23rd Global Dentists and Pediatric Dentistry Annual meeting

A winning smile is big business in Europe, as the European market accounts for 42 percent of the global market for dental implants. Dominated by half a dozen companies and valued at around 2.2 billion Euros, analysts consider it an area with significant growth potential, particularly as awareness levels rise and the high-disposable-income baby-boomer generation invest in new dentures. The global dental CAD/CAM system market will grow strongly to reach a value of more than $540 million by 2016. This market will see particularly strong growth in its chairside segment. Furthermore, Japan will see stronger growth overall than Europe or the United States. From around 50 percent of this market in 2016, chairside systems and intraoral scanners will hold nearly 60 percent of a much larger market by 2016.