York Dentist Partners with Castle Connolly to Launch 'Castle China Top Dentists List' and Files IPO Prospectus

VCBeat has learned that York Dentistry was invited to participate in the 2017 South China International Dental Exhibition, where a grand launch ceremony for the “CAS Chinese Dental Masters Directory” was held on the opening ceremony stage. The launch event was hosted by Ms. Long Hua, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Medical Tribune’s Today’s Dentistry, and featured a warm address by Professor Wang Xing, Honorary President of the Chinese Stomatological Association. In his remarks, Professor Wang Xing stated that the CAS Chinese Dental Masters Directory focuses on evaluating clinical service capabilities, serving as a complement to the current integrated title evaluation system encompassing medical practice, teaching, and research, and marking a promising start.

Professor Wang Xing, Honorary President of the Chinese Stomatological Association, Delivered a Warm Address

York Dentist is a mobile application specifically designed for dental practitioners. By providing patient appointment management platforms, guiding doctors in building their patient base, establishing personal brands, and forming physician groups, it helps dentists achieve their dream of independent practice. According to VCBeat, after more than two years of development, the platform has expanded its multi-site practice services from its initial launch in Beijing to multiple cities, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi’an, and Shenyang.

In 2016, York Dentistry signed an agreement with Castle Connolly of the United States to authorize the introduction of the U.S. “Castle Connolly Top Doctors” evaluation system, and launched an online nomination campaign for the “Castle Connolly China Top Dentists Directory,” targeting over 200,000 dental practitioners in China. The project drew attention from the Chinese Stomatological Association.

# Castle Connolly China’s Top DentistsDerived from the U.S. Castle Connolly Top Doctors, established in 1991, this system targets licensed physicians across the United States. Through peer nominations and evaluation by a team of Castle Connolly physicians, it annually identifies the top 5% of doctors in each of the 72 medical specialties nationwide.

For over two decades since its founding, Castle Connolly has provided physician selection services to millions of American families and patients. The recent collaboration between Castle Connolly Medical Group and York Dentistry leverages York Dentistry’s high-quality roster of dental professionals and its strong operational experience in the Chinese market, aiming to deliver a physician selection guide for dental patients that focuses on clinicians’ comprehensive clinical capabilities.

The launch of “VCBeat’s Directory of Renowned Dental Specialists in China” will have a significant impact on practitioners and patients in the dental industry, shifting the focus away from traditional professional title evaluations and thereby providing dentists in private dental hospitals with an opportunity to demonstrate their expertise.

Through this initiative, York Dentists will also complete its strategic deployment in physician brand building, thereby streamlining all aspects of physicians’ multi-site practice and providing comprehensive services that span personal brand development, patient base accumulation, and selection of practice locations.

Furthermore, the significant change of “one-time registration, valid across regions” introduced in the newly released Administrative Measures for Physician Practice Registration provides policy-level support for physicians’ multi-site practice, thereby facilitating the stable, orderly flow and scientific allocation of high-quality medical resources. It is anticipated that an increasing number of physicians will opt for dual-practice arrangements, and more entrepreneurs in the healthcare industry will enter this sector. Consequently, the ability to attract and secure a sufficient pool of high-caliber physicians will become the key determinant of success.