Dentacoin Foundation (DF) is creating a blockchain ecosystem to move patients from sick to preventive dental healthcare, allowing them to save huge money on treatments while keeping the big healthy smile in the long-term.

As Dentacoin was recently listed on LATOKEN, we’ve got a chance to speak with Co-Founder and Core Developer Jeremias Grenzebach about the core values of this project, the achievements so far, and all the things he is planning for the next couple of months. Check out the interview:

What is Dentacoin Foundation?

Dentacoin Foundation develops the first Blockchain solution for the global dental industry, aimed at improving dental care and making it affordable through shifting the paradigm from “sick care” to patient-centered preventive Healthcare and utilizing the blockchain technology advantages.

How DF improves the dental healthcare industry?

We are creating a new dental ecosystem which favors all industry players, reduces costs and improves long-term health through an intelligent prevention-oriented Assurance program, a same-named cryptocurrency (DCN) and a set of incentivized web and mobile tools.

What are the key milestones achieved since the token was originally released in February 2017?

Last year, we successfully collected funds for our development needs through a Presale in July and an ICO in October. Even in this intensive period between July and October, we already had our first product launched: ​Dentacoin Trusted Reviews​, the first platform for detailed, verified and incentivized dental treatment reviews. Shortly afterwards we managed to release the next two products on our Roadmap, namely ​DentaVox​ (a market research platform that collects customer wisdom through surveys on various dental care topics) and ​Dentacare​ (a mobile app which teaches kids and adults to maintain good oral hygiene through a 3-month, incentivized challenge). Recently, we also launched the initial version of the dedicated Dentacoin Wallet App, which will be gradually developed into the most user-friendly option for buying and storing DCN, adapted to the needs of non-tech-savvy users. With the growing user base of our tools and the progressive adoption of the Dentacoin (DCN) currency as an official means of payment for dental services, we are creating a substantial value of Dentacoin which does not rely on speculations and grows with every new participant added to the network.

Let’s talk about users (patients and providers)… How many does Dentacoin currently have?

As of this moment, we have nearly 40K token holders and more than 170K Dentacoin transactions have been recorded. The currency has been adopted as an official means of payment by ​70 dental practices and suppliers in 17 countries​. Moreover, over 4K dentists and 80K individuals actively use the developed tools. And we are just in the very beginning of our development. We are highly focused at the moment on establishing the basis for further global expansion, most importantly on improving our current tools, developing the new ones, and getting listed on more and better exchange platforms.

So… you’ve said Dentacoin is developing new products to serve the needs of the global dental industry. What is your big next step?

One key product in the pipeline is Dentacoin Assurance — a revolutionary dental insurance-like program that shifts the focus from treatment to prevention and brings the financial interests of patients and dentists into complete alignment without any intermediaries. Patients are entitled to a lifelong, prevention-focused dental care by paying a low monthly premium in DCN to their dentists. Dentists receive a stable basic income while simultaneously establish strong, lasting bonds with their patients. We truly believe it has the potential to re-invent the way we look at our health and our continuous communication with healthcare providers across the world proves that. We are planning to launch a test version of the product within a closed group of partners by the end of December. A decentralized dental health database is also on the Roadmap for next year. In our product, patients will be the only owners and managers of their records — only they will decide what to store and who can access it. For dentists this will mean more precise prophylaxis plans and highly individualized treatment based on a more holistic view of the patient’s health.

Anxious about a perfect, yet affordable smile? You can get your Dentacoin tokens (DCN) on LATOKEN. DCN/ETH and DCN/BTC now available!