Removables Market Update: Still Thriving

The removables market continues to thrive thanks to a growing demand from an aging population, increasing consumer awareness of esthetic dentistry, and product and technological developments. Two of the market's key growth areas are implant-retained overdentures and high-end esthetics, and here LMT profiles two laboratory owners who are riding the wave of these trends.

Implant-retained overdentures a niche for veteran technician

Joel Cash, owner, Beehive Dental Lab, St. George, Utah

Joel Cash began fabricating implant-retained overdentures over two decades ago with the guidance of one of the industry's most celebrated clinicians: Dr. Gordon Christensen. "He taught me how to anchor a denture with an implant and he's probably influenced my career more than any other person," says Cash, who today operates Beehive Dental Lab in St. George, Utah, his independently owned, in-office laboratory that serves Dr. Phillip Hall,...