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Dental clinics total: market comparison
Dental clinics (facility count)
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Across 8 of 12 markets with a value, the highest lead value for dental clinics total is Japan at 66,378 facilities and the lowest is United Arab Emirates at 70 facilities. Bases differ by market, so read the comparability rating beside each value.
Key points
- Japan had 66,378 registered dental clinics in 2024, according to MHLW Survey of Medical Institutions 2024. It is the highest lead value among the markets.
- There is no official UAE-wide count of dental clinics. In Dubai alone, the DHA licensed 70 dental clinics in 2025, according to Government of Dubai Media Office. It is the lowest lead value among the markets.
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Definition
Dental clinics (facility count) Unit: facilities. Category: Facilities.
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Comparison table
| Market | Lead value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Calculation | Source | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 66,378 facilities | registered | Comparability A | Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results) | Value | ||
| South Korea | 19,254 facilities | registered | Comparability A | Providers by year (연도별 요양기관 현황), NHIS management disclosure | Value | ||
| Taiwan | 7,128 facilities | licensed | Comparability A | MOHW public-service statistics table 1.6: number of hospitals and clinics, beds, by year; end of ROC 114 (2025) | Value | ||
| Thailand | 6,639 facilities | licensed (private clinics only) | Comparability B | Dental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts) | Value | ||
| Malaysia | 6,228 facilities (stale) | registered (MOH service points + registered private clinics; excludes mobile and community clinics) | Comparability B | Derived. Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: MOH dental service points plus private clinics registered with the Medical Practice division; excludes mobile clinics, mobile teams and community dental clinics. Derived: 2,706 MOH (63… | Petunjuk Kesihatan / Health Indicators 2022 | Value (stale) | |
| New Zealand | 2,724 facilities | other (economically significant units only; excludes public school/community clinics) | Comparability B | Derived. Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: economically significant geographic units only; public school and community dental clinics are excluded. Derived: sum of 65 territorial authorities = 2,724 (Auckland 1,014;… | Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand, by territorial authority, Feb 2025, number of geographic units (Stats NZ business demography, republished) | Value | |
| Singapore | 1,297 facilities | other | Comparability A | Derived. Derived: public 251 + private 1,046. Reference date within year not stated. 2024: 250 + 1,022 = 1,272; 2023: 245 + 1,079 = 1,324. | Health Facilities (public/private dental clinics) | Value | |
| United Arab Emirates | 70 facilities | licensed (Dubai (DHA) only) | Comparability C | Dubai Media Office: Dubai's healthcare ecosystem posts record growth in 2025 (2026-02-18), DHA statistics | Value | ||
| Vietnam | Source blocked why No reliable figure found. Checked: MOH Decision 5628/QĐ-BYT, NSO press releases and yearbook pages (health chapter counts hospitals/commune stations, no dental clinic line), peer-reviewed HCMC… | other | Comparability not rated | Decision 5628/QĐ-BYT (2021): Project to improve odonto-stomatology treatment capacity and oral-health care 2021-2030 | Not available | ||
| Australia | Not published why No reliable figure found: no official or registry count of dental practice sites exists in Australia. Ahpra registers practitioners, not premises; ABS CABEE counts businesses by ABN (see… | other | Comparability C | Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, July 2021 - June 2025, Data cube 2 | Not available | ||
| Saudi Arabia | No figure found why No reliable figure found. In 2023 the private sector had 3,827 medical complexes (MOH yearbook Table 2-34), not split by specialty; many private dental clinics are licensed as complexes. MOH ran 44… | other | Comparability C | Statistical Yearbook 2023 (bilingual Arabic/English, 1445H) | Not available | ||
| Qatar | No figure found why No reliable figure found. NPC Table 107 counts 576 'Private Sector Clinics' in 2025, footnoted as 'Including private medical complexes and dental clinics, health Centers ... solo clinics, and… | other | Comparability C | Chapter VI Health Services Statistics 2025 (Arabic/English) | Not available |
The headline record leads where one is designated; its basis (for example practising or licensed) and comparability rating are shown next to every value. Per-capita values use the denominator named in the calculation (World Bank total population, same year). Money is shown in US$ at the market exchange rate with local currency beside it.
Other bases and variants
Current records for the same metric that are not the lead value above: other bases, variants and secondary measures (for money, PPP values appear here).
| Market | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 7,148 facilities | estimate | Comparability C | 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… |
Markets with no figure
These markets have no published or reliable figure for dental clinics total. We state why and do not estimate.
- Vietnam: Source blocked (blocked_source), a source exists but could not be read. See the data record.
- Australia: Not published (not_published), the authorities do not publish it. See the data record.
- Saudi Arabia: No figure found (gap), we searched and found nothing. See the data record.
- Qatar: No figure found (gap), we searched and found nothing. See the data record.
Comparability notes
A: same definition as the metric. B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted. C: different basis; use with caution when comparing.
- Taiwan: Dental clinics (診所 牙醫), licensed establishments at year end
- Japan: Dental clinics (歯科診療所) in operation on 1 October 2024, excluding suspended
- South Korea: Dental clinics (치과의원) that are health-insurance care institutions (요양기관) per NHIS; excludes dental hospitals (치과병원).
- Singapore: Public (polyclinic, hospital/institution, school dental clinics) plus private dental clinics
- Malaysia: MOH dental clinics (standalone dental clinics + dental services in other facilities, excluding mobile teams and community dental clinics) plus private dental clinics registered with MOH Medical Practice Division, as at 31 Dec 2022
- Thailand: Licensed private dental clinics (คลินิกทันตกรรม + คลินิกเฉพาะทางด้านทันตกรรม) at year-end
- Australia: Dental practice sites (physical locations)
- New Zealand: Geographic units (single-location operating units) classified to ANZSIC06 Q8531 Dental services, economically significant businesses only
- Saudi Arabia: Dental clinics (no specialty split published)
- United Arab Emirates: DHA licence category 'general dental clinic' in Dubai (standalone general dental clinics only)
- Qatar: Dental clinics (not split)
What does Dental clinics total measure?
Dental clinics (facility count) Unit: facilities.
Which market has the highest dental clinics total?
Japan had 66,378 registered dental clinics in 2024, according to MHLW Survey of Medical Institutions 2024. It is the highest lead value; other markets use different bases, so compare with care.
Which markets have no figure for dental clinics total?
No figure is available for Vietnam (a source exists but could not be read); Australia (the authorities do not publish it); Saudi Arabia (we searched and found nothing); Qatar (we searched and found nothing). We do not estimate missing figures.
How many markets have data for dental clinics total?
8 of 12 markets have a sourced value for dental clinics total.