Subject area	Environmental science
More specific subject area	Waste management,
Type of data	Tables, Figure
Data collection method	Sampling of 25 clinics was conducted on three occasions and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. At the end of the workday, samples were transferred to a suitable site and then weighed. Weighing of samples was such that first waste was separated into components and weighed using scale model SP-400. To estimate waste produced per person per year, the number of workdays in 2014 was determined according to the country official calendar equal to 286 days.
Data format	Raw/Analyzed
Experimental factors	Composition of dental waste/Weight of dental waste components
Experimental features	Waste produced per person per year/Per capita waste production was determined
Data source location	Zabol, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran
Data accessibility	The data are available in this article