Dentist and dental personnel, data OECD & WHO
Packages
OECD data
Source: https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=30177
Definitions
Dentists licensed to practice include practising and other (non-practising) dentists, who are registered and entitled to practice as health care professionals in the field of dentistry. They include stomatologists, dental and maxillofacial surgeons. Inclusion - Dentists who provide services for patients - Other dentists for whom their education in dentistry / stomatology is a prerequisite for the execution of the job - Other dentists for whom their education in dentistry / stomatology is NOT a prerequisite for the execution of the job - Dentists registered as health care professionals and licensed to practice but who are not economically active (e.g. unemployed or retired) - Dentists working abroad Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year.
Professionally active dentists are practising dentists and other dentists for whom their education in dentistry / stomatology is a prerequisite for the execution of the job.
Inclusion - Dentists who provide services for patients - Dentists working in administration and management positions requiring education in dentistry - Dentists conducting research into oral health and dental care - Dentists who participate in public action to maintain or improve standards of oral health and dental care - Dentists preparing scientific papers and reports Exclusion - Dentists who hold a post/job for which education in dentistry is not required - Unemployed dentists and retired dentists - Dentists working abroad Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year.
Practising dentists (ISCO-08 code: 2261): Practising dentists provide services for patients. They include stomatologists, dental and maxillofacial surgeons. Inclusion - Practising dentists who have completed studies in dentistry / stomatology at university level (granted by an adequate diploma) and who are licensed to practice - Interns (with an adequate diploma and providing services under supervision of other dentists or dental specialists during their postgraduate internship in a health care facility) - Salaried and self-employed dentists delivering services irrespectively of the place of service provision - Foreign dentists licensed to practice and actively practising in the country - Stomatologists - Dental surgeons - Maxillofacial surgeons Exclusion - Students who have not yet graduated - Dentists working in administration, research and in other posts that exclude direct contact with the patients - Unemployed dentists and retired dentists - Dentists working abroad
Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year
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OECD Figures
WHO DATA DENTISTS 100 000
Source: https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hfa_509-5300-dentists-pp-per-100-000/
https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hfa_509-5300-dentists-pp-per-100-000/
Last data point for each country
# A tibble: 6 × 3
# Groups: COUNTRY [6]
YEAR VALUE COUNTRY
<dbl> <dbl> <chr>
1 2014 92.3 EST
2 2012 78.2 FIN
3 2014 91.5 LTU
4 2014 70.4 LVA
5 2014 33.9 POL
6 2013 80.7 SWE Both plots
WHO WORLD DATA DENTISTS 10 000
Source: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/dentists-(per-10-000-population)
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EUROPE
AMERICAS
Population data
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WHO DENTAL PERSONNEL DATA
Dental Assistants and Therapists (number)
Source: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/dental-assistants-and-therapists-(number)
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Europe
Last data dental personnel Europe
# A tibble: 134 × 3
# Groups: Country [134]
Year Value Country
<dbl> <dbl> <chr>
1 2021 1064 URY
2 2021 11 TCD
3 2021 11781 NGA
4 2021 140 PNG
5 2021 16 MNE
6 2021 21 GNB
7 2021 23388 IDN
8 2021 235 CRI
9 2021 2446 NPL
10 2021 293 PER
# … with 124 more rowsAdd the number of inhabitants
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World
Europe
Caries data
Source: Maldupa, I., Sopule, A., Uribe, S.E., Brinkmane, A., and Senakola, E. (2021). Caries Prevalence and Severity for 12-Year-Old Children in Latvia. Int. Dent. J. 71, 214–223.
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