SKaPa Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Karies och Parodontit

What SKaPa Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Karies och Parodontit does

SKaPa (Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Karies och Parodontit) is the Swedish national quality registry for dental caries and periodontal diseases, established in 2007 and headquartered in Karlstad, Sweden. The registry automatically extracts patient dental data on a daily basis from electronic dental record systems (including T4/CareStreamDental, Life Care Dental/Tieto, Carita, Opus, and FRENDA) across all 21 Swedish Folktandvårdsorganisationer and a growing number of private dental providers, aggregating longitudinal records on more than 7.8 million patients since 2008. Data is transmitted securely via HSA-id/SITHS-card authentication and consolidated into a central data warehouse that powers standardized reporting (basic, caries, and periodontitis reports), Power BI-based odontologiskt bokslut, quality indicators published on Vården i siffror, and registry-based research outputs. SKaPa also operates SKRI, a companion quality registry for dental implants, and runs structured vårdutvecklingsprojekt (care development projects) with regional dental organizations using a systematic quality improvement methodology in collaboration with Qulturum.

SKaPa operates as a government-funded, non-commercial national infrastructure rather than a revenue-generating business. The registry is financed through SKR (Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner) and the Swedish national quality register program, and participation is free for all public dental organizations and private dental care providers. SKaPa holds the highest certification level from SKR, which is reviewed annually and governs funding allocation. Its customer base consists of Swedish public dental organizations (mandatory participants), private dental providers (voluntary), government health authorities such as Socialstyrelsen, and academic researchers who access de-identified data through a scientific council review process. Approximately 5 staff operate the registry, supported by a register holder (currently Alfheidur Astvaldsdottir), a scientific council, and a verkställande utskott (executive committee).

Name

SKaPa Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Karies och Parodontit

Legal name

SKaPa Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Karies och Parodontit

Website

https://skapareg.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SKaPa is Sweden's national quality registry for dental caries and periodontal diseases, automatically aggregating daily patient data from all 21 public dental organizations into longitudinal records covering 7.8M+ patients for benchmarking, research, and care development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Quality Registry

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (6212)

SIC

Services-Services, Nec (8900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLABAHAN

Preventive Recall & Maintenance Programs (Hygiene Recall Systems)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Dental Care Services/Dental Hygiene & Preventive Services

Keywords

• National quality registry
• Dental health data
• Clinical quality indicators
• Oral health analytics
• Periodontal disease monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Karlstad

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SKaPa is a Swedish national quality registry that automatically extracts patient dental data daily from electronic dental record systems across public dental organizations and private clinics, aggregating caries, periodontitis, and peri-implantitis data into a central data warehouse covering more than 7.8 million patients since 2008. It delivers standardized reports, quality indicators, Power BI-based odontological closing reports, and registry-based research support to dental care organizations across Sweden.

Product overview

SKaPa (Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Karies och Parodontit) is a national Swedish quality registry for dental caries and periodontal diseases, functioning as a unified platform that aggregates automatically extracted patient dental data from journal systems across Swedish dental care. The registry connects data from all Swedish public dental organizations and an increasing number of private clinics, covering more than 7.8 million patients. The core offering is the SKaPa quality registry platform, supplemented by the Rapportportal (report portal) for authorized users to access reports, the annual SKaPa Årsrapport, Underlag för Odontologiskt bokslut delivered via Power BI, and quality indicators published on Vården i siffror. SKaPa also supports registry-based research through its Vetenskapliga publikationer service and runs structured Vårdutvecklingsprojekt (care development projects) with regional dental organizations. A companion registry, SKRI (Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Tandimplantat), covers dental implant data and its reports were first included in the 2022 annual report.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SKRI (Svenskt kvalitetsregister för Tandimplantat): Swedish Quality Registry for Dental Implants - a related registry under the SKaPa umbrella

Products and services

• SKaPa Quality Registry Platform National Swedish quality registry for dental caries and periodontal diseases that automatically gathers dental data from patient journal systems across Swedish dental care, covering more than 7.8 million patients since 2008. Enables follow-ups on dental treatment and outcomes at national, regional, and clinic levels; compliance monitoring with national guidelines; registry-based research; and patient-reported evaluations (PROM, PREM).
• SKaPa Årsrapport (Annual Report) Annual digital reports presenting aggregated results on dental caries, periodontitis, and peri-implantitis from participating dental organizations across Sweden. Reports include data from 6.1–7.8 million patients, indicator developments, and expert articles from SKaPa's dental experts.
• SKaPa Rapportportal (Report Portal) Web portal giving authorized users access to selected SKaPa reports. Login via HSA-id stored on the user's SITHS card. Reports are categorized as Basic (G), Caries (K), and Periodontitis (P) reports, covering structure measures, process measures, and outcome measures.
• Underlag för Odontologiskt bokslut (Odontological Closing Report) Annual financial-closing-style reports for dental care organizations presented via Power BI, providing data on general metrics, caries, periodontitis, and risk assessments. Used by organizations to describe their operations from a population, patient, health, and treatment perspective.
• Underlag för rapport till Socialstyrelsen – Epidemiologi barn och ungdomar Power BI-based report providing supporting data for annual epidemiological reporting to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) regarding child and youth dental health.
• Vetenskapliga publikationer / Forskningsstöd (Scientific Publications / Research Support) Registry-based research support service providing de-identified data to researchers via a scientific council application process. Publications span caries, periodontitis, dental implants (SKRI), dementia correlations, and work environment impacts. Requires ethics approval.
• Vårdutvecklingsprojekt (Care Development Projects) Structured quality improvement projects run in collaboration with regional dental organizations using SKaPa data reports and a systematic improvement work model. Supports clinics from problem identification through implementation of concrete improvements.
• SKRI – Svenskt Kvalitetsregister för Tandimplantat Companion registry to SKaPa covering dental implant data. SKRI reports were first included in the SKaPa annual report for 2022. Operated in association with SKaPa.
• Kvalitetsindikatorer på Vården i siffror (Quality Indicators on Vården i siffror) SKaPa publishes seven quality indicators on the national comparison site www.vardenisiffror.se, including disease treatment for caries, tooth loss from caries, tooth loss from periodontitis, disease treatment for periodontitis, and proportion of caries-free 19-year-olds.
• PROM (Patient Reported Outcome Measures) / PREM (Patient Reported Experience Measures) Program to capture patient-reported perspectives on disease and treatment as a complement to clinical data. A global oral health question is being integrated into journal systems for cost-effective collection of self-reported oral health data.

Quantifiable outcome

• 42% of persons with caries disease in 2020 had recurrent caries disease in 2021-2023 (Indicator 7)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Praktikertjänst ABcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPraktikertjänst AB is a major private dental care provider in Sweden that contributes data to SKaPa through its clinics using the FRENDA journal system. Over 100 FRENDA clinics were reporting data by 2017, with numbers increasing over time as more clinics migrated to FRENDA. Praktikertjänst also participates actively in SKaPa's care development projects (vårdutvecklingsprojekt) and research initiatives.
• Qulturum / Region Jönköpings läncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSKaPa collaborates with Qulturum and Region Jönköpings län on care development projects (vårdutvecklingsprojekt) using a systematic quality improvement work model. Qulturum provides methodological support for quality improvement in healthcare, and this collaboration has been ongoing since 2013.
• Registercentrum SydOstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegistercentrum SydOst collaborates with SKaPa on care development projects, providing regional registry expertise and methodological support for quality improvement in dental care.
• Region ÖstergötlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegion Östergötland has participated in multiple rounds of SKaPa care development projects (2015-2017, 2019-2021, 2021-2023) focusing on periodontitis care, caries prophylaxis for adults, and improvement of clinical routines. Multiple clinics from the region have been involved.
• Region KronobergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegion Kronoberg has participated in multiple rounds of SKaPa care development projects (2019-2021, 2021-2023) including projects on improved clinical routines for treating periodontitis (16-60 years) and caries prevention at Folktandvården Alvesta and Ljungby lasarett.
• Region Örebro länminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegion Örebro län participated in the 2021-2023 care development project round with five clinics, contributing to SKaPa's systematic quality improvement work.
• Region HallandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegion Halland joined SKaPa from 2016 and has participated in care development projects (2021-2023). Folktandvården Halland has 27 clinics (20 general dentistry, 7 specialist dentistry) using the Carita journal system.
• Socialstyrelsen (National Board of Health and Welfare)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocialstyrelsen has specified that SKaPa's technology for collecting and transmitting data from journal systems should be used for transferring information about children and youth to Socialstyrelsen's Dental Health Register (Tandhälsoregister). This creates a formal mandate for SKaPa's data infrastructure to be used for national public health reporting.
• SKR - Sveriges Kommuner och RegionercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSKR (Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner) is the national association of Swedish municipalities and regions that provides SKaPa's core funding and certification. SKR raised SKaPa's certification level to the highest degree and reviews certification annually. SKR also hosts the national quality register program that SKaPa participates in.
• Journal System Suppliers (CareStreamDental/T4, Tieto/Life Care Dental, Carita, Opus, FRENDA)coreTechnology or IntegrationSKaPa integrates with multiple dental journal/patient record systems: T4 (CareStreamDental), Life Care Dental (Tieto), Carita, OPUS, and FRENDA. These suppliers develop and maintain the data extraction functionality that allows automatic daily data transmission to SKaPa. SKaPa works closely with these suppliers on data validation, data reloads, and system improvements.
• SMILE (Private Dental Provider)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSMILE, a major private dental care provider using the OPUS journal system, has expressed interest in joining SKaPa. With OPUS now functional for data transmission, SMILE's connection is planned for future annual reports.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• NHS Digital (now NHS England Data and Digital): NHS Digital operates national-scale health data infrastructure in the UK, including quality measurement and registry functions comparable to SKaPa's role in Swedish dentistry. While NHS Digital operates across all medical specialties at far larger scale, its function of aggregating national health data for quality benchmarking and research is structurally analogous to SKaPa's dental-focused mission.

Regional players

• Statistics Norway (SSB - Statistisk sentralbyrå): Statistics Norway is a Nordic parallel institution that aggregates national-scale population and health data for research, policy, and public health monitoring. While broader in scope than SKaPa, it represents a comparable model of a national public-sector data organization serving healthcare research and policy in the Nordic region.
• Sundhedsdatastyrelsen (Danish Health Data Authority): The Danish Health Data Authority manages Denmark's national health registries and serves as a Nordic parallel to SKaPa's role in Sweden. Both organizations aggregate national-scale healthcare data for quality monitoring, research support, and public health reporting — though Sundhedsdatastyrelsen operates at broader national scale across all medical specialties rather than focusing on dental care specifically.

Direct peers

• SWEDEHEART (Swedish Web-system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-based care in Heart disease): SWEDEHEART is a Swedish national quality registry for cardiac care that uses a comparable model to SKaPa: automatic data extraction from clinical systems, government funding via SKR, highest certification levels, and publication of standardized quality indicators for benchmarking across regions. Both registries operate under the same national quality register program with similar governance, technical architecture, and stakeholder ecosystem.
• Svenska Höftprotesregistret (Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register): The Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register is a long-established Swedish national quality registry that, like SKaPa, aggregates longitudinal patient outcome data from multiple healthcare providers across all Swedish regions, publishes annual reports and quality indicators, and supports registry-based research via a scientific council. Both operate under the SKR national quality register certification framework with comparable funding and reporting structures.
• Svenska Barncancerregistret (Swedish Childhood Cancer Registry): The Swedish Childhood Cancer Registry operates under the same SKR-funded national quality register framework as SKaPa, with comparable governance, reporting standards, scientific council structure, and integration with multiple clinical data sources. Both registries exemplify the Swedish model of disease-specific national quality registries with automatic data extraction and standardized quality indicators.
• Riksstroke (Swedish Stroke Register): Riksstroke is a Swedish national quality registry for stroke care with a comparable operational model to SKaPa: continuous data collection from all Swedish regions, standardized quality indicators published on Vården i siffror, government-funded via SKR, and active registry-based research programs. Both registries serve as foundational infrastructure for measuring and improving clinical care quality in Sweden.

Others

• Qulturum (Center for Learning and Innovation in Healthcare, Region Jönköping): Qulturum is a Swedish healthcare quality improvement center that collaborates with SKaPa on care development projects (vårdutvecklingsprojekt) using a systematic quality improvement work model. While not a peer registry, Qulturum serves a comparable function of advancing data-driven quality improvement in Swedish healthcare and is a strategic partner in SKaPa's care development methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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