T32 Dental aims to create dental ecosystem with clinics and support services

It can then go about providing quality dental care, says its founder. Dental services are now looked at through a lifestyle prism, he adds.

Published Tue, Jul 27, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Dentistry

FOR many patients, it used to be that seeing a dentist happened only when they were in pain from an infected cavity, or perhaps when they were having problems with their gums.

But T32 Dental Group recognises that things are changing today: More patients are seeking out higher-value, "lifestyle" dental services such as having their teeth straightened with braces, their pearlies whitened, or getting implants done.

The group believes that collaboration is the way to go for the "highly fragmented" dental industry to meet these needs.

Taking this business model, it now seeks to expand its footprint across Asia, and aspires to manage an extensive network of dental clinics across the region by 2025.

Wong Keng Mun, the founder and managing director of the group, said: "The best way forward is to consolidate, because consolidating actually enables us to improve efficiency, and you've got economies of scale…