How is the intraoral scanner market?

With the gradual deepening of the research on the intraoral scanner market, breakthroughs in the industry’s production technology, the number of companies in the industry has gradually increased.

People pay more and more attention to oral health, the demand for advanced oral scanning and prosthetic equipment continues to increase, and the continuous growth of market demand will promote the development of the industry.

It is expected that from 2022 to 2023, the overall market size of the intraoral scanner will gradually increase, and may reach 2.45 billion yuan in 2023.

The intraoral scanner subverts the traditional operation process of making impressions and reproducing plaster models in clinic. It does not require plaster models and laboratory assistance, and saves the tedious traditional steps, such as waiting for the impression material to solidify, sterilizing the impression, pouring the model, and at the same time. The consumption of materials and labor is reduced, and the digital dental model can be obtained directly by the clinician, which simplifies the clinical operation process.

The method of dental impression taking by dentists has changed from physical impression taking to digital impression taking, which shortens the diagnosis and treatment process, saves materials and time, improves the accuracy and efficiency of dental impression taking, and meets the requirements of visual analysis of oral changes. The most critical and basic link in the intraoral digital impression technology is the intraoral scanner.

Intraoral scanner equipment can directly obtain information on soft and hard tissues such as teeth, gums, and mucous membranes in the patient’s mouth, which has cross-generational advantages compared to traditional models. It will change the current model of dental care.

The development of digital oral health care has subverted the interaction between patients and dental medical institutions, and the needs of patients are forcing dental medical institutions to provide more comfortable equipment and better services.

China’s digital oral medicine is receiving policy support, and the market is still huge. Digital technology will also change the entire dental market and innovate business models in the future.

Any medical institution or agent that enters the digital oral field as soon as possible will gain the advantage of early entry, which will help to gain a place in the future market.

According to the “Report on China’s Oral Industry Trends from a Global Perspective” released by Medical Trends and the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the National Health Commission in 2019, there are about 100,000 oral medical institutions in China.

This includes 80,000 dental clinics (chain and individual), about 10,000 dental departments in general hospitals, and about 1,000 dental specialty hospitals. For the choice of medical treatment, 50% of people still choose to go to the dental department of general hospitals.

Users such as general hospitals and stomatology specialist hospitals usually purchase intraoral scanners through bidding channels. Because foreign companies have rich production experience, mature technology, and obvious advantages in product stability and use effect, imported products are very popular.

At this stage, intraoral scanner products are expensive, and for many individual clinics, the price level is not fully acceptable.

The price of scanners is expected to drop in the near future as more and more manufacturers of intraoral scanners join the market. By then, China’s intraoral scanner products will occupy a place in the entire market.

With or without the purchase of a chairside system, more and more physicians will use intraoral scanning and transfer digital impression files.

With the development of the intraoral scanner industry, the market value of the device has been continuously improved, the market demand has steadily increased, and the industry scale has continued to expand.

At the same time, with the improvement of the industry development level, the technical level of intraoral scanner equipment will be further improved, and the new equipment will be more effective and safe for clinical applications in the future.

In short, in the future development of the intraoral scanner industry, the industry market competition will gradually intensify, and product technology will become a key factor for manufacturers to gain market share.