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The Development Trend And Prospects Of The Dental Medical Industry

2024-12-11

Competition in China's dental industry has been unprecedentedly fierce in recent years.At present, the annual number of dental outpatient visits in the country has reached nearly 300 million, and the number of patients still maintains an annual growth of 13%-15%.

The dental medical service industry is developing rapidly, and the three major segments are showing high prosperity:

①The number of dental implants in China is growing rapidly, reaching 3.12 million in 2019, with a CAGR of 48% from 2011 to 2019, making it one of the fastest growing dental implant markets in the world. At present, the penetration rate of domestic dental implants is at a lower level than that of South Korea, which is 622 implants per 10,000 people.

②The orthodontic service market is affected by the increase in income, the increase in consumer awareness of dental health, and the increase in orthodontic treatment institutions. In 2019, the domestic orthodontic market reached 7.3 billion U.S. dollars, and the CAGR reached 21% from 2015 to 2019.

③The children's dental diagnosis and treatment market is growing rapidly. On the one hand, the rate of children's dental diseases continues to rise. On the other hand, with the gradual implementation of the healthy oral action plan, the number of domestic children's dental diseases will increase significantly.

 

Residents’ awareness of oral health has increased, and the oral medical industry has developed rapidly:

With the improvement of China’s economic level, residents’ demand for medical services has increased, and people’s attention to oral health has also increased, which has promoted the development of China’s oral medical service market. Statistics from the "China Health Statistics Yearbook" show that in 2019, there were 174 million outpatient and emergency department visits in Chinese hospitals, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%, and a compound growth rate of 8.6% from 2010 to 2019. According to MedTrend's forecast, the scale of China's dental industry will grow at a rapid rate of 15%-20% in the next three years. At the same time, China will also be one of the fastest growing countries in the global dental field.

 

The number of domestic dental hospitals has increased year by year, and the overall income of the industry has grown steadily: 

According to statistics from the Health Commission, there were 885 domestic dental hospitals in 2019, and the compound growth rate from 2010 to 2019 was 12.7%. The total income of domestic dental hospitals is increasing, from 5.22 billion yuan in 2010 to 28.77 billion yuan in 2019, with a compound annual growth rate of 21%.

 

The Health Commission formulates a healthy oral cavity action plan and guides the development of healthy oral cavity work. 

In order to further promote the development of the oral health industry, enhance the people’s oral health awareness and behavioral abilities, and implement the spiritual requirements of “advocating a healthy lifestyle” in the 13th Five-Year Plan, the National Health Commission has organized and formulated the "Healthy Oral Action Plan (2019-2025) )". The plan specifies the action indicators for healthy oral work. The goal is to control the caries prevalence of 12-year-old children within 30%, caries filling treatment to 24%, and children's pit and fissure sealing service coverage to 28%, 65-74 years old by 2025 The number of remaining teeth in the elderly is 24. With the gradual implementation of the Healthy Oral Action Plan, the number of patients with oral diseases in China will increase substantially.

 

Policies are good for the development of private dental medical institutions and play an important role in dental health care: 

In December 2016, the "13th Five-Year Plan for Health and Health" proposed to encourage social forces to develop dental health and other resource scarcity and meet diverse needs Service. In April 2017, the Health and Family Planning Commission issued and implemented the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Regulations on the Management of Medical Institutions" to mobilize the enthusiasm of doctors to start their own businesses, promote private investment, and accelerate the development of social medical services. The “Healthy Oral Action Plan (2019-2025)” in June 2019 clarified that the role of the market in allocating resources in the field of non-basic oral health should be used to encourage, guide, and support socially-run oral medical and health service institutions to participate in the prevention and treatment of oral diseases. Health management services. Under a series of favorable policies, the number of private dental hospitals in China has increased rapidly, with a compound growth rate of 20% from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, there were 723 private dental hospitals in China (82%). The proportion of individual hospitals and social hospitals has increased year by year, becoming the main investment body of domestic dental hospitals.

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