The chief executive of Abano Healthcare, which owns the second-largest dental group in Australia with 108 practices, aims to triple the size of the business over the next decade, with the major focus for expansion being New South Wales and Victoria.

About 60 per cent of Abano's dental practices in Australia operate under the Maven brand in a $10 billion dentistry market. At under 10 per cent, the dentistry market still has low levels of corporate ownership compared with the United States and South Africa, where corporate entities operate more than 30 per cent of dental surgeries.