In 2019, the total dental materials market was valued at approximately $1.5 billion, a modest increase
over the previous year. This market includes dental cements, impression materials, direct restorative
materials, temporary restorative materials, bonding agents, core build-up materials and dental local
anesthetics. Dental materials are consumable goods that are bought recurrently by dentists. As such,
demand behaves less elastically in this market and suffers less from economic shocks, compared to other
dental products, such as CAD/CAM devices and dental chairs. Moreover, sales perform proportionately
with the number of dental procedures conducted per year, a number that has shown a steady increase
and is expected to continue to grow through to 2026. All these factors explain the CAGR of 3.7% that the
overall dental material market is expected exhibit to approach $2 billion by the end of the forecast period.

Abstract
The U.S. market for dental materials is segmented into dental cements, impression materials, direct
restorative materials, bonding agents, core build-up materials and dental local anesthetics.