VYV Dental

What VYV Dental does

VYV Dental (operating as VYV Dentaire) is the dental care brand of Groupe VYV, France's leading mutualist health and social protection group, structured legally under VYV 3. The company operates 150 dental health centers across all French metropolitan and overseas regions, supported by 500 dental chairs and approximately 1,000 practitioners and dental assistants. Its service offering spans dental surgery, orthodontics, and implantology, delivered by teams of dental surgeons, orthodontists, implantologists, and qualified dental assistants. Centers are equipped with modern technical platforms including optical impression systems, AI-assisted dental radiography, and mechanized endodontics.

The business model is built on a hybrid employment structure that combines the clinical independence of private dental practice with the benefits of salaried employment. Practitioners are relieved of administrative burdens (appointments, quotes, tiers payant billing, equipment investment, URSSAF contributions) through dedicated dental assistants and centralized back-office functions, while retaining autonomy over clinical protocols. As a mutualist organization, VYV Dental has no shareholders; profits are reinvested into care quality, equipment, training, and working conditions. Revenue flows from patient services reimbursed through the French tiers payant system integrated with mutual health insurers and social security, supplemented by mobile dental services (hors les murs) delivered to nursing homes (Ehpad) and schools.

VYV Dental operates within a broader ecosystem that includes 12 regional VYV 3 subsidiaries (e.g., VYV 3 Île-de-France, VYV 3 Bretagne, VYV 3 Sud-Est) covering complementary lines such as médico-social care, medical and paramedical services, optics and hearing, and childhood services. Strategic partnerships include a long-term alliance with UFSBD (Union Française de la Santé Bucco-Dentaire) for professional development and preventive care standards, and university partnerships for student recruitment pipelines. Customer concentration is low, as the network serves a fragmented general-public patient base distributed across all French regions.

Name

VYV Dental

Legal name

VYV 3

Website

https://recrutement-dentaire.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

VYV Dental is the mutualist dental care brand of Groupe VYV, operating 150 dental health centers across France with 500 chairs and 1,000 practitioners. It delivers dental surgery, orthodontics, and implantology services to the general public under a salaried clinical-independence model with third-party billing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dental Care Services

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (621210), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile & On-Site General Dentistry (Workplace/Nursing Home/Home Visits) (HLABAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geriatric & Special Needs General Dentistry (HLABAAAH), Community & Public Health Dentistry Clinics (FQHC/School-Based/Nonprofit) (HLABAAAF)

Keywords

• Dental care services
• Dental health centers
• Orthodontic treatments
• Dental implantology
• Preventive dentistry

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dental Healthcare Services: Provides dental care services to patients with third-party payment (tiers payant) system where the mutualist organization handles billing with insurance providers, allowing patients to receive care without upfront payment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

VYV Dental operates a national network of 150 dental health centers across France, providing accessible dental care through teams of dental surgeons, orthodontists, implantologists, and qualified dental assistants. The centers use modern technical equipment including optical impression systems, AI-assisted dental radiography, and mechanized endodontics, with third-party payment (tiers payant) processing integrated through the French mutualist insurance system. Mobile dental screening services extend care to nursing homes (Ehpad) and schools.

Product overview

VYV Dentaire is a network of 150 dental health centers operated as part of the Groupe VYV mutualist group. The offering consists of a unified healthcare service network providing dental care through teams of dental surgeons, orthodontists, implantologists, and dental assistants. The centers feature modern 'concept' facilities designed to optimize patient experience and daily operations. Key services include general dental surgery, orthodontics, and implantology, supported by advanced technical equipment such as optical impression systems, AI-assisted dental radiography analysis, and mechanized endodontics. Dental assistants handle administrative and organizational tasks, enabling practitioners to concentrate on clinical care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VYV Dentaire Dental Care Centers
• Dental Surgery Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 500 dental chairs and 150 centers serving patients nationwide
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UFSBD (Union Française de la Santé Bucco-Dentaire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term strategic partnership with UFSBD for professional development, practice support, and quality care standards. Partnership includes training sessions, webinars on topics such as M'T teeth, enhanced EBD, and patient reception for people with disabilities. UFSBD partnership also supports preventive actions in schools and VYV Enfance daycares.
• Groupe VYVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVYV Dental is a brand of Groupe VYV, the leading mutualist actor in health and social protection in France. Groupe VYV was formed from the merger of major actors in the social and solidarity economy, with an integrated model offering complementary expertise for members, clients, patients, and communities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Smilers: Smilers is the Spanish dental clinic network that emerged from the prior Dentix footprint, operating across Spain and Portugal. It shares VYV Dental's accessible multi-site dental positioning, third-party payment processing, and broad general dentistry service line.
• Dentix: Dentix is a Spanish-origin dental chain with a significant European footprint that has expanded into France and Italy. It competes with VYV Dental in the affordable, multi-site dental segment with similar product mix of orthodontics, implants, and general dentistry.
• Adent Clinique Dentaire: Adent is one of the largest dental clinic groups in Switzerland, with operations expanding into France. It mirrors VYV Dental's salaried-practitioner, multi-center general dentistry model in a neighboring francophone market, making it a strong comparable for European expansion benchmarks.
• Dental Care Group: Dental Care Group operates a pan-European network of dental clinics with significant presence in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is comparable to VYV Dental in scale, multi-site salaried-practitioner model, and focus on accessible general and specialty dental care.

Direct peers

• Dentego: Dentego is the leading private dental chain in France, operating more than 100 centers with general dentistry, orthodontics, and implantology services. It directly competes with VYV Dental in the same addressable market, similar multi-site model, and similar employer-of-dentists positioning, though with a PE-backed profit-maximizing ownership structure.
• Doctegestio: Doctegestio operates a network of healthcare centers across France, including dental centers under brands such as Dentifree and Adentis. It is a direct peer in the multi-site ambulatory dental care segment, with comparable salaried-practitioner employment model and third-party payment infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Colosseum Dental Group: Colosseum Dental Group is one of Europe's largest dental care providers, operating hundreds of clinics across multiple countries under brands such as Dental Clinic and Dentlman. As a broad incumbent with overlapping ambulatory dental services, it is comparable to VYV Dental in scale, multi-country footprint, and clinical service breadth.

Others

• Henry Schein Dental: Henry Schein is a global distributor of dental equipment, technology, and supplies, serving as an adjacent supplier to VYV Dental's procurement of chairs, optical impression systems, and imaging equipment. It is a relevant ecosystem comparable for understanding VYV Dental's supply-side dependencies.
• Centre Dentaire de la Mutualité Française (intégré à VYV): The historical mutualist dental center network now largely consolidated into VYV Dental; the broader Mutualité Française movement shares VYV Dental's non-profit, access-driven model and serves as the natural comparable for solidarity-economy ambulatory dental care in France.
• Groupe KLESIA (mutuelle santé): KLESIA is a major French mutualist social protection group that operates health centers and dental services for its insured members. As another social-economy payer-provider, it is thematically comparable to Groupe VYV in structure and to VYV Dental in its integrated dental offer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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