In previous columns, we have talked about trends and opportunities in dentistry in Australia today. This column discusses the emerging trend to build freestanding dental surgeries and applies specifically to country and regional areas where land prices fall within budgetary parameters.
In urban and city environments, it’s possible to build where land costs are many times that figure, but that will need to be the subject of a further column in this series.
The figures and averages we use are just that: convenient averages and generalisations that should not be taken literally or out of context. Each region and site is different and needs to be assessed on its merits.
Each dentist has unique requirements that will determine the scope of a particular project. The ability to custom design for each situation is the creative challenge that the design team has to meet.
A freestanding dental surgery is often called a ‘Greenfields Site’ (GFS) and has a number of significant attractions.
For a dentist, it holds out the possibility of a significant investment that will mature around retirement, control over their business premises, freedom to plan an ideal surgery layout, a street identity that doubles the marketing potential and parking convenience for staff and patients.
