Vikas Thakur / / 9 min read93,500 Australians applied to release superannuation early for dental, IVF or weight-loss treatment in FY2024-25, and the ATO rejected 30 percent of them. Dental care alone accounted for $817.6 million in early releases. Here is what the regulatory clampdown means for a dental practice's website and booking flow.
Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readThe only published Australian implant-survival study puts the real 20-year success rate at 87.67%, well below the 95-98% figure many clinic websites advertise without naming a source. The data comes from a 2018 Australian Dental Journal study of 527 implants at Adelaide Dental Hospital. Here is what the gap means for how a dental practice presents success-rate claims online.
Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readPrivate health insurers paid an average of $166 toward a $393 composite veneer in Australia in 2023-24, covering 42% of the cost, according to Private Healthcare Australia's national dental claims data. Porcelain veneers barely register in the same dataset.
Vikas Thakur / / 9 min readA 2021 systematic review of 25 studies and 6,500 porcelain veneers found a 95.5% survival rate at 10 years. A separate 2023 review of 7 composite veneer studies found an 88% pooled survival rate specific to its 3 randomised controlled trials, over 2 to 8 years. Here is what the clinical research actually shows, and what it means for a dental practice website.
Vikas Thakur / / 12 min readA custom dental practice website in Australia runs $10,000 to $25,000 as a one-off agency build, or from $4,900 a month on a compliance-included retainer. Here is what sets that price and what a compliant build actually has to include.
Vikas Thakur / / 13 min readA "Results" page built entirely around before/after photo pairs is a compliance liability under AHPRA's advertising guideline, in effect since 2 September 2025. Here is the page-by-page rebuild spec, a worked example for a cosmetic clinic and a cosmetic dental practice, and what to check on your own site first.
