In the last few years the market for dental services has known a completely new phenomenon that has revolutionized the habits and behaviors of the public. The arrival of dental practice chains has been hailed as a welcome change or as a threat to the quality of dental services; obviously depends on the point of view.
The patients immediately looked with interest at this new choice, which led to lower costs, standardized quality of services and easier access to specialist diagnostic tests.
The expert dentists of the past generation, those with a well established studio and a solid clientele felt threatened by this novelty.
Young medical graduates for a few years, struggling to find stable employment in a market made up largely of small family businesses with a dynastic vocation (96%), they have breathed a sigh of relief.
How to become a dental assistant: new employment opportunities
Position shared by those who trained as dental office assistant, which has seen many new employment opportunities open up.
From a research carried out in September 2015 it appears that corporations in the sector are still only 4%, but the trend is clear and all those concerned know that in the next 10-15 years we will reach at least half of the market dominated by clinics and dental centers spread throughout the country. We know the names of these companies through advertising, the main operators are: DOOC, Vitaldent, Giovanni Bona Dental Clinics, Santagostino Medical Center, Dental-Pro, Doctor Dentist, DentalCoop, OdontoSalute, Socialdent, Caredent, Primo Dental Clinics and a ' another ten smaller companies.
Within this new typology of dental operators they stand out two different commercial models: proprietary companies and companies operating through a franchise network. From the point of view of the dental practice assistant, in both cases, these are precious employment opportunities, but between the two the owner company is certainly preferable, for working conditions, average salary and quality of health service. In fact, the franchising structure provides that each studio is a separate company that is only commercially affiliated to the parent company that owns the brand, but the employer is the owner of the single studio.
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