DENTAL CARIES MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

Dental Caries Market- Restraints

However, the side effects associated with dental caries treatment and failure of the treatment, owing to lack of knowledge of the operators is expected to hamper growth of the dental caries market. For instance, in April 2015, as per study report by Department of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Aljouf, KSA, the failure rate of endodontic treatment performed by the general dental practitioners (GDPs) was 78.8%. The factors responsible for endodontic failures were underfilled canals (33.3%), unfilled, and missed canals (17.7%).

Dental Caries Market- Drivers

Increasing number of pipeline studies to develop treatments for dental caries is expected to boost the dental caries market growth. For instance, in February 2017, Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Eastern Norway in collaboration with Public Dental Service from Ostfold, Oppland, and Hedmark, announced the post market surveillance (Phase 4) for fluoride varnishes and fissure sealants to evaluate its effectiveness in a pragmatic randomized clinical trial. Fluoride varnish is a highly concentrated form of fluoride used to apply on tooth's surface and fissure sealants are used to prevent tooth decay. The study is expected to be completed in December 2022.