|
Welcome to the
ADA World Marketplace
Exhibition
Exhibit Hall Hours
Saturday, Oct.9: 9:30am–5:30 pm
Sunday, Oct.10: 9:30am–5:30 pm
Monday, Oct.11: 9:30am–5:30 pm
Continuing Education
Get involved with these great new avenues to reach people who are hungry for knowledge.
The LOC
Debuting at the 2008 ADA Annual Session, the LOC offers attendees the opportunity to Learn, Optimize and Connect with a unique blend of product training and continuing education.
Attendees will experience emerging technology in a hands-on environment that will provide them with assistance in their daily diagnosis and treatment
planning.
This high-tech environment is the first of its kind in the dental meeting arena and will allow attendees to earn up to 12 hours of continuing
education (CE) units for their attendance in multiple disciplines, while exposing them to latest technology and products on the market.
This high-tech, cutting-edge center will be divided into distinct educational disciplines, including:
- The Laser Operatory
- The CAD CAM Pavilion
- The hands-on Tech Expo
- The Competition Hub
Education in the Round
Education in the Round offers live-patient procedures in a fully functional dental operatory, with an interactive format between you and the speaker.
ADA365.org
ADA365.org will allow people to begin their Annual Session educational experience at the time they enroll for a course.
On a course-by-course basis, attendees will have the ability to:
- Earn pre-course self study CE for more than 40 courses offered during the Annual Session
- Access video lectures, additional readings, and other supplemental course materials
- Network and share stories with their fellow students
- Participate in online discussion forums and message boards
- Research dental procedures, products, and issues important to their practice
- Create their profile and upload their picture
|
|
|
QUICK FACTS ABOUT
THE WORLD DENTAL MARKET
According to the SUVISON database, there are over 4,000,000 practitioners in the allied dental labour force (comprising denturists, dental therapists, technicians, prosthetists and hygienists.) whereas the number of dentists who practice throughout the world is close to two million.
In the U.S. there were 179,594 practising dentists, i.e., approximately 10% of the total world population of dentists.
DENTAL MARKET
(Source: SUVISON)
Main Market Operators: Currently, there are 7,289 manufacturers and/or exporters from 108 countries, among them 1,266 in the U.S. and Canada.
Considering the US and Canadian market as a whole, the industry is made up of 2,051 companies, among them 1,194 manufacturers, 72 exporters and 64 importers.
The above data show that almost 20% of the total number of the world manufacturers and/or exporters are the U.S. and Canadian-based companies.
Almost 50% of them are simultaneously importers, wholesalers and/or retail dealers. On the other hand, these markets have a distribution concentrated among relatively very small number of companies.
This particular feature of the U.S. and Canadian market however is starting to change.
SNAPSHOT OF AMERICAN DENTISTRY
|
Economics
Average Yearly Income of a General Practitioner: $174,350;
Average Yearly Income of a Dental Specialist: $291,250.
General Practitioners Spend an Average Per Year of:
$32,790 on dental supplies,
$10,020 on office supplies and $10,510 on office equipment;
Specialists Spend an Average Per Year of:
$51,650 on Dental Supplies,
$15,660 on office supplies and $10,490 on office equipment.
(Source: ADA)
|
Key Statistics on U.S. Dentistry
Number of New Graduates:
4,850 per year;
Dental Faculties and Schools: 73;
Scientific and Professional Organizations: 298;
Dental Labs: 12,000;
Technicians, Assistants and Apprentices: 46,000;
Dental Hygienists: 150,000;
Dental (Chairside) Assistants: 295,300;
Number of Schools for Auxiliary Staff: 561.
(Source: SUVISON)
|
Income
The net income for all independent dentists is highest in the New England region and lowest in the East Central region.
(Source: American Dental Association. Survey Center, 2008 Survey of Dental Practice)
|
|
Visit www.ada.org/goto/session and www.suvison.com/ada2010.asp