{"id":10731,"date":"2017-09-27T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/?p=10731"},"modified":"2021-01-04T16:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T05:59:46","slug":"the-future-of-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/the-future-of-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of dentistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10733 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"the future of dentistry\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-696x479.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-611x420.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-109x75.jpg 109w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-276x190.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-150x103.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10733 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"the future of dentistry\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-696x479.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-611x420.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-109x75.jpg 109w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-276x190.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hitech-150x103.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript>Who lives in Australia and how they access dental care is set to undergo significant change by 2030. What must dentists do to ensure the profession remains relevant and profitable into the future? By Angela Tufvesson<\/h2>\n<p>By 2030, Australia\u2019s population is set to exceed 30 million, and one in five people will be aged over 60. University graduates will jump from one in four to eventually number one in two, but wealth will be distributed less equally.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does this mean for the future of dentistry? Are practices likely to have a larger, more affluent client base? Will the growing older cohort add to demand for dental services? And what of the impact of technological development and continued oversupply of dental graduates on the profession?<\/p>\n<h3>Mature age<\/h3>\n<p>Much has been written about Australia\u2019s ageing population, and the 2016 census reveals the trend is set to continue. By 2030, as many Australians will be aged over 60 as under 20 and the older cohort will be more active than ever, says Mark McCrindle, head of social research firm McCrindle.<\/p><div class=\"bitem-article-desktop-720x300-in-text\" id=\"bitem-2207973243\"><!-- Bite 720x300 [async] -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\";s.src = 'https:\/\/servedby.engagemedia.com.au\/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\r\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\r\nvar plc705185 = window.plc705185 || 0;\r\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_705185_'+plc705185+'\"><\\\/'+'div>');\r\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(165450, 705185, [720,300], 'placement_705185_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc705185++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedby.engagemedia.com.au', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSomeone in their mid-60s can expect to live into their late 80s, and not only are there more people in the older age category but they are more active in those older years,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople are moving into aged care support later in life, people are independent longer and they are active as consumers later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Joanna Gray, a coach and trainer from dental practice consultancy Momentum Management, says this means demand for quality dental care and cosmetic dentistry later in life will increase. Crucially, she says, practices that work with clients to develop clinical and financial plans for the future are well-placed to retain and benefit from older clientele.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the big opportunities for dental practices is what I call retirement planning for the teeth,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just the teeth\u2014it\u2019s the financial side of it as well. Smart practices have started to talk to their roughly 60-year-old patients about how they want their teeth to be when they\u2019re older and looked at how to plan for that now, clinically and financially.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Haves and have-nots<\/h3>\n<p>Most Australians fancy themselves as middle-class folk on average incomes, but the reality is wealth inequality is on the rise. Our Gini coefficient\u2014a global measure of income spread\u2014is now at its highest level ever, and the wealthiest 20 per cent of Australians own 71 times that of the poorest 20 per cent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5>\u201cWith the oversupply of dentists in Australia you will see a push-down in wages and the reality is that makes it a more competitive market.\u201d\u2014Dr Hugo Sachs, president, ADA<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a rising standard of living, full-time annual earnings are around $80,000 and net wealth is higher than ever,\u201d says McCrindle. \u201cBut at the same time, we have a rising cost of living, rising utility bills and a bigger gap between the wealth categories. There\u2019s a fragmentation of spend categories now and into the future compared with what we\u2019ve seen in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Hugo Sachs, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ada.org.au\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Dental Association<\/a>, says in the dental industry this phenomenon is best illustrated using a model of thirds. \u201cThere are many surveys that show us that a third of people have a regular dental check-up every two to three years, a third only turn up for required needs and there is another third that will never turn up,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraging those who never go to the dentist to make an appointment for required care and those who only show up for required care to have a regular check-up would help to fill dentists\u2019 appointment books, but Dr Gray says growing wealth inequality will likely prohibit a significant proportion of the population from accessing private dental care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem that we\u2019ve got in Australia is there\u2019s still a significant portion of the population that isn\u2019t going to private practices,\u201d she says. \u201cSome are managing to get into the public system but some aren\u2019t seeing dentists at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And for patients who have private health insurance, cost of living pressures mean many may continue to prefer to attend practices where fees are fully covered by their health insurer. \u201cThe dental population is being segmented into a high-end, full-fee service for wealthier people, while the majority of people are happy to go to a health fund clinic where they pay nothing or next to nothing,\u201d says Dr Phillip Palmer, chairman of dental practice management company Prime Practice.<\/p>\n<h3>Too many cooks<\/h3>\n<p>Despite Australia\u2019s growing population\u2014and even if dental practices are able to attract older clientele with the means to access the private system\u2014an oversupply of dentists means many practices will continue to struggle and university graduates face increasing competition for jobs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5>\u201cA lot of the skills that I have, in 20 years\u2019 time, those skills will be redundant and you\u2019ll&nbsp;find computerisation has come to the fore.\u201d\u2014Dr Hugo Sachs, president, ADA<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of the number of eligible patients, the type of patients who are going to go to a private practice, we\u2019re probably at saturation point and on the verge of being oversupplied with dentists,\u201d says Dr Gray. \u201cAnd the current market is absolutely saturated in most places with dental practices. A lot of practices are opening up that are surprisingly quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sachs says Australia graduates approximately 1,200 new dentists each year but only about 550 dentists retire in the same period. \u201cThere is pretty stiff competition for jobs out there,\u201d he says. \u201cWe have evidence of young graduates not obtaining full-time employment, or to gain full-time employment they need two or three jobs. With the oversupply of dentists in Australia you will see a push-down in wages and the reality is that makes it a more competitive market.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Service and technology matter<\/h3>\n<p>Thankfully, however, many industry commentators agree the quality of service provided by dentists will continue to be the main determinant of success for both salaried employees and practice owners, especially given the future impact of technology.<\/p>\n<p>A report published this year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fya.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Foundation for Young Australians<\/a> predicts that by 2030 there will be a reduction in the need for workers to complete routine, manual tasks and an increase in the time workers spend focusing on people and gaining value from technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to keep a recurring practice stream of check-ups and cleans, dentists need to add value rather than lose the patient to a free clinic,\u201d says Dr Palmer. \u201cIt\u2019s going to have to be on a service and communication level. I don\u2019t believe dentists have to add value from extra services but on the way their services are given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Dr Sachs says dentists must keep up with changes in technology or risk falling victim to outdated skill sets. \u201cThe whole of dentistry is becoming revolutionised in the way in which it\u2019s provided. A lot of the skills that I have, in 20 years\u2019 time, will be redundant and you\u2019ll find computerisation has come to the fore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who lives in Australia and how they access dental care is set to undergo significant change by 2030. What must dentists do to ensure the profession remains relevant and profitable into the future? 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