What is the prospect of the dental market in Central Asian countries?

DYM’s Comfortable Dental Chair Shares the Prospects of the Dental Market in Central Asian Countries. Central Asia includes five countries: Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, with a total population of approximately 81.6 million. Among them, Uzbekistan has a population of 36.9

million, Kazakhstan 20.3 million, Tajikistan 10.5 million, Kyrgyzstan 7.3 million, and Turkmenistan 6.6 million. Foshan DYM Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. can leverage its advantages such as dental equipment, one-stop dental equipment supply chain, and technical services, combined with the characteristics of the Central Asian dental market, including high import dependency, policy benefits, and consumption stratification, to cooperate with the development of this market in the following multiple aspectsI:

I：Focus on the Prospects of Dental Markets in Central Asian Countries: Gap in Grassroots Equipment

There is a significant gap in basic dental equipment in rural areas of Central Asian countries. For example, the gap in basic equipment in rural Kazakhstan reaches 72,000 units. Chinese frame-type dental treatment units have become the preferred choice for procurement due to their price, which is only one-third of that of European brands. Most dental chairs and dental equipment in Central Asian countries are imported from China. These countries do not produce dental chairs, dental equipment, etc., locally. In the future, DYM’s dental chairs and dental equipment can focus on this field, launching high-cost-performance basic dental equipment packages suitable for rural clinics to meet the demand for grassroots dental services.

II: The prospects of the dental market in Central Asian countries should promote digital dental products. The demand for digital equipment in the Central Asian market is growing, such as at the 2025 KAZDENTEXPO exhibition in Kazakhstan, where Chinese digital dental equipment accounted for 65%. The company is developing an integrated digital dental chair, which can accelerate R&D progress by incorporating technologies such as AI diagnosis and digital imaging. Additionally, combining the oral endoscope with the digital system will enhance product competitiveness, aligning with the Central Asian dental market’s demand for digital dental equipment.

III: The prospects of the dental market in Central Asian countries should adapt to environmental and policy requirements. Some Central Asian countries pay attention to environmental standards, and DYM’s sewage treatment machine effectively helps local dental clinics disinfect wastewater from used dental chairs, ensuring that discharged wastewater meets standards and complies with EU and Central Asian countries’ environmental standards. At the same time, attention should be paid to the local government’s equipment procurement list, such as Kazakhstan’s focus on procuring energy-saving dental treatment units. Targeted improvements in product energy consumption indicators can be made to strive for inclusion in government procurement scope.

IV: The prospects of the dental market in Central Asian countries require more specialized dental exhibitions to expand. Specialized dental exhibitions in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan’s KAZDENTEXPO and CADEX, have strong radiation capabilities and significant exhibition results. At last year’s CADEX exhibition, Chinese exhibitors achieved an on-site signing rate of over 70%. The company can sustainably participate in such exhibitions to showcase the advantages of its one-stop dental equipment, establish cooperation with procurement agencies and distributors from various Central Asian countries, and simultaneously use dental exhibitions to understand market dynamics and competitor situations.

V: The prospects of the dental market in Central Asian countries are promising due to a surge in aging population and an increasing number of patients needing dental implants, so it is advisable to layout both government and private channels. Aging is beginning to rise in Central Asian countries. Take Kazakhstan as an example, the population aged 65 and above reaches 17.72 million, with a tooth loss rate as high as approximately 75%. Therefore, the future prospects of the dental implant market in Central Asian countries are very large. Government tenders are an important way to enter the Central Asian market, such as Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Health launching the ‘National Dental Implant Subsidy Program’ and signing procurement agreements with Chinese enterprises. The company can pay attention to government tender information in various Central Asian countries and form a professional bidding team to participate; in addition, local private hospitals have good financial conditions and short decision-making chains, so it can first start from private hospitals, accumulate user word-of-mouth, and then promote to government projects.