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Hospitals with a dental department: market comparison
Hospitals with a dental department
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Across 4 of 12 markets with a value, the highest lead value for hospitals with a dental department is Japan at 1,238 facilities and the lowest is Singapore at 10 facilities. Bases differ by market, so read the comparability rating beside each value.
Key points
- Japan had 1,238 hospitals with a dental department in 2024, according to MHLW Survey of Medical Institutions 2024. It is the highest lead value among the markets.
- Singapore had 10 hospitals with a dental department in 2025, according to MOH Singapore Health Facilities. It is the lowest lead value among the markets.
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Definition
Hospitals with a dental department Unit: facilities. Category: Facilities.
Chart
Comparison table
| Market | Lead value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Calculation | Source | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,238 facilities | other | Comparability B | Derived. Derived: hospitals listing "歯科" among their clinical departments: general hospitals 1,071 + psychiatric hospitals 167 = 1,238 (Table 5, double counting across departments). Hospitals listing only 歯科口腔外科 (1,034 + 10), 小児歯科 (140 + 4) or 矯正歯科… | Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results) | Value | |
| Thailand | 899 facilities (stale) | 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 | Value (stale) | ||
| Taiwan | 188 facilities | estimate | Comparability C | Hospital specialty statistics open dataset, ROC year 114 (2025) | Value | ||
| Singapore | 10 facilities | other (public hospitals and institutions only) | Comparability C | Health Facilities (public/private dental clinics) | Value | ||
| South Korea | No figure found why No reliable figure. Fetched MOHW data.go.kr dataset 15127855 (hospital and clinic counts by institution type and province): it splits dental hospitals (치과병원) and dental clinics (치과의원) but has no… | other | Comparability C | Number of hospitals and clinics by type and province (CSV), MOHW | Not available | ||
| Malaysia | Source blocked why No reliable figure found. Checked: data.gov.my and data.moh.gov.my (KKMNOW) catalogues (hospital_beds only, no dental), DOSM. Why: MOH Health Facts and Oral Health Programme annual reports… | other | Comparability not rated | Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type (public sector, MOH) | Not available | ||
| Vietnam | Not published why No reliable figure found. Checked: MOH Decision 5628/QĐ-BYT (states some district hospitals have no dentist, no count), NSO health statistics. Why: number of hospitals with an RHM department is not… | 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 | Source blocked why No reliable figure found: no national count of hospitals with a dental department is published by the Health Department or ABS. Public dental care is delivered by state/territory dental services… | other | Comparability C | Dental health (topic page) | Not available | ||
| New Zealand | Not published why No reliable figure found: Health NZ runs hospital dental services in its districts (referral for disabled people and patients with conditions such as mouth cancer), but no published count of… | other | Comparability C | Dental care (public information page) | Not available | ||
| Saudi Arabia | No figure found why No reliable figure found. The yearbook counts hospitals (MOH 290, private 150; GASTAT gives a 2024 national total of 516) and dental visits in 'dental clinics in the hospitals, dental centers and… | other | Comparability C | Statistical Yearbook 2023 (bilingual Arabic/English, 1445H) | Not available | ||
| United Arab Emirates | No figure found why No reliable figure found. Same leads as dental_clinics_total. | other | Comparability C | WHO Global Health Observatory API: NHWA dentists (HWF_0011) and dental expenditure, United Arab Emirates | Not available | ||
| Qatar | No figure found why No reliable figure found. 16 government and 10 private hospitals in 2025 (NPC Table 107). Hamad Medical Corporation runs Hamad Dental Centers (87,874 outpatient visits in 2025, Table 113) and did… | 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.
Markets with no figure
These markets have no published or reliable figure for hospitals with a dental department. We state why and do not estimate.
- South Korea: No figure found (gap), we searched and found nothing. See the data record.
- Malaysia: Source blocked (blocked_source), a source exists but could not be read. See the data record.
- Vietnam: Not published (not_published), the authorities do not publish it. See the data record.
- Australia: Source blocked (blocked_source), a source exists but could not be read. See the data record.
- New Zealand: 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.
- United Arab Emirates: 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: Hospitals listing the specialty 牙醫一般科 (general dentistry)
- Japan: Hospitals that advertise 歯科 as a clinical department (multiple departments counted per hospital)
- South Korea: n/a: no department-level count published in the dataset.
- Singapore: Public-sector dental clinics in hospitals/institutions, including the National Dental Centre (MOH footnote 9)
- Thailand: Government (MOPH) hospitals in which dentists and dental therapists provide oral healthcare, per the MOPH 2020 directory of government health service units
- Australia: Hospitals with a dental department/clinic
- New Zealand: Hospitals with a dental department
- Saudi Arabia: Hospitals with a dental department (not published)
- United Arab Emirates: Hospitals with dental department (not found)
- Qatar: Hospitals with dental department (not published)
What does Hospitals with a dental department measure?
Hospitals with a dental department Unit: facilities.
Which market has the highest hospitals with a dental department?
Japan had 1,238 hospitals with a dental department 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 hospitals with a dental department?
No figure is available for South Korea (we searched and found nothing); Malaysia (a source exists but could not be read); Vietnam (the authorities do not publish it); Australia (a source exists but could not be read); New Zealand (the authorities do not publish it); Saudi Arabia (we searched and found nothing); United Arab Emirates (we searched and found nothing); Qatar (we searched and found nothing). We do not estimate missing figures.
How many markets have data for hospitals with a dental department?
4 of 12 markets have a sourced value for hospitals with a dental department.