Global endodontics study includes various product, end user and geography across various countries of key regions around the world. The products incorporated in this industry are consumables and instruments. The various consumables comprises of shaping & cleaning, access preparation, and obturation. Access preparation includes burs, drills and other access preparation consumables.  Whereas, different instruments studied in this report includes Apex locators, endodontic motors, endodontic scalers, machine assisted obturation systems, handpieces, and endodontic lasers.  Further, the shaping and cleaning consumable includes files & shapers, irrigation solutions & lubricants and other shaping and cleaning consumables. Also, obturation consumables incorporates obturation filling materials and other obturation consumables. . The major end users of this market include dental hospitals, dental clinics, dental academic & research institutes and laboratories. Furthermore, geographically, the global endodontics industry is studied for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World.

Endodontics is a branch of dentistry relating to dental pulp and tissues surrounding the roots of a tooth.  Endodontic treatment or root canal treatment treats the soft pulp tissue inside the tooth.  A key factor driving the growth of the market is rapid development of dental tourism and growth in the geriatric population. Further, rising concern about dental care, increasing number of product launches, increase in prevalence dental ailments, and increase in the incidence of accidents are factors that are anticipated to boost the demand for global dental endodontic market.

Mounting Geriatric population to boost the market

The increasing geriatric populace is one of the critical factor that will boost the growth of the market.  

An aging population is directly proportional to rising incidences of dental diseases all over the world. Tooth enamel (surface) tends to wear out with aging, making the teeth vulnerable to damage and dental plaques & decay.  As indicated by the National Institute on aging, the world’s geriatric population in 2015 was around 8.5% and the number is likely to rise around 17% by 2050. This statistic highlights the need of growing demand of endodontics with the mounting rate of geriatric populace.

Consumables dominated the global Endodontics market by product in 2018

Consumables segment accounted for the largest share of the market in 2018, and is expected to remain dominant throughout forecast period. The large share and high growth of this segment can primarily be attributed to the increasing root canal procedures worldwide coupled with the growing use of fresh consumables during the treatment procedures of endodontics.

Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing market in 2018

The Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing market because of prominent growth factors such rising incidence of periodontal diseases, growing awareness on dental hygiene, rising disposable income, increasing awareness among population base, improving healthcare infrastructure and larger opportunities for new market entrants over the forecast period.