Dental Implants
Nobel Biocare launches bond issue ... Straumann may purchase own shares ... Astra Tech launches Atlantis 3D Editor ... Biomet 3i rebrands digital products under BellaTek name, launches OsseoGuard Flex membrane and new app for clinicians and patients ... Align to close NJ facility ... Straumann names Regional Head North America more
Patterson announces F4Q sales . . . Medisafe pursuing an acquisition in the dental implant industry . . . Biolase announces $9 million private placement . . . Affineti Biologics receives research funding . . . MIS Implants Technologies launches PeriZone segment . . . Panasonic releases new intraoral camera . . . Securities fraud case against Align dismissed . . . 3M ESPE and BIOMET 3i to partner on intraoral impressions system for custom abutments more
Astra Tech bids due next week . . . Nobel Biocare reportedly interested in Camlog . . . Align announces Cadent interoperability . . . NIH appoints director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research . . . Straumann names CFO more
Nobel, Straumann announce earnings . . . 3D Systems launches dental printer . . . BIOLASE introduces Waterlase iPlus laser . . . Nobel Biocare adds IPS e.max CAD crown to the NobelProcera line . . . VITA announces shade guide improvements . . . Biomet 3i's social networking campaign . . . Vident, Patterson announce distribution agreement . . . Astra Tech partners with 3Shape A/S more
Align announces 4Q:10 . . . The Carlyle Group acquires Integrated Dental Holdings . . . Glidewell Laboratories' Inclusive Custom abutments now compatible with Astra Tech's implant system . . . Periodontal bacteria linked to respiratory infections . . . Align, Cadent to develop software for Invisalign . . . Dentsply makes donation to NYU more
Sirona reports F4Q:10 . . . Nobel Biocare extends debt facility . . . Align receives FDA warning letter . . . BioMers launches SimpliClear Full orthodontic system in Singapore . . . NYT weighs in on cone-beam scanners . . . Nobel Biocare donates EUR 2.5 million to the P-I Branemark Institute Bauru in Brazil . . . Vident partners with the California Center for Advanced Dental Studies . . . BIOMET 3i launches new website for the Journal of Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry more
Align, Straumann, Zimmer report 3Q . . . Align receives approval to market Invisalign in China . . . FDA to hold an advisory panel on dental amalgam . . . Nobel launches Replace Select TC . . . Straumann initiates controlled rollout of MembraGel more
An ancient species of New Zealand lizard may have something to teach us about dental implants. A natural tooth is bound to the alveolar bone by the periodontal ligament, or PDL, which sends signals to the brain that help protect the tooth from the forces of chewing. Dental implants lack the PDL, and scientists were wondering what keeps the tooth safe in the absence of that ligament. They turned to a lizard for the answers. more
Straumann launches new CAD/CAM portfolio . . . VITA expands shade range . . . EPA may require dentists to recycle mercury waste . . . BIOLASE increases sales force . . . Zimmer Dental to distribute RTI biologics worldwide . . . Sirona announces management changes more
Nobel, Sirona, Straumann report earnings . . . Aspen Dental and Kool Smiles up for sale . . . Sirona celebrates 25th anniversary of CEREC with new product launches . . . Study finds that healthy weight and physical activity correlate to lower rates of severe periodontitis . . . ADA addresses IOM on national oral health policy . . . Straumann marks ten years at Villeret in Switzerland . . . Biolase appoints interim CEO more
Align, Biomet, Dentsply and Zimmer report dental sales . . . Astra Tech augments Atlantis patient-specific abutment line . . . Biomet 3i and Renishaw to collaborate on digital solutions . . . BIOLASE announces cost-cutting initiatives and organizational changes . . . DTI appoints Russell Olsen as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service . . . Straumann's CFO steps down more
Biomet reports F4Q:10 earnings . . . Discus Dental acquires Zap Lasers . . . Euroteknika launches Universal + implant system in the U.K. . . . 20% of Britons are missing five teeth or more . . . 3M closing an Oklahoma plant used by its Espe dental products unit . . . Fibrocell Science appoints three new clinical advisors more
NADX's go-shop period ends . . . Smile Brands cancels its IPO . . . Sirona launches new products . . . Straumann receives award for Roxolid . . . Regenerating teeth from stem cells more
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