DENTAL CARIES TREATMENT MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

Global Dental Caries Treatment Market Drivers:

Increasing incidence or prevalence of dental caries around the world is expected to propel the growth of the global dental caries treatment market over the forecast period. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists dental caries as the 3^rd most common chronic, non-infectious disease after cancer and cardiovascular disease. Worldwide, over 2 billion people suffer from caries of permanent teeth and over 520 million children suffer from caries of primary teeth. Thus, with the increase in incidence or prevalence of dental caries, the demand for dental caries treatment is also increasing with a rapid pace, worldwide.

Increase in focus on the development of novel dental caries treatment is expected to boost the growth of the global dental caries treatment market over the forecast period. For instance, with the increase in prevalence of dental caries and growing geriatric population, demand for dental caries treatment is also increasing worldwide. In January 2020, Pearl announced the launch of the Scan Clarity Score. The Scan Clarity Score addresses the issue of working with low-quality intraoral scans by examining the margin clarity for each patient for dental restorations. It allows dental labs to score and bucket each patient scan based on margin clarity.

Global Dental Caries Treatment Market Opportunities:

Rapid growth in the geriatric population across the globe is expected to offer lucrative growth opportunities for players in the global dental caries treatment market. For instance, the elderly are at risk for root caries due to dentures, lack of dexterity, a shift from complex to the simple sugars, and poor oral hygiene. According to the American Dental Association, older adults are at increased risk for root caries because of both increased gingival recession that exposes root surfaces and increased use of medicines that produce xerostomia. More than 50% of individuals aged 75 years and older have root caries affecting at least one tooth.

Technological advancements in dentistry are expected to offer lucrative growth opportunities for players in the dental caries treatment market. For instance, in May 2019, Pearl raised US$ 11 million to analyze dental scans with AI (Artificial Intelligence). It will streamline tedious, repetitive tasks, enhance profitability across dentistry, and, most importantly, it will improve the standard of care by validating diagnoses, removing large elements of uncertainty from the dental equation, according the company.

Global Dental Caries Treatment Market Restraints:

Lack of knowledge or lack of awareness regarding dental caries treatment is expected to hinder growth of the global dental caries treatment market. Poor oral health is a contributing factor for many wider conditions and diseases. To reduce dental disease, people need to be more informed and educated about tooth decay. Dental professionals have an important part to play in the oral education of patients inside and outside of the practice setting.

High failure rate of endodontic treatment is expected to hamper the growth of the dental caries treatment market. For instance, the most common problem during the treatment of dental caries is endodontic failure. With increasing number of endodontic treatments being done each day, it has become imperative to avoid/minimize most fundamental of reasons leading to endodontic failure. Various studies have also been conducted to demonstrate the reasons for the high failure rate endodontic treatment.