Is a Market Crash Coming? The Dental Indicator Says Yes
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If you’re looking to predict where the economy is heading, look under your nose—right at your teeth. When times get tight, dental care slips. Tracking the performance of the nation’s dental industry, then, may suggest broader themes in the overall economy.
Sikka Software provides business health-care applications to small and midsize practices, including dentists’ offices. The company has immense amounts of aggregated data on patient behaviors, and an analysis of patients at 12,200 American dental practices suggests some early economic warning signs.