ATLAS DENTAL STUDY - the European Dental Industry at your fingertip

The latest edition (March 2024) of the ATLAS DENTAL study is published - after the first release in 2019 it got a complete update in all aspects, and a significantly wider scope and extended coverage of trending topics. It is a comprehensive overview of the European Dental Market (and Industry).

250 pages (printed version) cover eleven countries in detail (Austria/ Belgium/ Czech Republic/ France/ Germany/ Italy/ Netherlands/ Sweden/ Switzerland/ Spain/ UK). 

For each country you will find data like expenses for #dental treatment and dentists per capita, health insurance coverage, specialization of dental clinics/ dentists, dental lab overview plus much more like „how do I become a dentist in this country“.

Let´s have a quick glance at Italy: „Dental treatments are only 0,07% out of the total public health expenditures (EUR 127 Billion), which is due to the high out-of-pocket payments of the patients. 51.000 practicing #dentists (in 2021) are the second biggest number in Europe (beyond Germany, which has over 1/3 more inhabitants). 

Dental graduates are only 1,89/ 1.000 persons (one of the lowest numbers in Europe). Italians are in average 48 years of age (highest average in Europe) with the highest segment of seniors (23,6%).

The dentists in Italy face competition by DSO´s (whereas only 5% of clinics are organized within a chain). 

Laboratories (double the average of the eleven countries in this study) are stable in numbers and invest significantly into digital solutions. 

The #dentalindustry is a cornerstone in Italys GDP and the total purchase volume of clinics and labs in Italy reached EUR 1,353 Billion in 2021 (1,1% less compared to 2020). There is a move towards internet purchase (and away from Deopts) whereas this is a comparably low 26%“.

Such data - plus much more information and analysis - will be found country by country plus on a cumulated basis on 18 pages.

Three chapters

-> Analyzing structures

-> Mastering challenges

-> Developing scenarios

look at all aspects of the #dentalindustry from the standpoint of Dentists (Clinics), Dental Laboratories and Manufacturers and Distributors.

Demographic change („The senior patient“) is described as well as how to attract skilled workers/ specialists. Digitalization („The electronic patient“) and digital workflow (from clinic to lab to distributors) is covered, and DSO´s and Laboratory-Groups, Globalization (supply chains) and e-marketplaces are also included.

For sure MDR and its significant impact has a stake plus the sustainability topic, which has growing importance (in all aspects).

Finally the "patient/ clinic/ laboratory/ manufacturer and distributor of tomorrow“ finds a detailed description.

This new edition has been independently revised and authored by Rebmann Research and is available as an interactive online version and print (German language) and as PDF plus as a printed booklet (Englisch version) via www.atlas-dental.de (for prices and conditions please see the website).

Thank you, Rebmann Team and especially Nadine Brohammer for your support of this article! And a big thanks to Dr. Mubashira Saeed Hayrieva for your continuous support!