Monday 5 May 2014

Dental Equipment Industry Details and Forecast

Dental Equipment

Dental equipment or Dental instruments specially used by dental professionals to perform the clinical related tasks. There are many types of dental equipment that are commonly used in dental practices, such as surgeries, cleaning and restoration of the teeth/tooth. Dental equipment tools are used by dentists--and also often by assistants--to examine, remove teeth, restore teeth as well as maintain the gums and the rest of the related problems. Dental equipment includes dental chairs, scaling units, hand pieces, CAD/CAM systems, instrument delivery systems, dental lasers, intra oral and extra oral radiology equipment, and CBCT scanners.


Classification of Dental Instruments

  • General Equipment


S. No.
Equipment
Functions
1
Explorer
To Examine teeth for decay (caries), calculus, or canals and other anomalies
2
Dental Mirror
To provide indirect vision
To retract lips, cheeks, and tongue
To reflect light into the mouth
3
Ultrasonic Scalar Unit
To use with water-cooled ultrasonic tips, to remove calculus
4
Syringe
To rinse and dry specific teeth or entire oral cavity
5
Air/Water Tip
tip is inserted into a valve that will allow the dental professional to blow air or squirt water on the desired area in the mouth.

  • Extraction/surgical Equipment

S. No.
Equipment
Functions
1
Wilson
The Wilson is the instrument that the dentist may use to pry back the gum tissue in performing an extraction.
2
Elevators
During the extraction process, elevator instruments are used to pry back the gum tissue and dig underneath the tooth in order to thrust the tooth upward for extraction.
3
Forceps
There are a variety of forceps used in extraction procedures.

  • Reconstruction Equipment

S. No.
Equipment
Functions
1
Hand Piece
Commonly known as the drill, the dentist uses the hand piece along with a variety of different bits to eliminate the decay, prepare a tooth for a crown
2
Amalgam CarrierThe amalgam carrier consists of a small tube on one end and a large tube on the other end.
3
Plugger
After the amalgam is inserted into the tooth, the dentist uses the plugger to firmly pack the amalgam. This ensures all the air pockets are filled and allows the dentist to insert the maximum amount of amalgam.
4
Carver
The amalgam, which is inserted into the drilled portion of the tooth, needs to have a smooth surface that will allow the upper and lower teeth to fit together when the patient bites down.
5
Spatula
Whenever a tooth is capped, the crown, being either stainless steel or porcelain, will need to be glued to the remaining portion of the tooth. The assistant will use the spatula to mix the proper glue solution and powder to create the desired mixture.


  • Dental Chair

Dental Chair is Designed to position patient comfortably while providing doctor and assistant easy access to oral cavity.

Some Images of Dental Equipment (Source Wikipedia)


Dental drills

Dental Mirror

                                                      Dental Chair

Dental Equipment Industry 

Recent report published by MarketsandMarkets forecast that the global market for dental equipment was valued at $4.5 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $6.1 Billion grow at a CAGR of 5.8% from 2011 to 2016. Key player companies in the global dental equipment market include Danaher Corporation (U.S.), Sirona Dental Systems (U.S.), Planmeca Oy (Finland),  BIOLASE Technology Inc. (U.S.), Midmark Corporation (U.S.), Nakanishi Inc. (Japan), GC Corporation (Japan), Henry Schein Inc. (U.S.), Patterson Dental (U.S.), Sybron Dental Specialities Inc. (U.S.), and Young Innovations Inc. (U.S.), A-Dec Inc. (U.S.).

                 
                                                 Dental Equipment Market Share Analysis
                                             Image Source : MarketsandMarkets


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