TRADITIONAL DENTAL CLINICS VS LARGE DENTAL FUNDS AND CHAINS

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The dental sector continues to be one of the great attractions for investment funds, increasingly insistent on purchasing large chains, as well as acquiring private clinics to increase the market value of existing firms, if not to create new ones. This time the intervention of a private equity has directly affected the industry.

The titular magistrate of the Commercial Court number 2 of Madrid has agreed to authorize the bankruptcy administration of Dentix to proceed to the sale of 80 dental clinics at the bottom Advent International, through its company Ai Denmark Bidco SLU.

Specifically, the court has authorized the "early and direct" sale of these production units of Dentoestetic Centro de Salud y Estética Dental and Neotech Clinical, whose trademark is Dentix, under the terms and conditions stated in its offer, dated December 23, 2020.

But is the entry of these funds into the oral sector really good for society?

Analyzing the average experience of patients using dental clinics, 87% consider that they feel better cared for and obtain better results when they go to traditional clinics.

The offers with small print, the subjective quality of the treatments offered and the “mass production” of the clinics that belong to large funds or dental chains, make the overall experience and opinion of the service negative.

Not only the dubious quality or the time dedicated to patients and a real concern for them, make a traditional family dental clinic a reason to choose to avoid large companies that seek an easy profit, but also budget imbalances. One in every two patients states that the budgets initially received for their treatment increase as the treatment progresses.

Another point to study is how patient care is affected by the working conditions of doctors, hygienists, assistants or receptionists who, for one reason or another, have ended up working under an abusive contract offered by said funds. Since the only goal of these types of clinics is quick profit, taking care of the clinic staff or patients is not a priority.

With this article, we intend to make Spanish society see that when choosing a clinic for your oral care or not, it is a simple decision, but that you have to evaluate all the circumstances to be able to get the best treatment.

At Eusklinic we recommend, without a doubt, choosing a traditional dental clinic so that, in addition to saving the sector, you have the best oral care possible.