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As of January 2025, the number of dental clinics founded by private individuals in Japan amounted to **facilities. This accounted for roughly ** percent of the approximately * dental clinics available in the country.

Dental facilities throughout the country

In recent years, the annual numbers of newly opened and newly closed dental clinics in Japan have been relatively stable, resulting in a rather consistent number of dental institutions overall across the country. Over the past two decades, Japan has experienced an increase in the number of registered dentists, and since 2010, there have been more than **operating dentists in the country.

Different founders of dental clinics

Since the Medical Law came into effect in 1948, medical institutions, including hospitals and dental clinics, can appeal to a local governor to become a medical corporation and operate as a nonprofit organization. The number of medical corporations active in Japan has been steadily growing and exceeded * in 2015. Dental clinics owned by medical corporations reached *, making up over ** percent of total dental clinics in the country. In addition to standalone dental clinics, such as private ones or those founded by medical corporations, there are over 1,000 general hospitals with dentistry departments available for the Japanese nation.