Table 3.
distribution of dental surgery specialists in Nigeria*
| Specialty type | Geo-political zones | Total N =1,618 n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South-West N=775 n (%) | North-Central N=211 n (%) | North-West N=181 n (%) | South-South N=286 n (%) | South-East N=130 n (%) | North-East N=35 n (%) | ||
| Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 39 (23.9) | 13 (59.1) | 14 (66.7) | 27 (36.5) | 9 (37.5) | 1 (50.0) | 102 (33.3) |
| Community dentistry | 15 (9.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 6 (8.1) | 2 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (7.8) |
| Periodontology | 9 (5.5) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (14.7) | 2 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (7.5) |
| Oral medicine | 7 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 5 (6.8) | 2 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (4.9) |
| Oral radiology | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Paedodontics | 16 (9.8) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.4) | 2 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (7.5) |
| Orthodontics | 25 (15.3) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (4.8) | 11 (14.7) | 2 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (13.4) |
| Oral pathology | 13 (8.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (2.7) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (5.6) |
| Conservative dentistry | 29 (17.8) | 4 (18.2) | 2 (9.5) | 5 (6.8) | 3 (12.5) | 1 (50.0) | 45 (14.7) |
| Prosthodontics | 10 (6.1) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (4.8) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (5.2) |
| Number of dentists with specialist training | 163 | 22 | 21 | 74 | 24 | 2 | 306 |
The information is an extract from the report of the research on the survey of Oral Health Manpower, Facilities and Training Institutions in Nigeria, conducted by the Inter-country Centre for Oral Health (ICOH) for Africa, Jos 2013/2014 and submitted to the Federal Ministry of Health.