Dentures Market Analysis

Dentures or false teeth are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing natural teeth. These dentures are supported by the surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Dentures supports are needed, when individual loses all of the natural teeth due to gum disease, tooth decay or injury.

Moreover, the increasing number of oral health issues is expected to boost the global dentures market growth. For instance, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study-2017, in March 2020, 2.3 billion people suffered caries of permanent teeth and over 530 million children suffered caries of primary teeth globally.

The global dentures market is estimated to be valued at US$ 2,623.1 million in 2021 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 6.5% over the forecast period (2021-2028).

Figure 1. Global Dentures Market Share (%) in Terms of Value, By Region, 2021

The increasing launches of product is expected to drive the market growth over the forecast period

The increasing demand for efficient dentures for dental restoration due to increasing oral health issues is expected to propel growth of the global dentures market during the forecast period. In order to cater to the increasing demand, manufacturers are focusing on developing new and highly efficient products.

For instance, in October 2017, GC America Inc., a dental solution company, announced the launch of novel dental material GC Reline II Vinylpolysiloxane Soft Relining Material used for the preparation of soft dentures. Reline II’s VPS formula features improved adhesive characteristics as well as enhanced grinding performance with greater tear strength, while producing dentures.

Moreover, in February 2017, Heraeus Kulzer GmbH, a dental company, which supplies dental products to dentists and dental technicians, launched Artic Digital Denture Teeth, an innovative line of digitally designed and manufactured versions of the most popular molds in the company’s Artic line of economically priced conventional denture teeth. These teeth are multi-layered, life-like, and aesthetically pleasing.

Dentures Market Report Coverage

Report Coverage	Details
Base Year:	2020	Market Size in 2021:	US$ 2,623.1 Mn
Historical Data for:	2017 to 2020	Forecast Period:	2021 to 2028
Forecast Period 2021 to 2028 CAGR:	6.5%	2028 Value Projection:	US$ 4,069.9 Mn
Geographies covered:	North America: U.S. and Canada Latin America: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Rest of Latin America Europe: Germany, U.K., Spain, France, Italy, Russia, and Rest of Europe Asia Pacific: China, India, Japan, Australia, South Korea, ASEAN, and Rest of Asia Pacific Middle East: GCC Countries, Israel, and Rest of Middle East Africa: South Africa, North Africa, and Central Africa
Segments covered:	By Product Type: Complete Dentures, Partial Dentures By Manufacturing Process: Conventional Denture, 3D-Printed Denture By Usage: Fixed, Removable By End User: Hospital, Dental Clinics, Others
Companies covered:	Dentsply Sirona Inc.,  Ivoclar Vivadent Ag, GC America Inc., Kulzer GmbH (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.), Modern Dental Group Limited, COLTENE Group, VITA Zahnfabrik, Amann Girrbach AG, Formlabs, DIO Corporation, Shofu Inc., and Lang Dental Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Growth Drivers:	Increasing oral health issues Increasing product launches
Restraints & Challenges:	Availability of alternatives in the market such as dental implants, overdentures, and dental bridges

Figure 2. Global Dentures Market Share (%), by Product Type, 2021

Global Dentures Market– Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Impact on Denture Manufacturing and it’s Market Demand.

Supply chain and manufacturing activities of dentures and dental products in India, Italy, Spain, U.K., and the U.S. have been disrupted due to lockdowns implemented by governments in the past few months, while countries such as Brazil, France, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and others are facing problems with regards to transportation of raw materials used for manufacturing of dentures.

The coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak that started from Wuhan, China has spread across continents, affecting various industries globally. Supply of key raw materials for dentures such as 3D resins and others has been severely disrupted due to forced quarantine, and lack of labour and raw materials. As the link between regional warehouses is not smooth, the transportation of raw materials between regions cannot be carried out successfully. This shortage of raw materials and components have affected the supply chain and manufacturing of dentures and thus affecting the global dentures market.

Moreover, according to the Krager Journal factsheet 2019, patients infected with the COVID-19 infection are having potential risk of getting affected by the oral candidiasis, therefore hospitalized COVID-19 patients with dentures, dental implants are suggested to follow the strict oral hygiene protocol such as teeth, oral cavity, tongue, and dentures must be cleaned daily with brushes with 0.2% chlorhexidine. Thus, increased risk of C. albicans infection, major candidiasis in COVID-19 patients due to dentures and dental implants is expected to affect demand of dentures in the market.  

Global Dentures Market Restraint

Availability of alternatives in the market such as dental implants, overdentures, and dental bridges is expected to hamper the market growth over the forecast period. 

For instance, according to the Healthline, a research journal report, the dentures have high maintenance, as compared to the dental implants, as the dentures are needed to kept clean daily by following various procedures such as removing and brushing the denture after eating, the dentures are kept in the water or soaking in special cleaning solution for quite while of time. As the dental implants are similar to the natural teeth’s and require standard dental hygiene for natural teeth such as brushing of teeth’s twice a day.

For instance, according to the Westerville Dental Associates, a dental clinic association in Ohio, U.S., dental implants are the most common and effective alternatives for the dentures, as the dental implants are the titanium fixtures, which are fixed permanently in the jawbone and thus they provide long term stability and durable option than dentures.

Key Players

Major players operating in the global dentures market include Dentsply Sirona Inc., Ivoclar Vivadent Ag, GC America Inc., Kulzer GmbH (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.), Modern Dental Group Limited, COLTENE Group, VITA Zahnfabrik, Amann Girrbach AG, Formlabs, DIO Corporation, Shofu Inc., and Lang Dental Manufacturing Company, Inc.