Liberia has a population of over 5.5 million people. It is one of the few countries in the world that does not have any dental training facilities. The acute shortage of dentists and/or dental practitioners in the health system has posed a serious public health problem.

Currently, only three out of fifteen counties in Liberia are providing any dental care services to the Liberian population. There are only around seven dentists working in Liberia along with a handful of, lesser qualified, Dental Practitioners.