", "notes": "Older MOHW statement (published 2019-06-24, referring to 2018 survey data). Differs from the MOE-derived 7 for 2025; school list behind the MOHW figure is not given. Kept for history; prefer the 2025 record.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-schools-total/2018/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_spend_total_usd.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_spend_total_usd", "metric_label": "Total dental spend (US$)", "value": null, "unit": "USD", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-nhi-budget-2024", "source_title": "MOHW press release approving 2024 NHI global budget incl. dental outpatient budget", "source_publisher": "MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-76820-1.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "not_published", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW press 2024 NHI budget, paragraph 1", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "Only the NHI dental outpatient budget (NT$52.037 billion, 2024) is public; total dental spending including self-pay (implants, orthodontics, dentures, cosmetic) is not published in sources fetched. Not converted to USD to avoid presenting a payer budget as total spend. See Proposed metrics.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-spend-total-usd/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_technicians_total", "metric_label": "Dental technicians total", "value": 238, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114", "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "medium", "method": "derived", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv + hos_personnel_114.csv, column 牙體技術師, sums 149 + 89", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4\n(hospital file) 鄉鎮市區碼,醫院家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,5,1979,329,12,77,98,2,95,2,93,0,1066,86,2,2,14,31,3,15,1,13,0,17,9,7,0,0,2,3", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).", "definition_local": "Registered dental technicians (牙體技術師) working in clinics and hospitals only", "notes": "Derived: 牙體技術師 149 in clinics + 89 in hospitals. Excludes 牙體技術生 (technician trainees: 8 + 8). Laboratory-based technicians outside clinics and hospitals are not covered, so this is a floor, not a national total. SUPERSEDED for national totals by tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x (1,981 in all institutions, MOHW table 1.7).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-technicians-total/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_technicians_total", "metric_label": "Dental technicians total", "value": 1981, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "superseded", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 1, row 總　計, column 牙體技術師", "quote": "機 構 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n單位：人\n醫事人員 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | 藥師 | 藥劑生 | 醫事檢驗師 | 醫事檢驗生 | 醫事放射師 | 醫事放射士 | 護理師 | 護士 | 助產師 | 助產士 | 醫事人員 | 鑲牙生 | 營養師 | 物理治療師 | 物理治療生 | 職能治療師 | 職能治療生 | 臨床心理師 | 諮商心理師 | 呼吸治療師 | 語言治療師 | 聽力師 | 牙體技術師 | 牙體技術生 | 驗光師 | 驗光生\n總　計 | 377484 | 56405 | 8234 | 16968 | 32523 | 5061 | 10601 | 119 | 7780 | 58 | 180559 | 15488 | 136 | 80 | 總　計 | 26 | 4045 | 9138 | 1577 | 4984 | 161 | 2368 | 4436 | 2456 | 2058 | 519 | 1981 | 798 | 4523 | 4402", "quote_en": "Practising medical personnel in institutions by county/city, end of ROC 114, unit: persons. Header row then the national total row (cells joined with \" | \"); 牙醫師 (dentists) = 16,968; 牙體技術師 (dental technicians) = 1,981; 牙體技術生 (technician trainees) = 798.", "definition_local": "Dental technicians (牙體技術師) practising in medical institutions, end ROC 114; excludes trainees (牙體技術生)", "notes": "Practising 牙體技術師 in all registered medical institutions, which include dental technician offices (牙體技術所) as well as clinics and hospitals (238 of the 1,981 are in clinics+hospitals per the open datasets). A further 798 牙體技術生 (trainee category, exams discontinued from 2014) practise but are excluded. That dental technician offices are counted in this table is inferred from the 238 vs 1,981 gap, not stated in the file.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-technicians-total/2025-x/" }, { "id": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x", "country": "TW", "metric": "dental_technicians_total", "metric_label": "Dental technicians total", "value": 1981, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "practising: licensed technicians only (trainees excluded)", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 2, "supersedes": "tw.dental_technicians_total.2025-x@1", "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 1, row 總　計, column 牙體技術師", "quote": "機 構 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n單位：人\n醫事人員 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | 藥師 | 藥劑生 | 醫事檢驗師 | 醫事檢驗生 | 醫事放射師 | 醫事放射士 | 護理師 | 護士 | 助產師 | 助產士 | 醫事人員 | 鑲牙生 | 營養師 | 物理治療師 | 物理治療生 | 職能治療師 | 職能治療生 | 臨床心理師 | 諮商心理師 | 呼吸治療師 | 語言治療師 | 聽力師 | 牙體技術師 | 牙體技術生 | 驗光師 | 驗光生\n總　計 | 377484 | 56405 | 8234 | 16968 | 32523 | 5061 | 10601 | 119 | 7780 | 58 | 180559 | 15488 | 136 | 80 | 總　計 | 26 | 4045 | 9138 | 1577 | 4984 | 161 | 2368 | 4436 | 2456 | 2058 | 519 | 1981 | 798 | 4523 | 4402", "quote_en": "Practising medical personnel in institutions by county/city, end of ROC 114, unit: persons. Header row then the national total row (cells joined with \" | \"); 牙醫師 (dentists) = 16,968; 牙體技術師 (dental technicians) = 1,981; 牙體技術生 (technician trainees) = 798.", "definition_local": "Dental technicians (牙體技術師) practising in medical institutions, end ROC 114; excludes trainees (牙體技術生)", "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: licensed technicians only; technician trainees (牙體技術生) are excluded. Practising 牙體技術師 in all registered medical institutions, which include dental technician offices (牙體技術所) as well as clinics and hospitals (238 of the 1,981 are in clinics+hospitals per the open datasets). A further 798 牙體技術生 (trainee category, exams discontinued from 2014) practise but are excluded. That dental technician offices are counted in this table is inferred from the 238 vs 1,981 gap, not stated in the file.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-technicians-total/2025-x/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_in_clinics.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_in_clinics", "metric_label": "Dentists in clinics", "value": 14754, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114", "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "derived", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "superseded", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv, column 牙醫師, sum over 366 rows", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).", "definition_local": "Dentists (牙醫師) practising in clinics (診所), counted by township", "notes": "Sum of 牙醫師 across 366 township rows, ROC-year-114 clinic personnel dataset (24,086 clinics of all types). Clinic-based only; excludes hospital dentists. Reference date within ROC 114 assumed year-end; file does not state it. Sum re-run 2026-11-09 from the downloaded CSV: 14,754 (matches).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-in-clinics/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_in_clinics.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_in_clinics", "metric_label": "Dentists in clinics", "value": 14754, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114", "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "derived", "scope": "practising: clinic-based only", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 2, "supersedes": "tw.dentists_in_clinics.2025@1", "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv, column 牙醫師, sum over 366 rows", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).", "definition_local": "Dentists (牙醫師) practising in clinics (診所), counted by township", "notes": "Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: clinic-based dentists only; hospital dentists are excluded. Sum of 牙醫師 across 366 township rows, ROC-year-114 clinic personnel dataset (24,086 clinics of all types). Clinic-based only; excludes hospital dentists. Reference date within ROC 114 assumed year-end; file does not state it. Sum re-run 2026-11-09 from the downloaded CSV: 14,754 (matches).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-in-clinics/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_per_100k.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_per_100k", "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population", "value": 72.8, "unit": "per 100,000", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114", "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "medium", "method": "derived", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "derived from dentists_total / population", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101).", "definition_local": "Practising dentists per 100,000 registered population", "notes": "Derived: 16,968 / 23,299,132 x 100,000 = 72.8 (see dentists_total and population records). MOHW table 1.7 sheet 2 independently gives 7.2826747 per 10,000 (= 72.83 per 100,000).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-per-100k/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_per_100k.2025-x", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_per_100k", "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population", "value": 72.83, "unit": "per 100,000", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "derived", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 2, row 總　計, column 牙醫師 (per 10,000)", "quote": "機 構 每 萬 人 口 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n醫事人員 | 年底人口數 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | ...\n總　計 | 23299132 | 162.01633605921455 | 24.209056371713761 | 3.5340372336617518 | 7.2826747365524174 | ...", "quote_en": "Per-10,000-population table, end of ROC 114. Header then national total row; 牙醫師 column = 7.2826747 per 10,000.", "definition_local": "Practising dentists in institutions per 10,000 year-end population", "notes": "Derived: MOHW reports 7.2826747365524174 practising dentists per 10,000 population; x10 = 72.83 per 100,000 (rounded to 2 decimals).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-per-100k/2025-x/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_per_100k", "metric_label": "Dentists per 100,000 population", "value": 72.8, "unit": "per 100,000", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "tw-moi-ris-pop", "source_title": "Household registration population statistics, open data API ODRP019 (ROC year 114)", "source_publisher": "Department of Household Registration, Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.ris.gov.tw/rs-opendata/api/v1/datastore/ODRP019/114?page=1", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "medium", "method": "derived", "scope": "other", "basis": "practising", "headline": true, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [ "tw.dentists_practising.2025", "tw.population.2025" ], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "numerator tw.dentists_practising.2025; denominator tw.population.2025", "quote": "{\"statistic_yyy\":\"114\",\"district_code\":\"65000010001\",\"site_id\":\"新北市板橋區\",\"village\":\"留侯里\",\"household_ordinary_total\":\"448\",\"household_business_total\":\"0\",\"household_single_total\":\"293\",\"household_ordinary_m\":\"649\",\"household_business_m\":\"0\",\"household_single_m\":\"139\",\"household_ordinary_f\":\"699\",\"household_business_f\":\"0\",\"household_single_f\":\"154\"}", "quote_en": "First API record (village-level), fields: household totals and male/female counts for ordinary, business and single-person households. The total is the sum of all male and female fields over all 7,752 villages.", "definition_local": "Headline rate (DECISIONS L4): practising dentists / Ministry of the Interior household-registration population. L5 EXCEPTION: Taiwan has no World Bank series, so the national denominator is used.", "notes": "Derived: 16,968 / 23,299,132 x 100,000 = 72.8. Cannot follow L5 (no World Bank population for Taiwan); denominator is the national registration population, same year. Labelled comparability B for this reason.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-per-100k/2025-hl/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_practising.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_practising", "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)", "value": 16968, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 1 (醫事人員數), row 總　計, column 牙醫師", "quote": "機 構 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n單位：人\n醫事人員 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | 藥師 | 藥劑生 | 醫事檢驗師 | 醫事檢驗生 | 醫事放射師 | 醫事放射士 | 護理師 | 護士 | 助產師 | 助產士 | 醫事人員 | 鑲牙生 | 營養師 | 物理治療師 | 物理治療生 | 職能治療師 | 職能治療生 | 臨床心理師 | 諮商心理師 | 呼吸治療師 | 語言治療師 | 聽力師 | 牙體技術師 | 牙體技術生 | 驗光師 | 驗光生\n總　計 | 377484 | 56405 | 8234 | 16968 | 32523 | 5061 | 10601 | 119 | 7780 | 58 | 180559 | 15488 | 136 | 80 | 總　計 | 26 | 4045 | 9138 | 1577 | 4984 | 161 | 2368 | 4436 | 2456 | 2058 | 519 | 1981 | 798 | 4523 | 4402", "quote_en": "Practising medical personnel in institutions by county/city, end of ROC 114, unit: persons. Header row then the national total row (cells joined with \" | \"); 牙醫師 (dentists) = 16,968; 牙體技術師 (dental technicians) = 1,981; 牙體技術生 (technician trainees) = 798.", "definition_local": "Dentists (牙醫師) registered as practising in a medical institution (機構執業醫事人員), end of ROC year 114", "notes": "MOHW official count of dentists practising in medical institutions at end-2025. Identical to the sum of the clinic (14,754) and hospital (2,214) open datasets. Licensed-but-not-practising dentists are not included.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-practising/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dentists_total.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dentists_total", "metric_label": "Dentists (total)", "value": 16968, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-clinic-personnel-114", "source_title": "Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101850-e55388e0-b920-486f-b95b-4f825402a81d.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "medium", "method": "derived", "scope": "practising", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "B", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "clinic_personnel_114.csv + hos_personnel_114.csv, column 牙醫師, sums 14,754 + 2,214", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,診所家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,331,1338,278,73,249,70,10,13,0,10,0,402,98,0,0,12,47,5,12,0,11,22,0,8,0,0,0,14,4\n(hospital file) 鄉鎮市區碼,醫院家數,醫事人員總計,西醫師,中醫師,牙醫師,藥師,藥劑生,醫事檢驗師,醫事檢驗生,醫事放射師,醫事放射士,護理師,護士,助產師,助產士,營養師,物理治療師,物理治療生,職能治療師,職能治療生,臨床心理師,諮商心理師,呼吸治療師,語言治療師,聽力師,牙體技術師,牙體技術生,驗光師,驗光生\n101,5,1979,329,12,77,98,2,95,2,93,0,1066,86,2,2,14,31,3,15,1,13,0,17,9,7,0,0,2,3", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of clinics, total medical personnel, physicians, TCM practitioners, dentists (牙醫師), pharmacists, ... dental technicians (牙體技術師), dental technician trainees (牙體技術生), optometrists, optometry trainees. First data row shown (township 101). Hospital file has the same columns with 醫院家數 in place of 診所家數.", "definition_local": "Dentists practising in clinics plus hospitals (institution-based practising headcount)", "notes": "Derived: 14,754 dentists in clinics + 2,214 dentists in hospitals (hos_personnel_114.csv, https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101848-66ebc291-6bba-45b4-85ea-96a5ec2add02.html). A dentist employed at more than one institution may be counted more than once; reference date within ROC 114 assumed year-end. Cross-check 2026-11-09: MOHW table 1.7 (end of ROC 114) reports 牙醫師 16,968 practising in institutions, identical. This is practising headcount, not cumulative licences; no licensed-but-not-practising count was found.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dentists-total/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.dso_clinic_share_pct.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "dso_clinic_share_pct", "metric_label": "DSO share of dental clinics (%)", "value": null, "unit": "percent", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "not_published", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 1, row 114 年, dental clinic public/non-public", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "No ownership-form split of dental clinics is published. MOHW table 1.6 splits clinics public/non-public only (dental: 1 public, 7,127 non-public). Chain/corporate dental groups exist but no official count.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dso-clinic-share-pct/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.gdp_per_capita_usd.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "gdp_per_capita_usd", "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)", "value": 39515, "unit": "USD", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "dgbas-tw-news-2026-10", "source_title": "DGBAS national income news release, 30 Oct 2026: key economic indicators incl. per-capita GDP", "source_publisher": "Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS, 行政院主計總處), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://ws.dgbas.gov.tw/001/Upload/463/relfile/10980/236826/news11510.pdf", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "news11510.pdf p.4, Table 1 row 114年", "quote": "實質 | 經濟成長率 | 平均每人GDP | 平均每人GNI | 消費者物價上升率\n(新臺幣百萬元) | saqr | saar | yoy | 新臺幣元 | 美元 | 新臺幣元 | 美元\n114年 25,873,537 － － 8.76 1,230,035 39,515 1,264,890 40,626 1.66", "quote_en": "Table 1 (key economic indicators): row 114年: real GDP NT$25,873,537 million; growth 8.76%; per-capita GDP NT$1,230,035 = US$39,515; per-capita GNI NT$1,264,890 = US$40,626; CPI +1.66%.", "definition_local": "Nominal GDP divided by mid-year population, converted to US$ at DGBAS annual average rate", "notes": "DGBAS per-capita GDP for ROC 114 (2025) at current prices converted at DGBAS average exchange rate; NT$1,230,035. Revised figure; the Feb 2026 preliminary release gave 39,477 per trade press (not fetched).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/gdp-per-capita-usd/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept", "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department", "value": 188, "unit": "facilities", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-hospital-specialty-114", "source_title": "Hospital specialty statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-101849-767602cf-f8c7-4c25-8154-689da9066742.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "hos_sp114.csv, column 牙醫一般科, sum over 159 rows", "quote": "鄉鎮市區碼,醫院家數,家庭醫學科,內科,外科,兒科,婦產科,骨科,神經科,神經外科,泌尿科,耳鼻喉科,眼科,皮膚科,精神科,復健科,麻醉科,放射診斷科,放射腫瘤科,解剖病理科,臨床病理科,核子醫學科,急診醫學科,整形外科,職業醫學科,西醫一般科,牙醫一般科,...\n101,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,1,3,1,1,3,2,2,2,4,1,...", "quote_en": "Columns: township code, number of hospitals, specialties listed (... general dentistry 牙醫一般科 ...). First data row (township 101) shown.", "definition_local": "Hospitals listing the specialty 牙醫一般科 (general dentistry)", "notes": "Proxy: hospitals listing a general-dentistry specialty (牙醫一般科), of 460 hospitals; other dental specialty columns overlap. Treat as lower-bound approximation. Re-run 2026-11-09: 牙醫一般科 sums to 188; the largest other dental column is 口腔顎面外科 65; union cannot be computed from township aggregates. Total hospitals 460 agrees with MOHW table 1.6.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.implant_procedures_annual.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "implant_procedures_annual", "metric_label": "Implant procedures annual", "value": null, "unit": "procedures", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024", "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)", "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "gap", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "NHIA AR 2023-2024 (searched, no implant series)", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "Searched NHIA annual report, MOHW statistics tables and web search (2026-11-09). Implants are self-pay and not billed to NHI, so insurer claims give no count; no MOHW or association national count found. Implant makers and TDA surveys not accessible.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/implant-procedures-annual/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.ios_installed_base.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "ios_installed_base", "metric_label": "Intraoral scanners installed", "value": null, "unit": "units", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-count-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73289-1ae44af8-8716-4a51-9012-aeb216ea1510.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "not_published", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW statistics list (searched, no dental device series)", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "No national census of intraoral scanner installed units exists in MOHW/TFDA/TDA public statistics reviewed; only vendor-confidential data. MOHW table 1.6 (hazardous medical equipment counts is table 1.1, not reviewed for dental devices).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/ios-installed-base/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "oral_appliance_reimbursement", "metric_label": "Oral appliance reimbursement", "value": null, "unit": "text", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "nhia-tw-annual-report-2023-2024", "source_title": "NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)", "source_publisher": "National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://media.nhi.gov.tw/md/dl-51894-9eb2e73944774f9bb537d544a83115af-3.pdf", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "other", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "gap", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "NHIA AR 2023-2024 and dental fee schedule chapter 3 (searched)", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "NHI reimbursement of oral appliances for OSA", "notes": "No NHI payment item for mandibular advancement / oral appliances for sleep apnea found in NHIA annual report or fee-schedule dental chapter skimmed; only trade-press says NHI covers surgery. Not verified against NHI medical-service payment standard (non-dental chapters, device codes). Treat as unknown, probable self-pay.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "osa_prevalence_adult_pct", "metric_label": "Adult OSA prevalence (%)", "value": null, "unit": "percent", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "chou-2023-nss-osa-taiwan", "source_title": "Chou et al. 2023, Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea using home sleep test in Taiwan, Nature and Science of Sleep 15:1107-1116", "source_publisher": "Dove Medical Press (peer-reviewed journal)", "source_url": "https://www.dovepress.com/prevalence-of-obstructive-sleep-apnea-using-home-sleep-test-in-taiwan--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NSS", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "series_break": null, "restricted": true, "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.", "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.population.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "population", "metric_label": "Population", "value": 23299132, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "tw-moi-ris-pop", "source_title": "Household registration population statistics, open data API ODRP019 (ROC year 114)", "source_publisher": "Department of Household Registration, Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.ris.gov.tw/rs-opendata/api/v1/datastore/ODRP019/114?page=1", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "derived", "scope": "registered", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "ODRP019/114 pages 1-4, fields household_*_m + household_*_f", "quote": "{\"statistic_yyy\":\"114\",\"district_code\":\"65000010001\",\"site_id\":\"新北市板橋區\",\"village\":\"留侯里\",\"household_ordinary_total\":\"448\",\"household_business_total\":\"0\",\"household_single_total\":\"293\",\"household_ordinary_m\":\"649\",\"household_business_m\":\"0\",\"household_single_m\":\"139\",\"household_ordinary_f\":\"699\",\"household_business_f\":\"0\",\"household_single_f\":\"154\"}", "quote_en": "First API record (village-level), fields: household totals and male/female counts for ordinary, business and single-person households. The total is the sum of all male and female fields over all 7,752 villages.", "definition_local": "Registered (household registration) population of Taiwan, end ROC 114", "notes": "Derived: sum of male and female registered population across 7,752 village rows (4 API pages), ROC year 114. Matches the MOI figure for end-December 2025 reported by news; MOI page itself gives only age-group totals. Same total 23,299,132 appears as year-end population in MOHW table 1.7 sheet 2 (see tw.population.2025-x).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/population/2025/" }, { "id": "tw.population.2025-x", "country": "TW", "metric": "population", "metric_label": "Population", "value": 23299132, "unit": "persons", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-stat-institution-personnel-114", "source_title": "MOHW public-service statistics table 1.7: practising medical personnel in institutions and per 10,000 population, by county/city, end of ROC 114 (2025)", "source_publisher": "Department of Statistics, MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-73291-c9f551df-f78a-41ab-a554-addf890c8369.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "high", "method": "reported", "scope": "registered", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "A", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": null, "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "xlsx sheet 2 (每萬人口醫事人員數), row 總　計, column 年底人口數", "quote": "機 構 每 萬 人 口 執 業 醫 事 人 員 數 ─ 按 縣 市 別 分\n民國114年底\n醫事人員 | 年底人口數 | 合計 | 西醫師 | 中醫師 | 牙醫師 | ...\n總　計 | 23299132 | 162.01633605921455 | 24.209056371713761 | 3.5340372336617518 | 7.2826747365524174 | ...", "quote_en": "Per-10,000-population table, end of ROC 114. Header then national total row: year-end population 23,299,132; dentists per 10,000 = 7.2826747.", "definition_local": "Year-end population of Taiwan (household registration)", "notes": "Year-end population denominator used by MOHW (MOI household registration). Same value as the village-level API sum.", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/population/2025-x/" }, { "id": "tw.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2025", "country": "TW", "metric": "self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct", "metric_label": "Self-pay share of dental spend (%)", "value": null, "unit": "percent", "as_of": "2025-12-31", "source_id": "mohw-tw-press-nhi-budget-2024", "source_title": "MOHW press release approving 2024 NHI global budget incl. dental outpatient budget", "source_publisher": "MOHW, Taiwan", "source_url": "https://mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-76820-1.html", "accessed": "2026-11-09", "confidence": "low", "method": "estimate", "scope": "estimate", "basis": null, "headline": false, "comparability": "C", "revision": 1, "supersedes": null, "status": "current", "null_reason": "blocked_source", "subgroup": null, "derived_from": [], "conversion": null, "series_break": null, "locator": "MOHW press 2024 NHI budget, paragraph 1", "quote": null, "quote_en": null, "definition_local": "No official or peer-reviewed national figure located", "notes": "MOHW National Health Expenditure report for 2023 exists (published Feb 2025) but the PDF link returned 404 and the dental-by-financing split was not located. Known: NHI dental outpatient global budget 2024 = NT$52.037 billion (payer budget only).", "restricted": false, "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2025/" } ] }