Calculate the True Cost of Poor Oral Health

Organisations have never measured the productivity loss linked to poor oral health. The Smile™ Enterprise ROI Calculator surfaces that number — and shares a proven solution.

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$8.7B
Annual productivity cost of poor oral health in Australia
9–27%
Of sick days attributed to poor oral health conditions
8%
Average drop in work performance from dental pain
50+
Dental-related chronic conditions linked to poor oral health

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Estimated Annual Productivity Loss
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Across your workforce, every year
  • 18% of sick days are oral-health related
  • Presenteeism adds 1.5× to 3× more lost productivity days per absence day
  • Daily salary cost is $496 per employee, including employer on-costs
  • 2 in 3 Australian adults avoid or delay dental care, mainly because of cost
Absenteeism
Days lost to dental-related sick leave 0 days
Productivity loss from dental-related sick leave $0
Presenteeism
Days lost to dental-related reduced performance 0 days
Productivity loss from dental-related reduced performance $0
Health Risk
Employees at risk of 50+ dental-related chronic conditions 0 employees

Linked conditions include heart attack, cancer, stroke and diabetes.

Smile™ Investment — × $99 a year
$0

Your Smile™ investment protects $0 in annual productivity loss — a return of approximately 16:1 to 76:1. That figure counts salary loss alone. The Smile™ Enterprise Whitepaper details the full cost picture: the research, the data sources, and the business case executives are using to act on the productivity loss.

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What's Inside the Smile™ Enterprise Whitepaper?

The Smile™ Enterprise Whitepaper translates the poor oral health productivity problem into a full business case — with the data, benchmarks, and strategic framework for Australian executives to action.

Key Findings
78%
Of Australian workers expect their employer to take care of their health and wellbeing.
16%
Average annual employee turnover across Australian organisations.
Up to $7,500
Lost productivity per employee, per year from poor oral health in salary loss alone.
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The whitepaper covers the research behind these findings, the U.S. market blueprint for employer-paid dental cover, and a ready-made business case for executives.

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Why Smile™ Enterprise Dental Cover Matters

Smile™ Enterprise Dental Cover addresses the gap at its source: helping employees and families access dental care earlier, while giving organisations a practical way to support their people and strengthen workforce outcomes. Employees receive meaningful health and financial value from Day 1 through a benefit they genuinely use and love. Employers gain a distinctive workforce benefit that supports talent attraction and retention, employee engagement, and a healthier, more productive workforce.

Employer-paid dental cover is a proven workforce solution.

U.S. Market Benchmark
95%
of U.S. enterprises with 500+ employees provide employer-paid dental cover.
U.S. Market Benchmark
82%
of U.S. employees view employer-paid dental cover as a critical component of their overall benefits package.
U.S. Market Benchmark
77%
of U.S. employees with employer-paid dental cover utilise their dental cover each year.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Poor oral health drains productive time through unplanned sick leave (absenteeism) and reduced focus while employees work in pain (presenteeism). That productivity loss is estimated at approximately $1,562 to $7,500 per employee, per year — salary loss alone. Nationally, the WHO puts the cost to Australia at $8.7 billion a year. Neither figure includes the cost of workplace errors, parental absenteeism, longer absences linked to 50+ dental-related chronic conditions, or avoidable talent loss, so the true cost is higher.

Employees working through dental pain experience an average 8% decline in performance. By removing the cost barrier to preventive and reactive dental care, employer-paid dental cover reduces distraction, fatigue and avoidable productivity loss. Employees with dental cover are 186% more likely to attend routine annual dental visits.

A return of approximately 16:1 to 76:1. The Smile™ investment is $99 per employee per year. Poor oral health costs employers approximately $1,562 to $7,500 per employee per year in lost productivity, so every $1 invested protects roughly $16 to $76. That reflects salary loss alone. Poor oral health is also linked to 50+ dental-related chronic conditions, including cancer, that drive longer absences, plus workplace errors, avoidable talent loss, recruitment costs and lower engagement. The real return is still higher.

For every day an employee is absent due to oral health issues, they spend roughly 1.5 to 3 additional days at work underperforming because of pain or distraction. This hidden productivity drain typically exceeds the visible cost of absenteeism.

Yes. At $99 per employee per year, Smile™ Enterprise Dental Cover qualifies for the ATO's $300 Minor Benefits Exemption under Section 58P of the FBTAA 1986. It is under $300 per employee and provided on an infrequent, irregular basis, so there is zero FBT liability, no grossing-up and no complex reporting.