Global Dental Obturators Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Dental Obturators Market Analysis

The Global Dental Obturators Market is projected to register a CAGR 3.3% during the forecast period.

As the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread across the entire world, the pandemic has had a significant impact on the health-care system, particularly dental care. It brought new challenges as non COVID-19 admissions fell to avoid spread of infection between patient and dental care providers. Despite the severe consequences, the pandemic has spurred certain positive impacts in the field of remote consultation. Prioritizing strategic use of Obturators for dental surgeries is needed during this pandemic. Several surgery services have adopted less complicated surgical treatments to avoid the risk of infection among patients and team members. These decisions must be taken depending on the need to reduce hospitalization period and on the fact that frequent patient monitoring is required in case of microsurgical reconstructions which may not be available because to the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges in terms of time and urgency, which leads to need of new products for better patient care. 

Surgical treatment for palate cancers can engage communication with oral-nasal/sinus which impairs swallowing, speech, and chewing ability in patients leading to reduced quality of life. The obturator has been used to help individuals with maxillary defects to regain masticatory function and improve their speech and appearance. The main goal of the obturator is to close palatal defects after maxillectomy while also providing patients with comfort, functionality, and beauty. According to a study published in National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery 2020, maxillectomy defects were found to be more prevalent in the male population (81.81%) than in the female population (18.18%), with 68.18% prevalence on the left side and 31.81% on the right side. Also, ageing in one of the factors which is associated with deterioration of health and higher risk of cancer. According to the United Nations study published in 2019, there will be 2.1 billion older people in the world by 2050 and this will drive the growth of Dental Obturator market.

The studied market growth can be attributed to a variety of factors, such as technological advancement in the dental industry and growing number of dental disorders. A significant number of these players are rapidly pursuing geographical expansion, strategic collaborations, and partnerships via mergers and acquisitions in emerging and economically advantageous regions.

One of the key parameters in the unprecedented growth of Dental Obturator is technological advancement in the dental industry. According to International Agency for Research on Cancer, the estimated number of new cases in 2020 is 377,713 worldwide for lip and oral cavity. The new cordless elements IC obturation system produced by Kerr Corporation contains innovative elements gutta-percha cartridges and provide excellent, predictable results more quickly and easily. Implants are a new advancement in maxillofacial prosthodontics. They effectively improve prosthesis retention without the use of any other appliance. These factors have increased the demand for dental obturators market. However, factors like high costs of dental products and limited reimbursement policies might hamper the growth of the market.

Dental Obturators Industry Segmentation

As per the scope of this report, obturator is a maxillofacial prosthesis used to close a congenital or acquired tissue opening, typically of the hard palate and/or contiguous alveolar or soft tissue structures. Obturator prostheses can reduce hospital stay while providing excellent pain control, oral function (speech, mastication, swallowing, and facial aesthetics) and quality of life for patients undergoing intraoral cancer resection.

Dental Obturators Market is segmented by Product (Surgical Obturators, Interim Obturators, Definitive Obturators), End User (Hospitals, Dental Clinics, Other End Users), and Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World). The report offers the value (in USD million) for the above segments.