Chinese denture manufacturers are mainly located in the Pearl River Delta region with Shenzhen as the center and the Yangtze River Delta region with Shanghai as the center. The earliest denture processing enterprises in my country all appeared in the southern coastal areas. After more than 20 years of development, both in terms of technical level and industrial scale, they are in a leading position in the country. In recent years, stimulated by the growing demand for oral medical care in my country, the denture processing industry in northern my country has gradually developed, but it still needs to be further accumulated and improved in terms of industrial clusters, enterprise scale, technical level, and production management.
The upstream of the denture industry is mainly suppliers of nano-zirconia powder materials and production equipment, and the midstream is the denture design and manufacturing process. Due to its strong hardness and high cost, zirconia has a high degree of personalization and digitization in the preparation process. The processing and preparation process requires more than ten procedures such as oral scanning, data transmission, modeling, 3D printing, casting, porcelain coating, car porcelain, glazing, and polishing; the downstream is mainly clinics, hospitals and terminal patients.
With the continuous development of dental materials, new materials continue to appear, and then replace the traditional materials. At present, all-ceramic materials have replaced traditional metal and metal-ceramic materials in many scenarios, giving patients a better aesthetic experience and better biocompatibility. With the increase in the strength of the all-ceramic material and the enhancement of the adhesive force, the edge of the denture can be made thinner, and then new repair methods such as partial veneer appear. At the same time, the increase in material strength and the improvement of edge closeness also make minimally invasive repair possible.
Import and export trade of dentures
Over the years, China’s denture production has ranked first in the world, and the number of denture exports is far greater than the number of denture imports. According to China Customs data, in 2021, the export volume of dentures in my country will be 1,965.5 tons, a year-on-year increase of 50.2%; the import volume of dentures will be 31.5 tons, a year-on-year increase of 55.2%.
From the perspective of the import and export value of my country’s dentures, in 2021, the export value of my country’s dentures will be 417.046 million US dollars, and the import value of dentures will be 57.064 million US dollars.
Chinese denture exports are mainly concentrated in the Greater Bay Area with Shenzhen as the center and the Yangtze River Delta region with Shanghai as the center. Among them, Guangdong Province will export 1,657.7 tons of dentures in 2021, accounting for 84.3% of the national denture export volume. Followed by 119.5 tons in Jiangsu Province, 83.5 tons in Shanghai and so on.
Oral medical big data brings development opportunities to the industry
Digital oral medicine not only improves the standardization level of denture processing, reduces its rework rate, improves the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment, but also generates medical data; the rich oral medical data will turn manufacturing advantages into sales and service advantages, providing doctors with rich experience in diagnosis and treatment , to provide patients with more comprehensive and accurate oral medical services. As a new development trend, oral medical big data will bring development opportunities for the development of well-funded denture enterprises.
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