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Dental schools total: Taiwan, 2018

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Taiwan had 8 dental schools in 2018, according to Department of Mental and Oral Health MOHW press statement on the draft Oral Hygiene Personnel Act, 12 Mar 2018. Basis: other.

Comparability B Confidence medium

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Department of Mental and Oral Health, MOHW, Taiwan. (2026). Dental schools total: Taiwan, as of 2018-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-schools-total/2018/

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Record

Value
8 schools
Unit
schools
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
Status
Current revision

Source 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。

English: About 420 graduates a year enter the dental market in Taiwan; the 8 domestic dental schools alone train enough dentists for current demand.

Locator: MOHW Department of Mental and Oral Health statement, 2019-06-24 (page cp-2704-48087-1), paragraph 1

Local definition

Domestic dental schools/departments (牙醫院系)

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

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.

Metric definition

Number of dental schools / faculties granting a first dental degree (DDS/DMD/BDS equivalent) All markets for this metric.

History

Dental schools total in Taiwan: current records by yearDental schools total in Taiwan: current records by year. schools; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: Department of Mental and Oral Health MOHW press statement…; MOE open data. Dental Market Radar.Dental schools total in Taiwan: current records by yearschools; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break2018: 882025: 7720182025Sources: Department of Mental and Oral Health MOHW press statement…; MOE open data. DentalMarket Radar.
Current records on the same basis (other). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dental schools total, Taiwan, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
20257 schoolsotherComparability AMOE open data: university/college profile by school and department (students, teachers, previous-year graduates), file sdata.csv
20188 schoolsotherComparability BMOHW 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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