Sources: Australia
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated
Source registry for Australia dental market data: publishers, cadence and licence status.
20 registered sources for Australia. Licence status is recorded per publisher; figures are cited with a link, not copied wholesale.
Registry
Accredited Programs List (dental practitioner programs)
- Publisher
- Australian Dental Council (ADC)
- URL
- https://www.adc.org.au/australian-program-accreditation/accredited-programs/accredited-programs-list/
- Update cadence
- Continuous
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- The Terms of Use page published on adc.org.au has no body text (empty) and no licence or reuse grant exists on the site; only a copyright footer was found, so treated as all rights reserved.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Table is loaded by JavaScript (admin-ajax); read in a browser. Filter column "Graduate registration eligibility" = Dentist.
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_schools_total.2026
Benjafield AV et al. Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea. Lancet Respir Med 2019
- Publisher
- The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (PMC author manuscript)
- URL
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7007763/
- Update cadence
- One-off
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- PMC author manuscript of a Lancet Respir Med paper with no CC licence statement on the page (only 'Author manuscript; available in PMC'); cite by link only, do not redistribute text/tables.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Modelled country estimates, adults 30-69. Same source desk A uses for JP.
- Facts using this source
- au.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2019
Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, July 2021 - June 2025, Data cube 2
- Publisher
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- URL
- https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/business-indicators/counts-australian-businesses-including-entries-and-exits/jul2021-jun2025/8165DC02.xlsx
- Update cadence
- Annual (industry detail each December)
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Unless otherwise noted, all ABS website material is under CC BY 4.0; exceptions: Coat of Arms, ABS logo, trade marks, microdata, third-party content. Applies to the data cube download; credit ABS as source.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Released 16 December 2025. Table 1 = June 2025, Table 2 = June 2024. ANZSIC class 8531 Dental Services.
- Facts using this source
- au.chairside_cadcam_installed_base.2025, au.dental_3d_printer_installed_base.2025, au.dental_businesses_total.2025-abs, au.dental_businesses_total.2024, au.dental_clinics_total.2026, au.dental_clinics_total.2025-abs, au.dental_clinics_total.2025-abs, au.dental_clinics_total.2024, au.dental_clinics_total.2024, au.dso_clinic_share_pct.2025, au.ios_installed_base.2025
Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025)
- Publisher
- Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia
- URL
- https://www.dentalboard.gov.au/News/Annual-report/2025-annual-summary
- Update cadence
- Annual (30 June)
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- dentalboard.gov.au/ahpra.gov.au served a JavaScript bot challenge and the copyright URL tried returned 404; terms not read.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Table 4 of the data tables workbook (division x state) used.
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_clinics_total.2025, au.dental_hygienists_total.2025, au.dental_technicians_total.2025, au.dentists_per_100k.2025, au.dentists_total.2025, au.dentists_total.2024, au.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2025
Dental health (topic page)
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- URL
- https://www.health.gov.au/topics/dental-health
- Update cadence
- Continuous
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Only personal or internal-organisation use of unaltered content is permitted, photographs excluded, all other rights reserved; no Creative Commons grant, so bulk redistribution is not allowed (xlsx not separately checked for its own notice).
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Direct curl from this workstation timed out; page read in a browser (robots.txt allows /topics/).
- Facts using this source
- au.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2025-doh
Dental Practitioner Supply and Demand Model - Methodology Paper (April 2026)
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- URL
- https://hwd-prod.service.wingarc.com.au/resources/primary/dental-practitioner-supply-and-demand-model-methodology-paper.pdf
- Update cadence
- Ad hoc
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Health Workforce Data site copyright page allows only personal or internal-organisation reproduction of unaltered content, all other rights reserved; no open licence.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Figure 2 table reproduces Department of Education Higher Education Statistics course completions.
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_graduates_annual.2022
Dental workforce (Oral health and dental care in Australia)
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
- URL
- https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dental-oral-health/oral-health-and-dental-care-in-australia/contents/dental-workforce
- Update cadence
- Periodic
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Attribute 'Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare' (or 'Based on...' if modified); excludes AIHW logo, third-party material and pre-CC documents with other notices; read from an Oct 2024 Wayback copy because the live site blocks bots (Cloudflare).
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch; not used for values.
- Facts using this source
- none yet
Fee schedule of dental services for dentists and dental specialists, effective 1 July 2026
- Publisher
- Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)
- URL
- https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-07/2026-Dentists-and-dental-specialists.docx
- Update cadence
- Twice yearly (1 January, 1 July)
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- DVA allows only personal, non-commercial, educational or internal use of unaltered material; all other rights reserved, so the fee schedule must not be bulk-redistributed.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- robots.txt allows /sites/default/files/. curl/WebFetch time out; docx read in a browser. "FBN" means Fee By Negotiation.
- Facts using this source
- au.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2026-dva
General Treatment Dental (GTD) annual report 2025-26 - Preliminary (privately insured dental treatment)
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- URL
- https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-09/gtd-annual-report-2025-26-preliminary.xlsx
- Update cadence
- Annual
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Only personal or internal-organisation use of unaltered content is permitted, photographs excluded, all other rights reserved; no Creative Commons grant, so bulk redistribution is not allowed (xlsx not separately checked for its own notice).
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Compiled from data submitted by private health insurers; covers privately insured treatment only. Published 15 September 2026.
- Facts using this source
- au.clear_aligner_cases_annual.2025, au.implant_procedures_annual.2025, au.implant_procedures_annual.2025
Higher Education Statistics 2024, Section 14 - Award course completions (Table 14.19, special interest courses)
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of Education
- URL
- https://www.education.gov.au/download/19502/2024-section-14-award-course-completions/41967/document/xlsx
- Update cadence
- Annual (September)
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- www.education.gov.au refused/reset every connection from this host (HTTP/2 INTERNAL_ERROR, timeouts, including the copyright page), so its terms could not be read; the department generally uses CC BY on its site but this was not verified.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Created 8 September 2025. uCube (highereducationstatistics.education.gov.au) did not resolve from this workstation; the published Section 14 workbook has a dentist-only line. curl times out for education.gov.au; read in a browser.
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_graduates_annual.2024, au.dental_graduates_annual.2023
MBS Online downloads: item descriptions file 20261101_MBSONLINE_DESC
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (MBS Online)
- URL
- https://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/650f3eec0dfb990fca25692100069854/1bc94358d4f276d3ca257ccf0000aa73/$FILE/20261101_MBSONLINE_DESC%20out.TXT
- Update cadence
- Monthly/with each MBS update
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Site copyright allows only personal non-commercial use in unaltered form with Commonwealth acknowledgement; no Creative Commons mentioned and downloads files not addressed separately.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Tab-separated: ITEM, DESCRIPTION_START, DESCRIPTION_END, LATEST, Description. Searched for oral appliance / mandibular advancement / splint / appliance.
- Facts using this source
- none yet
National, state and territory population, June 2025 (media release)
- Publisher
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- URL
- https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/population-15-june-2025
- Update cadence
- Quarterly
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Unless otherwise noted, all ABS website material is under CC BY 4.0; exceptions: Coat of Arms, ABS logo, trade marks, microdata, third-party content. Media release text covered.
- Phase
- 1
- Facts using this source
- au.population.2025
Occupation profile: Dental Technicians (ANZSCO 411213)
- Publisher
- Jobs and Skills Australia
- URL
- https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/data/occupation-and-industry-profiles/occupations-anzsco/411213-dental-technicians
- Update cadence
- Frozen (ANZSCO pages no longer updated)
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- jobsandskills.gov.au did not connect (curl failed, WebFetch timed out twice); terms not read.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- 6-digit occupation counts come from the ABS 2021 Census (place of usual residence).
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_technicians_total.2021
OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)
- Publisher
- OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)
- URL
- https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018
- Update cadence
- Annual; Korean 2024 values retrieved 2026-11-08
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- OECD terms page (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions) returned HTTP 403 (Cloudflare bot wall) to both curl and WebFetch; terms could not be read, not bypassed.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- International compilation, not a national primary source. Measures: LP = licensed to practise, P = practising, PA = professionally active.
- Facts using this source
- au.dentists_practising.2024, kr.dental_graduates_annual.2024, kr.dental_graduates_annual.2023, kr.dentists_per_100k.2024, kr.dentists_per_100k.2024, kr.dentists_practising.2024, kr.dentists_practising.2023, kr.dentists_total.2024, kr.dentists_total.2023, kr.dentists_total.2022
OECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care
- Publisher
- OECD (data supplied by AIHW for Australia)
- URL
- https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_SHA@DF_SHA,/AUS+NZL.A.EXP_HEALTH.........?startPeriod=2021
- Update cadence
- Annual
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- OECD terms page (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions) returned HTTP 403 (Cloudflare bot wall) to both curl and WebFetch; terms could not be read, not bypassed.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Used because AIHW (national source) blocks crawlers in robots.txt. Values in millions (UNIT_MULT 6).
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_spend_local_currency.2023, au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023, au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023, au.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2023
Sleep apnoea and CPAP: what your health insurance actually covers
- Publisher
- CHOICE (Australian Consumers' Association)
- URL
- https://www.choice.com.au/money/insurance/health/articles/sleep-apnoea-health-insurance-medicare-cover
- Update cadence
- Ad hoc (last updated 14 Oct 2026)
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Commercial publisher; reuse of articles requires CHOICE's permission under the 'Using our content' section; also likely members-only content.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Consumer organisation, not a payer document. Tier-2 text only.
- Facts using this source
- au.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2026
What's covered by the Child Dental Benefits Schedule
- Publisher
- Services Australia
- URL
- https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/whats-covered-child-dental-benefits-schedule
- Update cadence
- Cap indexed each 1 January
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- www.servicesaustralia.gov.au timed out or returned HTTP/2 errors on every attempt (including /copyright) and no archive copy of a terms page exists, so the terms could not be read.
- Phase
- 1
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_public_coverage.2026
World Bank WDI: GDP per capita (current US$), Australia
- Publisher
- World Bank
- URL
- https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IDN;PHL;AUS;NZL;BRN;TLS/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&mrv=2&per_page=50
- Update cadence
- Annual
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Free reuse incl. commercial under CC BY 4.0 with attribution in the form 'The World Bank: Dataset name: Data source'; sub-licensees must carry the same attribution; applies unless indicated otherwise in the indicator metadata.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- International body; API lastupdated 2026-10-08. ABS publishes AUD only.
- Facts using this source
- au.gdp_per_capita_usd.2025
World Bank WDI: Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average), Australia
- Publisher
- World Bank
- URL
- https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AUS/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?format=json&date=2021:2025
- Update cadence
- Annual
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Free reuse incl. commercial under CC BY 4.0 with attribution in the form 'The World Bank: Dataset name: Data source'; sub-licensees must carry the same attribution; applies unless indicated otherwise in the indicator metadata.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Used for market-rate USD conversion per leader ruling L7.
- Facts using this source
- au.dental_spend_total_usd.2023-mkt
World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
- Publisher
- World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others)
- URL
- https://api.worldbank.org/v2/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json
- Update cadence
- Annual (last updated 2026-10-08 when fetched)
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Free reuse incl. commercial under CC BY 4.0 with attribution in the form 'The World Bank: Dataset name: Data source'; sub-licensees must carry the same attribution; applies unless indicated otherwise in the indicator metadata. Underlying sources (UN WPP, national offices, Eurostat) are listed in the indicator metadata; check for source-specific terms.
- Notes
- Cross-country per-capita denominator (DECISIONS L5). No series for Taiwan.
- Facts using this source
- ae.dentists_per_100k.2023-hl, au.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, jp.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, kr.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, my.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl [series break 2024], my.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl [series break 2024], nz.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl, qa.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl, sa.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, sg.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl, th.dentists_per_100k.2023-hl, vn.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl