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How Dental Tourism is Affecting the Latin American Dental Prosthetics Market |
Los Algodones is a town in northwestern Mexico with a population of around 5,474 people. However, dentists make up nearly 20% of the total. This raises the question, how is this even possible?
The average Latin American person does not have the freedom to spend much money on dental treatment. As a result, low-end products are immensely popular. Furthermore, economic uncertainty in the region makes it less likely for patients to spend the little extra cash they have on a higher-quality product. Despite this, the market for premium products has still been increasing in terms of units sold. The cause of these two strange scenarios is the ...
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 The demand for improved esthetics in dental prosthetics is no longer exclusive to veneers. With the higher quality of all-ceramic material restorations, crowns and bridges no longer function to simply repair or replace missing teeth.
New research shows the Australian dental prosthetics market is valued at $426 million USD. This total value is made up of revenues from the dental crown, bridge and denture markets. Growth in the overall dental prosthetics market will be driven by a strong demand for more...
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 National Dentex Labs (NDX), the largest network of dental labs by revenue in the U.S., and Carbon, a Silicon Valley-based digital 3D Manufacturing company, announced a multi-year agreement to help NDX’s labs across the country stay on the cutting-edge of technology through Carbon’s complete dental solution. The agreement recently commenced with Carbon M2 printers being placed in NDX labs in 2018, and will continue to scale through 2019.
NDX relies on 3D printing technology to fabricate models, casting and a variety of implant guides. However, the increasing demand for...
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 SprintRay announced full integration with 3Shape’s Implant Studio software used by dental professionals to digitally plan implant procedures. SprintRay’s 3D printers now enable professionals using 3Shape Implant Studio to 3D print designed surgical guides for dental implant surgery. The guides can be printed in less than an hour using SprintRay’s flagship MoonRay high-resolution 3D printer and biocompatible surgical guide resin.
“We are excited to add another...
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 PolarityTE™, Inc recently announced preclinical large animal model results for their new product, OsteoTE, which shows promise for bone regeneration.
During the preclinical studies, the researchers found that OsteoTE not only recapitulated the cortical and cancellous architecture of native uninjured bone, but also regenerated bone with function and composition reflective of native bone.
OsteoTE uses the same platform technology (CoreTE) as their product SkinTE, a human cellular and tissue-based product that is derived from...
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 BIOLASE, Inc., the global leader in dental lasers, and the Los Angeles Angels announced a sponsorship agreement to educate the public about the benefits of dental lasers during the 2018 baseball season.
The awareness campaign will include information about the shift towards pain-free dentistry and will be featured on a sign above the outfield wall in left center field, a billboard on Katella Ave. near the stadium, and the Big A LED Billboard. In addition, announcements will air on Angels Radio AM 830 KLAA. The sign and billboards will feature content and images about dental lasers, giving fans and the wider community an opportunity to...
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