The U.S. small implants market grew by 30 percent in 2007, generating $20 million in revenue, according to Millennium Research Group's U.S. Dental Marketrack.
The Dental Marketrack -- a report that provides quarterly data on the dental market gathered from more than 300 dentists -- reports that revenues for small implants (3.0 mm or smaller) are growing at a faster rate than revenues for regular-diameter (greater than 3.0 mm) dental implants.
"Patients often prefer small-diameter dental implants because they involve less surgical time and are a more cost-effective option," said Chris Shutsa, senior analyst at Millennium Research Group in a press release. "Moreover, small-diameter dental implants usually require fewer steps to place and can be placed non-invasively, making them a simpler solution for a clinician new to implantology."
Although there are a limited number of players in the small implants manufacturing field right now, the company predicts that the boom in small implant use will lead to the growth of this segment through 2012.
