Article: How Long Will the Economic Downturn Affect the Dental Biomaterials Market?(Industry overview)

According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) US Markets for Dental Biomaterials 2009 report, although dental biomaterials are being used in a growing proportion of dental implant procedures, the market for these products will be dampened by the global financial crisis in the coming years as many patients postpone dental implant procedures or choose less expensive alternatives such as crowns (see also Millennium Research Group).

Nonetheless, the US market for dental biomaterials continued to grow in 2008 due to several significant market events: BIOMET 3i's Endobon and NovaBone's NovaBone were launched in the US in the second quarter of 2008; the US import ban ...

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