Romania tops EU list of dental graduates

Dental Tribune International

Fri. 16. August 2024

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BRUSSELS, Belgium: High educational standards and affordable tuition fees make Romania an attractive destination for aspiring dental professionals from around the world. According to new data from Eurostat, the country remains the top producer of dental graduates in the EU by population, followed by Portugal and Bulgaria.

The 2022 data shows that Romania produced 1,878 dental graduates, or 9.86 per 100,000 inhabitants. In second and third place, Portugal and Bulgaria recorded 942 and 518 dental graduates, or 9.05 and 7.80 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively.

According to the Societatea Română de Stomatologie, the Romanian society of stomatology, there were 12 dental schools in Romania in 2023, seven of which had been established in recent years. Students can study dental medicine in Romanian, English or French.

Romania’s number of dental graduates per 100,000 inhabitants has been experiencing a slight decline since 2020, when it reached 10.48, and those of Portugal and Bulgaria have experienced modest gains. A notable increase was recorded in Croatia, where the number of dental graduates nearly doubled to 196 from 100 between 2020 and 2022.

The 27 EU countries in 2022 produced an estimated 14,313 dental graduates, up slightly from 13,938 in 2021 and representing 3.20 per 100,000 inhabitants. Germany, being the most populous EU member, recorded 2,504 graduates, or 2.99 per 100,000 inhabitants. Spanish and Poland produced 1,852 and 1,203 graduates, respectively.

Eurostat data from 2021 shows that Greece had the highest number of practising dentists per 100,000 inhabitants, at 130.2, followed by Portugal with 117.8 and Cyprus with 111.0. Romania and Bulgaria had 109.9 and 103.5, respectively.

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