Table 3.
Developments in professional groups in oral health care in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2018
| 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of dentists | 6.887 | 7.397 | 7.994 | 8.590 | 8.656 | 8.794 |
| proportion of female dentists | 18% | 21% | 26% | 32% | 40% | 43% |
| proportion of dentists aged 39 years or younger | nda | 28% | 26% | 31% | 35% | 37% |
| proportion of dentists 40–49 years | nda | 38% | 32% | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| proportion of dentists 50–59 years | nda | 28% | 34% | 34% | 30% | 27% |
| proportion of dentists 60 years or older | nda | 6% | 8% | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| proportion of dentists who graduated abroad a | nda | 5% | 7% | 10% | 14% | 16% |
| dental specialists | ||||||
| orthodontists | 255 | 287 | 283 | 317 | 318 | 326 |
| oral and maxillofacial surgeons | 194 | 198 | 214 | 245 | 273 | 289 |
| differentiated dentistsb | ||||||
| periodontologists | 44 | 61 | 80 b | 84 | 81 | 87 |
| dentists for maxillofacia prosthetics | nda | nda | nda | 39 | 33 | 46 |
| gnathologists | nda | 45 | 47 b | 52 | 42 | 54 |
| endodontologists | nda | 26 | 37 b | 64 | 87 | 92 |
| oral implantologist | – | – | 188 b | 448 | 345 | 307 |
| dentists for disabled patients | – | – | nda | 35 | 22 | 30 |
| geriatric dentists | – | – | 15 | 18 | 17 | 19 |
| pedodontologists | – | 14 | nda | 41 | 51 | 56 |
| anxiety counselling dentists | – | – | 1 | 27 | 16 | 16 |
| sleep medicine dentists | – | – | – | nda | 116 | 125 b |
| restorative dentists | – | – | – | – | 35 #2 | 36 b |
| other oral health care providers | ||||||
| dental hygienists | 1.489 b | 1.789 b | 2.267 | 2.425 b | 3.216 b | 3.500 b |
| dental prosthodonitists | nda | nda | 293 b | 350 b | 330 b | 600 b |
| dental technicians | nda | nda | nda | 5.000 b | 4.700 b | 4.700b |
| prevention assistants | nda | nda | 2.375 b | 6.300 b | 7.650 b | 8.000 b |
| dental assistants c | 8.533 b | nda | 14.125 b | 11.900 b | 11.700 b | 11.200 b |
| number of inhabitants (× 1.000.000) | 15,5 | 16,0 | 16,3 | 16,7 | 17,0 | 17,2 |
| number of inhabitants per dentista | 2.250 | 2.161 | 2.043 | 1.939 | 1.962 | 1.954 |
a Including dentists for whom the place of graduation is not registered by KNMT; in practice, this nearly always applies to dentists who graduated outside the Netherlands
b The data refer to the previous year
c Excluding prevention assistants
- Differentiation was not yet recognised by KNMT
nda No data available