Thriving Implant Market Key Topic at Interactive Nobel Biocare® Panel

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Apr 11, 2013 in Post-Show Coverage

The panel included (from l. to r.): Dr.Scott MacLean; Alex Byrns, RDT, Dentachrome/3DRPD; Tom Wade, CDT, New Horizons Dental Lab; Lee Culp, CDT, Microdental; Dr.Mark Adams, MS, and Scott Adams, CDT, ClearChoice Implant Centers; and Moderator Mark Murphy, DDS, FAGD.

The implant market isn't slowing down anytime soon. At Nobel Biocare's LAB DAY panel discussion, featuring laboratory owners and other industry experts, the company offered these statistics:



  • 60 million people are edentulous in one arch or another.


  • The "nearly edentulous"—those with two or more teeth per arch—will grow to 39 million by 2015.


  • Projected growth for implant-supported restorations: 9.3% over the next four years.


  • The average lab produces about 30 implant abutments a month; 50% of them are done via CAD/CAM.



As the market grows and more and more dentists get involved, they're looking to their technician-partners for technical guidance. "The most exciting trend I'm seeing is how interested doctors are in communicating with us about complex implant cases," said Tom Wade, CDT, New Horizons Dental Lab, Broomfield, CO, one of the panelists. "They're really willing to sit side by side...

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