Oceania: dental markets

Markets

• Australia
• New Zealand

At a glance

Tier-1 snapshot

Completeness

• Australia: 10 of 12 expected metrics have a value, 2 documented nulls, 0 not yet collected
• New Zealand: 11 of 12 expected metrics have a value, 1 documented nulls, 0 not yet collected

Documented gaps

Reasons: No figure found (gap): we searched and found nothing; Not applicable (structural): the measure does not exist or does not apply there; Source blocked (blocked_source): a source exists but could not be read; Not published (not_published): the authorities do not publish it.

Australia

• Dental clinics total: not_published. No reliable figure found: no official or registry count of dental practice sites exists in Australia. Ahpra registers practitioners, not premises; ABS CABEE counts businesses by ABN (see dental_businesses_total: 20,296 at June 2025). AIHW reports about 84% of employed dentists work in group or solo private practice… (record)
• Hospitals with a dental department: blocked_source. No reliable figure found: no national count of hospitals with a dental department is published by the Health Department or ABS. Public dental care is delivered by state/territory dental services (community clinics and dental hospitals such as Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne,… (record)
• DSO share of dental clinics (%): not_published. No reliable figure found: no official measure. ABS counts businesses, not sites, so a group share cannot be derived from CABEE. Leads: site counts of the larger groups (Pacific Smiles, Abano/Maven, National Dental Care, Bupa Dental, 1300SMILES) divided by a site-based total, which does not exist officially; definition… (record)
• Clear aligner cases annual: gap. No reliable figure found: the GTD report does not separate aligners from other appliances. Nearest indicator: 140,162 privately insured items in "Complete Courses of Orthodontic Treatment" in 2024-25 (all appliance types, insured only). No official or association aligner count located. (record)
• Intraoral scanners installed: not_published. No reliable figure found: no official, association or company-published Australian count. Lead: ADA member survey or distributor disclosures (Henry Schein, Straumann/Dental Wings). (record)
• Chairside cadcam installed base: not_published. No reliable figure found: no public Australian count located. Lead: Dentsply Sirona regional disclosures (aggregate APAC only). (record)
• Dental 3d printer installed base: not_published. No reliable figure found: no public Australian count located. (record)

New Zealand

• Hospitals with a dental department: not_published. No reliable figure found: Health NZ runs hospital dental services in its districts (referral for disabled people and patients with conditions such as mouth cancer), but no published count of hospitals with a dental department was located. Health NZ workforce plan says around 3.7% of dentists work for Health NZ. Lead:… (record)
• DSO share of dental clinics (%): gap. No reliable figure found: no official measure. Leads: clinic counts of the larger groups (Lumino The Dentists / Abano, Maven Dental) divided by a site-based total; Stats NZ geographic-unit counts could provide the denominator. (record)
• Implant procedures annual: gap. No reliable figure found: no NZ claims or registry data; implants are privately paid. Lead: ACC treatment-injury implant claims (partial). (record)
• Clear aligner cases annual: gap. No reliable figure found: no official or association count located. (record)
• Self-pay share of dental spend (%): gap. No reliable figure found: no dental-by-financing split for NZ in OECD SHA. Policy fact (Health NZ): adults pay privately for most dental care, so the share is high but unmeasured. (record)
• Total dental spend (US$): gap. No reliable figure found: the OECD SHA dataset carries only total health spending for New Zealand (no HC.1.3.2 dental line, 2021-2025). Leads: Ministry of Health / Health NZ health expenditure trends report; Stats NZ Household Economic Survey (dental services spending, household side only). (record)
• Intraoral scanners installed: not_published. No reliable figure found: no public NZ count located. Lead: NZDA member survey. (record)
• Chairside cadcam installed base: not_published. No reliable figure found: no public NZ count located. (record)
• Dental 3d printer installed base: not_published. No reliable figure found: no public NZ count located. (record)
• Oral appliance reimbursement: gap. No reliable figure found: no Health NZ or Pharmac funding rule for mandibular advancement devices located. Health NZ states adults pay privately for most dental care. Lead: Health NZ district sleep services policies; Southern Cross / nib NZ policy wordings (private). (record)

Data notes

Series breaks in this region. A jump across a break is never growth.

No series breaks documented.

Coverage

2024 = value, as-of year2019* = stale valuenull = documented null (reason on the fact page)missing = expected, not yet collected· = tier-2, no record

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