1. Awareness: The Indian lifestyle is not very congenial to the oral health. The common man has been historically using tobacco & alcohol which is detrimental to dental health. In rural areas people adopt archaic oral hygiene practices which aggravate the problem. Due to costly dental treatment, they end up losing either teeth or life.
2. Approx 60-80% of our children suffer from dental issues and periodontal (gum) disease affect nearly 90-95% of our population. Lack of adequate & affordable dental care affects almost every individual in India.
3. Late detection of disease: Due to habit of procrastination & lack of awareness of dental problems like oral cancer & gum diseases, it becomes difficult to cure them at late detection which increases the cost of treatment & is a threat to life. Regular dental check up is an issue in India.
4. Costly technology: The dental technologies in field of implants, RCT, Ortho etc makes its implementation difficult for common masses. The increase in the number of treatments, cost effective technologies, efficiency in operation etc will bring the economies of scale & scope, which will result in democratization of dental services consumption to the bottom of pyramid.
5. Prevention is better than cure: There is a requirement to develop a holistic model to address the preventive needs as well as the disease specific requirements, increasing awareness, initiating frequent check-ups & operational & supply chain efficient model to overcome the prominent issues in providing quality, affordable & adequate dental services to masses.
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