Saudi Oral Health Data Hub

Consolidated, source-cited oral health statistics for Saudi Arabia: caries, periodontal disease, dental workforce, Saudization, diabetes, shisha use, oral cancer and utilization.

  • Saudization rate dentists: 58.1% — National (2024), source: Calculated from GaStat
  • Total adults with diabetes: 5344600 adults — National (2024), source: IDF Diabetes Atlas
  • Dentist density 2019: 6.3 per 10,000 — National (2019), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Mean dmft primary dentition: 5 dmft — National (2010), source: Aljafen, Splieth & Schmoeckel, Children (MDPI) 2026
  • Global average dentist density (World, UN SDG): 3.22 per 10,000 — Global (2023), source: UN Statistics
  • Saudi dentist density 2020: 6.33 per 10,000 — National (2020), source: UN Statistics
  • Dentist density per 10,000: 7.7 per 10,000 — National (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Total dentists KSA: 33751 dentists — National (2024), source: GaStat (republishing MOH Statistical Yearbook)
  • Caries prevalence age 6: 96% — National (2024), source: Ministry of Health (MOH)
  • Caries prevalence age 12: 93.7% — National (2024), source: Ministry of Health (MOH)
  • Complete edentulism, adults 35-74: 1.8% — Riyadh (2019), source: Almusallam & AlRafee 2020, J Family Med Prim Care
  • Partial tooth loss (1+ missing tooth), adults 35-74: 69% — Riyadh (2019), source: Almusallam & AlRafee 2020, J Family Med Prim Care
  • Complete edentulism, dental-school patients 35+: 4.2% — Jeddah (2021), source: Cureus 2022;14(12):e32334
  • Complete edentulism, patients over 65: 4.5% — Jeddah (2021), source: Cureus 2022;14(12):e32334
  • Unmet denture need, upper arch: 65.5% — Riyadh (2025), source: Prosthodontic status and treatment need among adults in Riyadh City, J Family Med Prim Care 2025
  • Unmet denture need, lower arch: 69.6% — Riyadh (2025), source: Prosthodontic status and treatment need among adults in Riyadh City, J Family Med Prim Care 2025
  • Tooth loss (more than 2 missing teeth): 48.9% — Makkah (2025), source: Prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with tooth loss patterns, Saudi Dent J 2025
  • Registered Saudi general dentists: 15279 dentists — National (2026), source: Ministry of Health (MOH)
  • Saudi dentists: 19598 dentists — National (2024), source: GaStat (republishing MOH Statistical Yearbook)
  • Diabetes prevalence adults 20-79: 23.1% — National (2024), source: IDF Diabetes Atlas
  • Caries prevalence schoolchildren 6-12 (Dammam): 73% — Eastern Province (Dammam) (2015), source: Farooqi et al., Saudi Medical Journal 2015
  • MOH dental centers: 40 centers — National (2019), source: Ministry of Health (MOH)
  • Caries prevalence age 9-12 (Al-Madinah): 85.1% — Al-Madinah (2021), source: Aqeeli et al., 2021 (PubMed 34938031)
  • Untreated caries age 9-12 (Al-Madinah): 76.1% — Al-Madinah (2021), source: Aqeeli et al., 2021 (PubMed 34938031)
  • Caries prevalence age 12 (Riyadh region): 64.98% — Riyadh (2019), source: Al-Rafee et al., Frontiers in Public Health 2019
  • Caries prevalence age 6 (Riyadh region): 85.77% — Riyadh (2019), source: Al-Rafee et al., Frontiers in Public Health 2019
  • Caries prevalence male students 15-17 (Abha): 72.9% — Aseer (Abha) (2018), source: Alshahrani et al., 2018 (PubMed 29942105)
  • Localized chronic gingivitis female patients (Aseer): 46.6% — Aseer (2017), source: Chronic periodontitis among female patients, Aseer Region (PubMed 31435246)
  • Gingivitis share among diseased outpatients (Abha): 63.2% — Aseer (Abha) (2009), source: King Khalid University outpatient review, City Dental College Journal
  • Shisha as share of tobacco use: 53.9% — Al-Hassa (2010), source: Tobacco Induced Diseases
  • HNC cases, cumulative 2016-2020 (Saudi Cancer Registry): 3232 cases — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC male: 64.4% — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC cases, annual average 2016-2020: 646 cases — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC age-standardised incidence rate: 3.68 per 100k — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC incidence rate, males: 4.94 per 100k — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC incidence rate, females: 2.9 per 100k — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC incidence rate, highest region (Jazan): 5.3 per 100k — Jazan (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • HNC incidence rate, lowest region (Ha'il): 2.22 per 100k — Ha'il (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • Periodontitis share among diseased outpatients (Abha): 36.8% — Aseer (Abha) (2009), source: King Khalid University outpatient review, City Dental College Journal
  • Adults with moderate periodontal pocketing (Jazan): 46.1% — Jazan (2018), source: Kariri et al. 2018 (archived copy)
  • Dentist count 2019: 18813 dentists — National (2019), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist count 2023: 25970 dentists — National (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Gini coefficient private sector: 0.6 index — National (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Al-Bahah: 9 per 10,000 — Al-Bahah (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Makkah: 4.5 per 10,000 — Makkah (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Bishah: 8.8 per 10,000 — Bishah (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Qaseem: 8.7 per 10,000 — Qaseem (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Aseer: 8.4 per 10,000 — Aseer (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Jeddah: 7.9 per 10,000 — Makkah (Jeddah) (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Riyadh: 7.6 per 10,000 — Riyadh (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Ha'il: 7.5 per 10,000 — Ha'il (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Najran: 7.3 per 10,000 — Najran (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Qurayyat: 7.1 per 10,000 — Qurayyat (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Al-Jouf: 6.7 per 10,000 — Al-Jouf (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Medinah: 6.7 per 10,000 — Medinah (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Hafr Al-Baten: 6.6 per 10,000 — Hafr Al-Baten (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • HNC female: 35.6% — National (2020), source: Homeida L. 2025, J Contemporary Medical Sciences (Saudi Cancer Registry 2016-2020)
  • Dentist density Eastern Province: 6.6 per 10,000 — Eastern Province (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Al-Ahsa: 6.6 per 10,000 — Al-Ahsa (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE
  • Dentist density Tabouk: 6.5 per 10,000 — Tabouk (2023), source: Kattan 2026, PLOS ONE