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Only 36.1% of the dentists had experience in providing domiciliary care for elderly people in the past 2\u00a0years with mean number of visit per year of 1. Younger dentists below the age of 30 and those with confidence in providing the service were the most willing to undertake domiciliary care for elderly patients (OR\u00a0=\u00a013.5, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). The 3 most reported barriers were patient's complex medical history (74.1%), patient's poor attitude towards oral health service (67.5%), and dentist's unfavourable working condition (64.4%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The majority of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>alaysian government dentists had not been involved in providing domiciliary care for elderly patients. 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