IDMS

What IDMS does

IDMS Co., Ltd. (株式会社イドムス) is a privately held Japanese software company headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, that develops and sells cloud-based SaaS for the Japanese dental healthcare market, with a particular focus on visiting (home-visit) dental services and oral hygiene management in elderly care facilities. The company operates two integrated core products: the IDMS Dental Home-visit Treatment Management System (歯科訪問診療管理システム), which handles appointment scheduling, oral health record management, and automated document creation for dental hygienists serving home-bound patients; and the IDMS Oral Hygiene Management System (口腔衛生管理システム), which enables real-time online data sharing between dental clinics and care facilities, automates required care documentation, and supports transmission to Japan's LIFE (Long-term Care Insurance Information System).

The platform is delivered as a browser-accessible cloud service with no client-side installation, two-factor authentication, encrypted data, WAF security, and multi-generational backups. Its feature set centers on workflow automation for clinical documentation, scheduling visualization across multiple dentists and facilities, database-driven patient record retrieval, and treatment-effectiveness analytics from aggregated oral function data. The company's differentiator is deep domain specialization in the Japanese visiting dental niche, including compliance with dental insurance claims and the April 2024 care facility operational standard that mandates oral hygiene management systems.

IDMS generates revenue through a tiered monthly SaaS subscription priced at 11,500 yen base (covering 100 patients) with 6,000 yen per additional 100 patients, supported by a free 2-month trial, free initial setup, and customer-facing assistance with Japan's IT Introduction Subsidy program that can cover up to 50% of the first-year cost. Go-to-market is sales-led via the company's official website, Zoom-based demonstrations, and free trials, supplemented by PR TIMES media distribution, academic publication in the International Journal of Dentistry, and supporting memberships in the Japan Geriatric Dentistry Society and Japan Visiting Dental Association. The company is led by Representative Director Hideki Uchiyama (内山秀樹), appears to operate without external venture or private equity funding, and focuses exclusively on the domestic Japanese market.

Name

IDMS

Legal name

株式会社イドムス

Website

https://idms.co.jp

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

IDMS (株式会社イドムス) is a Japanese cloud SaaS vendor that provides visiting-dental practice management and oral hygiene management software to dental clinics and elderly care facilities across Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dental Practice Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Relationship Management (PRM) & CRM for Provider Growth (Marketing/Outreach) (HLACAEAO)

Keywords

• Dental practice management
• Visiting dental software
• Oral hygiene management
• Dental healthcare SaaS
• Care facility dental records

Headquarters

HQ city

Ebina

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Cloud SaaS Subscription: Monthly subscription model with tiered pricing based on patient count. Base plan includes 100 patients for 11,500 yen/month with additional capacity available at 6,000 yen per 100 additional patients. No additional charges for staff growth or multiple terminals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IDMS develops and sells a cloud-based SaaS dental healthcare management platform consisting of two integrated systems: the Dental Home-visit Treatment Management System for dental clinics to manage visiting dental appointments, patient oral health records, and insurance documentation; and the Oral Hygiene Management System that enables online data sharing and document automation between dental clinics and elderly care facilities in compliance with Japanese long-term care insurance requirements.

Product overview

IDMS (Integrated Dental Management System) is a cloud-based dental healthcare management platform consisting of two integrated core products: (1) the Dental Home-visit Treatment Management System for dental clinics to manage appointments, patient records, clinical documentation, and data analysis for home dental care services, and (2) the Oral Hygiene Management System that enables real-time data sharing and document automation between dental clinics and nursing/care facilities to support oral health management compliance and coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IDMS Dental Home-visit Treatment Management System (IDMS 歯科訪問診療管理システム) A cloud-based dental home-visit practice management SaaS system that enables Japanese dental clinics to manage visiting dental appointments, store patient oral health records from initial examination through contracting, automate creation of dental hygienist field instruction forms and insurance claim documents, and analyze quarterly oral function screening data for treatment effectiveness evaluation.
• IDMS Oral Hygiene Management System (IDMS 口腔衛生管理システム) An online oral hygiene management system that enables real-time data sharing between dental clinics and elderly care or nursing facilities, supporting oral health management plan creation, automated document generation (oral care implementation plans, oral hygiene management system plans, oral health status evaluation and information-sharing documents), and data transmission to the LIFE long-term care insurance information system.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10x efficiency improvement in visiting dental consultation workflow
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Japan Geriatric Dentistry Society (日本老年歯科医学会)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDMS is a supporting member (賛助会員) of the Japan Geriatric Dentistry Society. The partnership provides access to academic expertise in oral function decline management and supports clinical research initiatives using the IDMS system data.
• Japan Visiting Dental Association (日本訪問歯科協会)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDMS is a supporting member (賛助会員) of the Japan Visiting Dental Association, which represents dental clinics providing visiting dental services. The partnership supports industry standards and promotes adoption of digital systems in the visiting dental sector.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Curve Dental: US-based cloud dental practice management software provider serving dental clinics with a similar cloud-based SaaS model. Comparable in product architecture and subscription pricing but operates in a different geography.

Emerging players

• DONUTS (CLIUS): Japanese technology company offering CLIUS clinic management SaaS to outpatient clinics. Comparable cloud-based SaaS business model serving small/mid-market providers in Japan, with overlapping sales-led GTM motion and similar subscription pricing structure.
• Medley (株式会社メドレー): Japanese healthcare platform providing clinic, job-board, and SaaS solutions to medical providers. Comparable SaaS model and target provider segment, though Medley spans broader medical specialties rather than dental-only workflows.
• Kakehashi (株式会社カケハシ): Japanese vertical SaaS provider for pharmacies and healthcare facilities. Comparable SaaS business model, healthcare regulatory expertise, and approach to automating workflow and regulatory documentation for Japanese providers — a different vertical but the same operating playbook.

Direct peers

• Wise (株式会社ワイズ): Japanese vendor of dental clinic management software serving a similar customer base of dental clinics with practice management, scheduling, and documentation functionality. Closest direct SaaS competitor in Japan's dental software segment for the same clinic buyer persona.

Broad incumbents

• J. Morita (株式会社モリタ): One of Japan's largest dental equipment and imaging manufacturers with software solutions for clinic operations. Comparable to IDMS in serving Japanese dental clinics, but at substantially greater scale and broader product breadth.
• Yoshida (株式会社ヨシダ): Major Japanese dental equipment and supplies manufacturer with bundled clinic management and digital workflow software. Serves the same dental clinic customers as IDMS, but as part of a much broader equipment portfolio and at significantly greater scale.
• Dentrix (Henry Schein): Largest dental practice management software franchise globally, owned by Henry Schein. Comparable core product (practice management for dental clinics) but operates at significantly greater scale and broader geographic footprint than IDMS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about IDMS