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• Dentistry was one of the first industries to be reshaped by 3D printing in healthcare, and most patients never noticed. A decade ago, virtually no dental practice owned a printer; today, one in seven does. Scott Dunham, VP of research at AM Research, has spent over a decade tracking the numbers. He also has family…
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Dentistry was one of the first industries to be reshaped by 3D printing in healthcare, and most patients never noticed. A decade ago, virtually no dental practice owned a printer; today, one in seven does.
Scott Dunham, VP of research at AM Research, has spent over a decade tracking the numbers. He also has family ties to two dental practices in Kentucky, which gives him, as he put it, “a little look behind the scenes.” He presented findings from the firm’s 2025 market study at our AMA: Healthcare 2025 conference, drawing on what is now the eighth edition of one of AM Research’s longest-running reports.
The industry he describes has moved past adapting general-purpose printers for dental use and is now deep into building tools for specific types of care, iterating on what already exists