French-speaking dentists, city by city

Where these came from

These come from 28 different sources, led by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (49), the French embassy in Spain (16) and a French diplomatic mission (9). A consular list records the language because the mission publishes it for its own citizens, which is why French turns up in 22 countries rather than only where French is spoken.

133 of the 135 sit on an official list; the rest rest on the provider saying so or on a directory listing, and each card says which.

Where we have nothing

We list dentists in 148 further cities with no French speaker recorded, among them Hiroshima (170), Sendai (123), Matsuyama (116) and Kumamoto (109). That is a gap in what has been published, not proof that nobody there works in French.

Questions

How many French-speaking dentists does this page list?

135, in 47 cities. That is the number whose working language we can trace to a published source.

Where are most of them?

Tokyo with 19, Barcelona with 11 and Osaka with 11. Together that is 30% of the page.

Does a listing mean the dentist speaks French personally?

Not always. Some sources name a practice whose staff include a French speaker rather than the named person, and each card quotes the wording its source used.

All 195 cities where we list dentists, whatever the language.