India Dental Services Industry Outlook to 2018 - Rising Demand for Quality Dental Treatments to Escalate Growth

India Dental Services Industry Outlook to 2018 - Rising Demand for Quality Dental Treatments to Escalate Growth

The report titled “India Dental Services Industry Outlook to 2018 - Rising Demand for Quality Dental Treatments to Escalate Growth” presents a comprehensive analysis of the industry covering aspects including market size by revenue and market segmentation by major types of services taken by patients including endodontic, prosthodontic, orthodontic, periodontic, implantlogy, cosmetic dental services and on the basis of revenue generated by entrepreneurs and dental clinic chains. The market has also been segmented on the basis of services taken by domestic and foreign customers and revenue generation by cities. The report also entails a detailed description on cost structure of the dental services and patient profile along with the recent trends and developments in the market and profile of major dental chains in the country. Despite the introduction of basic healthcare amenities in the country, Indian people continue to be affected by numerous dental diseases. These include oral cavity, tooth decay, gum disease, facial pain, tooth loss, oral cancer, mal-aligned teeth and mouth odor. In India, a majority of the population lives in rural areas, which has lower media penetration. Henceforth, the awareness about the importance of oral hygiene and dental care is very low. Additionally, the lower disposable incomes of a substantial part of this segment have also been posing constraints for the development of the dental healthcare sector in India. India has been witnessing an unequal dentist distribution both in rural and urban areas. In 2013, the dentist to population ratio in urban areas was 1:10,000, whereas rural areas have one dentist serving the population of 250,000 people in the same year. It was found that a considerable proportion of the rural population suffers from missing tooth problem. The endodontic dental service has been the...