Table 2. Geographical distribution of dentists and dental specialists in SA (January 2018).
| Province | Dentists | Dental specialists | Total (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Dentists | Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeons | Oral Pathologist | Orthodontics | Prosthodontics | Oral Medicine Periodontics | |||
| Gauteng | 2459 | 20 | 76 | 12 | 79 | 56 | 37 | 2739 (40.1%) |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 859 | 3 | 18 | - | 13 | 4 | 4 | 901 (13.2%) |
| Mpumalanga | 320 | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 326 (4.8%) |
| Western Cape | 1530 | 12 | 37 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 1654 (24.2%) |
| Limpopo | 283 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 290 (4.2%) |
| Eastern Cape | 350 | - | 8 | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | 369 (5.4%) |
| North West | 215 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 220 (3.2%) |
| Free State | 211 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 222 (3.2%) |
| Northern Cape | 113 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 (1.7%) |
| TOTAL | 6340 | 37 | 148 | 18 | 146 | 86 | 59 | 6834 (100%) |