BUSINESS SIZE
Businesses with fewer than three practitioners or three to five practitioners accounted for the majority of dental businesses at the end of June 2010 with 84.9% of businesses falling within these two size groups. These businesses accounted for 46.8% of total practitioners working in the industry and generated 63% of total fee for service income. Larger dental businesses with ten or more practitioners accounted for only 5.5% of total businesses but contributed 32.4% of total practitioners and 22.8% of total fee for service income.