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3D Printing for Dentistry 2025: Market Study & Forecast

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  • June 2025
  • Region: Global
  • Additive Manufacturing Research
  • ID: 6101337

This report represents the latest findings and trends in the dental printing market outlook from AM Research. The accompanying database of market data and forecasts is updated with the latest impacts from innovations, adoption rates, and challenges in each technology process, dental segment, and region.

3DP/AM technologies in dentistry can be considered mainstream already, and rapidly moving towards ubiquity, from implantology, to orthodontics, to prosthodontics and more. AM Research’s studies found that 15% of dental practices in the United States now have at least one 3D printer in the office at the end of 2024 - this would equate to around 30,000 printers in practices alone, a figure very consistent with prior expectations published in AM Research’s 2023 study, which forecasted around 70,000 vat photopolymerization printers installed in offices and clinics worldwide by the end of 2025.

In 2024 the dental 3D printing market generated $5.2B in revenue, accounting for nearly one third of the overall market. Deeper into the 2024 numbers, AM Research sees the dental AM services market at $3.5B, software at $388M and Materials at $965M.  The dental AM market is expected to nearly double by 2033, to $9.6B, yet growth from various less mature AM industry segments is forecast to reduce dental’s share of the total AM market to an estimated 17%.

AM Research’s eighth edition of 3D Printing in Dentistry study and accompanying market database cover dental printing hardware innovations, competitive landscape and strategies, segmentation of the industry, and future scenarios driving both growth and challenges that will face the litany of current market participants.  Companies mentioned within the report and data include but are not limited to: BEGO, WhipMix, Dentsply Sirona, Straumann, DMG, Ivoclar, 3D Systems, Stratasys, Desktop Health (Nano Dimension), DWS, RapidShape, Formlabs, SprintRay, Asiga, Structo, EOS, Trumpf, EPlus3D,, Myerson, Lightforce Orthodontics, Align Technologies, 3Shape, Henry Schein, Zahn Dental Labs, Carbon, Lithoz, and HeyGears.

3D Printing in Dentistry is the authoritative market report in the dental industry, historically relied upon by global dental companies, 3D printing companies in dental industry, investors, and entrepreneurs.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: 3D Printing Now Leading the Digital Charge for Dental Revolution
1.1 Driving Forces of Change in the Dental Industry Collide with the market
1.1.1 Labor Shortages in the Dental Laboratory Market are a Ticking Time Bomb
1.1.2 Consolidation and Private Equity Investment
1.1.3 Macroeconomic and Dental Care Trends
1.1.3.1 Digital Production to Full Digital Care
1.1.3.2 World Demographic Change and Dental Care
1.2 Review of Major Trends in Dental Printing Technology Development
1.2.1 Dental Print Technology Market Disruption by Material Jetting Underway
1.2.2 Automation Taking Center Stage in Vat Photopolymerization
1.3 Application Development in Dental Printing for 2025
1.3.1 Palatal Expanders (Orthodontics)
1.3.2 Ceramic Brackets (Orthodontic Braces)
1.3.3 Monolithic Dentures (Prosthodontics)
1.4 Summarizing Future Market Scenarios and Forecasted Growth Trends

Chapter Two: Dental Printing Technology Development Trends and Activity by Segment
2.1 Completely New Approaches to Vat Photopolymerization Printing Driven by the Dental Segment
2.1.1 LCD Trend Cemented with Formlabs Form 4 Platform
2.1.1.1 4K Projector Technology in the DLP Dental Printing Sector
2.1.2 Need for Automation Highlights New Hardware Opportunities for Vat Technology Developers
2.1.2.1 Automation of the In-Process and Post Process Steps for Photopolymerization Printing Greatly Increases Throughput
2.1.2.2 Preprocessing Automation with Software Solutions and Support Structure
2.1.3 Market Shift in Vat Photopolymerization to Application Specific Configurations
2.2 Creation of Next Generation UV Material Jetting Dental Printing Technologies
2.2.1 Material Jetting Technology Advances to Create Cross-Segment Competition with Vat Photopolymerization
2.3 Dental Software Solution Market and AI Integration
2.4 Trends in Metal Dentistry
2.4.1 Asian Metal Powder Bed Fusion Vendors and the Dental Market

Chapter Three: Dental 3D Printing Market Structure and Competitive Landscape
3.1 Strategy Review of Dental Industry Leaders Integration of 3D Printing Solutions
3.1.1 BEGO
3.1.2 Dentsply Sirona
3.1.3 WhipMix
3.1.4 DMG
3.1.5 Straumann
3.1.6 Ivoclar Vivadent (Ivoclar)
3.2 Analysis of Leaders and Innovators in Dental Printing Solutions by Technology Segment
3.2.1 Leaders and Innovators in Vat Photopolymerization Dental Printing
3.2.1.1 3D Systems
3.2.1.2 HeyGears
3.2.1.3 Desktop Health (EnvisionTEC/ETEC)
3.2.1.4 Digital Wax Systems (DWS)
3.2.1.5 RapidShape (Straumann)
3.2.1.6 Formlabs
3.2.1.7 SprintRay
3.2.1.8 Asiga
3.2.1.9 Shining3D
3.2.2 Market Share Analysis of Dental Vat Photopolymerization Segment

Chapter Four: Quantitative Illustrations of Key Dental Printing Market Trends
4.1 Rapid Expansion and Long Term Growth in Asian Dental 3D Printing Market
4.2 Decimation of Mid-market UV Based Printing Hardware and General Commoditization of Dental Printers
4.3 Total Market Opportunity for Dental Printing

List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1-1: Summary of Market Forces Shaping the Dental Printing Industry in 2025
Exhibit 1-2: Primary Areas of Vat Photopolymerization Technical Development
Exhibit 1-3: Dental Printing Application Development Cycle
Exhibit 1-4: Total Global Dental 3D Printing Market Revenue by Segment, Comparison of Prior Forecasts to Current Forecasts
Exhibit 2-1: New Engineering Concepts in Vat Photopolymerization Hardware and Their Benefits for Dental Professionals
Exhibit 2-2: Global Dental Hardware Revenue Comparison, Ancillary vs. Printers, $USM
Exhibit 2-3: Projected Dental 3D Printing Software Revenues vs. Other Segments, 2020-2033
Exhibit 4-1: Regional Dental 3D Printing Revenues ($USM), all Segments, 2015- 2033(f)
Exhibit 4-2: Comparison of Dental Printer Average Sales Prices, 2015-2025, Worldwide
Exhibit 4-3: Year over Year Growth Rate Comparison for Dental 3D Printing Markets by Value Chain Segment, 2020-2033 (f)
Exhibit 4-4: Annual Unit Sales of Vat Photopolymerization Dental Printers, Global, 2020-2033(f)