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Mitsui Chemicals acquires advanced denture technology


A growing number of older patients will need dentures in the future. According to the World Health Organization, worldwide about 30per cent of people aged 65 to 74 have no natural teeth. (Photo: pearls/Shutterstock)

2013-6-24 | Business Asia Pacific

Mitsui Chemicals acquires advanced denture technology
by Dental Tribune International

TOKYO, Japan/LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA: In order to strengthen its dental material business, Mitsui Chemicals, a Japanese manufacturer and supplier of chemicals, plastics and similar materials for various markets, has purchased 50.01 per cent of issued and outstanding shares of DENTCA, a US-based manufacturer and distributor of CAD/CAM dentures produced using the company’s proprietary 3-D modelling and printing technology.

As the dentures market is expected to continue to grow owing to an aging population worldwide and rising incomes in emerging countries, Mitsui Chemicals is targeting expansion of its global denture business through DENTCA’s denture design technology, which uses its own advanced material development and processing technology, to develop dentures that meet global needs,the Japanese company announced last week.

According to Minoru Koshibe, Executive Vice-President of Mitsui Chemicals, the overall aim of the company is to expand its portfolio in businesses resilient to changing economic conditions, such as health care. As part of the strategy, Mitsui Chemicals acquired the dental materials business of German Heraeus Holding in April.

The CAD/CAM DENTCA dentures are produced in just two visits using the company’s proprietary 3-D modelling and printing technology. As the first CAD/CAM denture company in history, DENTCA received the Pride Institute’s Best of Class Technology

Award in 2012.