Market Trends of India Dental Insurance Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the India Dental Insurance Market according to our research experts:
Changing eating habits affecting dental insurance market, because of early tooth diseases.
With an expansion of the food industry, consumer preference is shifting toward the consumption of market-processed foods as there is a continuous change in eating habits with a continuous attraction toward sugar-inhibited ingredients like pastries, sweets, and other products that harm different layers of teeth. The distribution of processed food and beverages in India has continuously increased over the years. During 2014-15 processed food and beverage accounted for 6.8% of the total food consumption and increased to 7.8% during 2020-21. All these changes are affecting the dental health of people as well as creating an opportunity for the dental insurance market.
Demographics Affecting dental Insurance Market
As most of the younger population have a specific sensitivity toward them, teeth play an important part in that. The majority of the demographics consulting dentists are younger, mid-aged people. In India, almost (28-30)% of the population visits a dentist once a year and 19% twice a year, with around 3% of the population visiting three or more than three times a year; with this visiting rate of dentists for a country with a population of around 1.393 billion, it creates an opportunity for dental market as well as dental insurance market.
