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Mölndal, Sweden, October 14, 2011 – The recently launched dental implant OsseoSpeed™ TX Profile from Astra Tech Dental solves a well-known clinical challenge. This patented, uniquely shaped implant is specifically designed to preserve bone 360 degrees around the implant in sloped ridge situations.
“The response to this unique implant for sloped ridges has been very positive because it meets a clinical need,” says Dr. Lars Henrikson, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Astra Tech AB. OsseoSpeed™ TX Profile eliminates the common compromise between marginal bone levels and esthetics in sloped alveolar ridge situations. It is recommended that dental professionals who use this
product have extensive implant treatment knowledge.
As with all Astra Tech Dental implants, OsseoSpeed™ TX Profile has all the key features of the well-documented Astra Tech BioManagement Complex™, inimitable and unique to the Astra Tech Implant System™.
Mölndal, Sweden, October 13, 2011 – Astra Tech Dental, leader and provider of comprehensive solutions for implant dentistry, is pleased to announce the introduction of Atlantis™ crown abutment for single-tooth screw-retained restorations.
The introduction of Atlantis crown abutment will be an important and welcomed addition to dentists preferring screw-retained prosthetic solutions. The Atlantis crown abutment is uniquely designed from the final tooth shape for a more natural esthetic final result for the individual implant patients. The abutment is available in
five shades of biocompatible zirconia, including the new translucent white zirconia exclusively available for this product.
For the laboratories this introduction streamlines the internal procedures, providing an efficient and cost effective solution by eliminating time spent on modification, casting and the expense
of using precious metals.
Astra Tech Dental is committed to providing customers with solutions and services that bring them increased simplicity and efficiency in achieving optimized, patient-specific solutions. Atlantis crown abutment is another step in that direction.
Mölndal, Schweden, 26. September 2011 – Astra Tech Dental, ein führender Anbieter von Komplettlösungen für implantatgetragenen Zahnersatz, bringt den Atlantis™ 3D Editor heraus. Mit diesem Service werden die Effizienz und die Bearbeitungszeit für Kunden und Kundinnen, die mit patientenindividuellen Atlantis™ Abutments arbeiten, weiter verbessert.
York, PA –August 31, 2011 – DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ – XRAY), a global leader in professional dental products, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Astra Tech AB, a leading provider of dental implants, customized implant abutments, and urology and surgery products, from AstraZeneca.
AstraZeneca today announced that it has agreed to sell its Astra Tech business to DENTSPLY for approximately $1.8 billion in cash.
Mölndal, Sweden, March 2011 – Astra Tech is proud to present the
members of the Scientific Committee and Scientific Award Committee for the Astra Tech World Congress 2012.
Mölndal, Sweden, February 28, 2011 - Astra Tech, a market leader and innovator in the field of implant dentistry and CAD/CAM abutments, announces a global strategic alliance with 3Shape A/S, the Danish-based provider of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions.
LoFric Sense Astra Tech’s new urinary catheter for women has been selected as one of 31 nominees (out of some 200 entries) to the Design S award, the Swedish design award that celebrates the best examples of Swedish design. The winners will be presented on 8 June 2010.
Astra Tech, a market leader in the field of implant dentistry, announces their strategic alliance with Dental Wings, the Canadian-based provider of CAD/CAM solutions with specialized development of 3D scanners, beginning in early 2010. As a result, Dental Wings users worldwide will have the ability to remotely transfer scans to Astra Tech’s design and manufacturing centers for the production of Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments for all major implant systems.
Astra Tech challenges the current standard in marginal bone maintenance and sets a new standard implying only 0.3 mm of bone loss for a successful implant. Also, Astra Tech launches Atlantis™, a unique method of producing patient-specific abutments based on the appearance of the final tooth, in Europe.
Press information 4 June 2008
“Follow-up research among patients consistently shows a marginal bone level reduction of just 0.4 mm or less for Astra Tech dental implants, a performance indicator at least three times superior to the industry norm. The findings involve hundreds of individual cases and are remarkable in their consistency,” says Lyndon Cooper, Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of North Carolina, who has performed one of the studies.
3M ESPE and Astra Tech AB, a leader and innovator in the dental implant industry, announce a global partnership to provide Astra Tech’s Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments to 3M ESPE Lava™ customers. The two companies have developed an interface which will enable the Lava™ Scan ST Design System to communicate directly with Astra Tech’s Atlantis technology.
Press release, December 11, 2007
The Swedish medical device company Astra Tech, a subsidiary of AstraZeneca, continues expanding on the dental implant market by acquiring its Japanese distributor, Denics International Co. Ltd., with revenues of USD 30 million in 2006.
27. September 2007
Die schwedische medizintechnische Firma Astra Tech AB, eine Tochtergesellschaft der AstraZeneca, erwarb das US Dental Unternehmen Atlantis Components Inc. für USD 71 Mio (etwa SEK 500 MIO). Dieser Geschäftsabschluss ist Teil der Astra Tech Expansions-Strategie.
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