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Dental hygienists total: Taiwan, 2018
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Taiwan: Not applicable for dental hygienists total as of 2018-03-12.
Comparability C Confidence high
Cite this
Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan. (2026). Dental hygienists total: Taiwan, as of 2018-03-12 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-hygienists-total/2018/
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Record
- Value
- Not applicable
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Reason for no figure
- Not applicable (structural): the measure does not exist or does not apply there
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Status
- Current revision
Source 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。
English: 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.
Locator: MOHW statement 2018-03-12, paragraph 2
Local definition
Dental hygienist/oral hygiene personnel: not a licensed category
Source
Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan: MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案), 12 Mar 2018. Registry entry: mohw-tw-press-oral-hygiene-bill-2018.
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.
Metric definition
Dental hygienists (headcount); some markets register oral health therapists instead (see notes) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not applicable why | other | Comparability C | Clinic personnel statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025) | ||
| 2018 | Not applicable why | other | Comparability C | MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act (口腔衛生人員法草案), 12 Mar 2018 |
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