Table 1.

Breakdown of clinical practitioners in 2015 with the practitioner to population ratio based on a population of 54,002,000

Clinical practitioners	n (%)	Practitioner to population ratio
General dental practitioners	6,125 (100)	8,817
Dental specialists
Maxillofacial and oral surgeons	144 (30)	403,000
Orthodontists	142 (30)	394,175
Prosthodontists	83 (17)	692,333
Periodontists	57 (12)	1,038,500
Community dentists	36 (7)	1,636,424
Oral pathologists	19 (4)	2,700,100
Total specialists	481 (100)	118,947