The Dutch dental market

• Total inhabitants: 16.495.135
• Number of practising dentists (public and private): 6.350
• Total number of full time equivalent of practising dentists (public and private): 4.900
• Number of new graduate dentists (state examined) in 2008: 240
• Number of dentist training institutions: 3
• Number of active dental offices (public and private): 5.200
• Number of dental hygienists: 3.300
• Number of dental laboratories (dentists’ laboratories and commercial laboratories): 895
• Number of active dental technicians (laboratory owners & employees in dentists’ and commercial laboratories, etc.): 5.020

Sales figures in the Netherlands:

Total sales value (retail) of all dental equipment that requires installation (excl. computers for admin. purposes; in Euro; VAT excl.) delivered to dentists/laboratories	52.410.000
Total sales value of all other equipment (in Euro; VAT excl., excl. computers) delivered to dentists/laboratories	5.622.000
Total sales value (retail) of sundries/consumables (excl. precious metal) delivered (in Euro; VAT excl.) To dentists To Laboratories	105.661.000 28.545.000
Total sales value (retail) of teeth delivered to dentists and Laboratories (in Euro; VAT excl.)	12.760.000
Total value of after-sales technical services incl. spare parts (in Euro; VAT excl.)	17.400.000