Shortage of Dental Professionals in China

 

The demand of Chinese stomatology professionals is strong, while there is still a huge gap between China and developed countries.

With the continuous expansion of the market scale of China's dental industry, some potential problems are gradually exposed, one of which is the shortage of dental professionals in China, which is far from meeting the growing market demand.

In recent years, under the promotion of the national practice policies and the reform of doctor training system, the shortage of dental professionals has been improved. From 2014 to 2017, the number of dental professionals in China has increased yearly.  

In 2017, the number of licensed dentists in China was 152,000, and the number of licensed assistant dentists was 37,000, totaling 188,000. 

However, compared with the huge market demand of over 700 specialized oral hospitals and more than 80,000 private oral treatment institutions, the number of present dental professionals is far from enough.

Compared with the United States, there is no absolute gap in the number of licensed dental professionals in China. In 2017, the number of licensed dental professionals in the United States was 199,000 and it was 47,000 over China.

However, from the perspective of the popularity rate of dental professionals, there is a large gap between China and the United States. In 2017, the number of dental professionals per 100,000 people in the United States reached 60.9, while the number of dental professionals per 100,000 people in China was only 10.9. The difference is over five times, which is huge.  

Therefore, there is a relative shortage of dental professionals in China and a large shortage of medical human resources, which may become an important factor restricting the development of dental industry in the future.

 

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