Advances in the practice of dentistry, and in the materials used, has been significant in the last few decades. The development of new devices and the availability of new, biocompatible materials has allowed for improvements in patient care and improved the quality of dentistry performed. Decades ago this market was driven by detection and repair of caries. Particular emphasis will be on describing the important areas of growth that are occurring as a result of these changes.
Home care is another significant aspect of modern dental care.
This report provides an examination of the U.S. retail dental market and the professional dentistry marketplace. This report will detail the U.S. and worldwide market size for dental equipment and materials along with the retail dental care market, as well as the market's structure, techniques and dynamics. Major players, market shares, government regulations, reimbursement issues, market projections through the year 2003 and emerging technologies will be discussed. Among the major areas addressed will be what advantages current equipment and materials offer over previously available methods, what benefits they provide to patients, where the emerging areas of growth are, and what technological advances can be expected in the next few decades. Although the history of dentistry goes back to the Phoenicians, where historians have found early examples of dental prosthesis, true advances in the dissemination of dental knowledge did not occur until after the invention of the printing press in 1436.