--- title: Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/ publisher: Queensland Health licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-03-30 rows: 428 fields: 19 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/864912d4-078b-4384-8f8e-491a32efe053/resource/7e97f5e8-bc55-41b2-95ea-235cbfc284f9/download/2025-december-quarter-oral-health.xlsx source_sha256: 31eac1759f6bf8e3f8b30ec8c4379d95b562f1f3da1ef723fe2e6d60253bb596 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter Adults waiting for public dental care and treated from the lists at each Queensland Health dental clinic in the newest quarter, by waiting list and months waited. Published by Queensland Health under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Queensland Health has not endorsed this site. Also called: Public dental waiting times Queensland, QLD oral health waiting list, How long is the public dental wait in Queensland. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.csv (46 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.xlsx (38 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.json (165 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.parquet (18 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.sqlite (82 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.ndjson (161 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.arrow (17 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.csv.gz (6.7 KB) Pinned version 2026-03-30: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/rows?wait_list=eq.General&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/aggregate?group=hospital_and_health_service&metric=sum.waiting_d1&wait_list=eq.General Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `hospital_and_health_service`: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/by/hospital_and_health_service/index.json lists 15 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `date` | date | date | The date the waiting counts were taken, the last day of the quarter. | | `clinic_id` | integer | clinicID | | | `clinic_name` | string | clinicName | | | `hospital_and_health_service` | string | Hospital and Health Service | | | `wait_list` | string | Area | The waiting list, such as General, Priority 1 or General Anaesthetic Category 2. The publisher heads this column Area. | | `waiting_d1` | integer | Waiting D1 | Clients waiting whose wait falls in the first band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `waiting_d2` | integer | Waiting D2 | Clients waiting whose wait falls in the second band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `waiting_d3` | integer | Waiting D3 | Clients waiting whose wait falls in the third band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `waiting_d4` | integer | Waiting D4 | Clients waiting whose wait falls in the fourth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `waiting_d5` | integer | Waiting D5 | Clients waiting whose wait falls in the fifth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `waiting_d6` | integer | Waiting D6 | Clients waiting whose wait falls in the sixth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `waiting_d7` | number | Waiting D7 | The publisher's D7, the percentage within the recommended waiting time. The publisher writes a dash where the figure is unavailable or does not apply, and those cells are null. | | `treated_d1` | integer | Treated D1 | Clients treated whose wait falls in the first band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `treated_d2` | integer | Treated D2 | Clients treated whose wait falls in the second band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `treated_d3` | integer | Treated D3 | Clients treated whose wait falls in the third band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `treated_d4` | integer | Treated D4 | Clients treated whose wait falls in the fourth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `treated_d5` | integer | Treated D5 | Clients treated whose wait falls in the fifth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `treated_d6` | integer | Treated D6 | Clients treated whose wait falls in the sixth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ. | | `treated_d7` | number | Treated D7 | The publisher's D7, the percentage within the recommended waiting time. The publisher writes a dash where the figure is unavailable or does not apply, and those cells are null. | Key: `clinic_id, wait_list`. ## Versions - 2026-03-30: 428 rows, 19 fields, sha256 31eac1759f6b. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Emergency department patients seen on time by hospital and triage category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-ed-patients-seen-on-time/) (Cth) - [Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/) (Cth) - [Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/) (Cth) - [Public hospital locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-hospitals/) (SA) - [Measles public exposure sites, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/) (Vic) - [Modified Monash Model 2023 remoteness by suburb and postcode, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-modified-monash-model-by-suburb/) (Cth) - [Deaths by suicide by state and age group, five-year periods, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-suicide-deaths-by-age/) (Cth) - [Deaths by suicide by state, sex and year, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-suicide-deaths-by-state/) (Cth) - [Private hospital locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-hospitals/) (SA) - [Council food safety enforcement in the processor and manufacturer sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-processor-manufacturer/) (SA) - [Council food safety enforcement in the retail sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-retail/) (SA) - [Council food safety enforcement in the food transporter sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-food-transporter/) (SA) ## Attribution and citation Queensland Health, Queensland Government, Public dental waiting lists, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/public-dental-waiting-lists-2025-2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Queensland Health, Queensland Government, Public dental waiting lists, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/public-dental-waiting-lists-2025-2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/ Harvard: Queensland Health (2026) Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter, version 2026-03-30 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/ Markdown: Data: [Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/public-dental-waiting-lists-2025-2026), Queensland Health, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 428 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland updated? Queensland Health releases it quarterly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland? No. The publisher is Queensland Health, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/public-dental-waiting-lists-2025-2026. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one hospital and health service? Every version has one JSON file per value of hospital_and_health_service, 15 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/by/hospital_and_health_service/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/by/hospital_and_health_service/metro-north.json holds the 52 rows where hospital_and_health_service is Metro North. ### What is in each row? One public dental clinic and one waiting list, such as General care or Priority 2, with the number of adults waiting at the end of the quarter in each of six waiting-time bands, the number treated from the list in the quarter in the same bands, and the percentage within the recommended waiting time for each. ### What are the bands? They are months waiting and differ by list. For General care they are under 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48, 48 to 60 and over 60 months. For Priority 3 they are under 6, 7 to 12, 13 to 18, 19 to 24, 25 to 30 and over 30. For Priority 2 they are under 3, 4 to 6, 7 to 9, 10 to 12, 13 to 15 and over 15. For Clinical Assessment, Priority 1 and General Anaesthetic Category 1 they are under 1, 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and over 5. General Anaesthetic Categories 2 and 3 follow Priority 2 and Priority 3. ### Which quarter is it? The newest quarter Queensland Health has published, October to December 2025 in the first version here. The publisher adds a workbook each quarter in a package for each financial year, and this table follows the newest. It notes all figures are preliminary. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.