Zolid zirconia turns 10, remains as successful as ever

Amann Girrbach

Fri. 1 July 2022

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KOBLACH, Austria: This year, Amann Girrbach is celebrating two anniversaries at once: 15 years of zirconia production at its Austrian production site and ten years of Zolid. As one of the leading zirconia manufacturers, the company is marking these important milestones by providing customers with a ten-year warranty on all Zolid materials—effective immediately—and by hosting various webinars on zirconia throughout the year under the hashtag #nosurprisezirconia.

It was 15 years ago that Amann Girrbach produced its first zirconia blocks for the fabrication of dentures, and ten years ago the company launched the globally successful Zolid brand. Amann Girrbach was one of the first companies to start manufacturing zirconia, and it introduced the Zolid brand just five years later owing to rising demand for the aesthetic restoration material and the desire for increased cost-effectiveness and process reliability. With Zolid, CAD/CAM blanks that achieved high aesthetics without requiring complex veneering processes were available to users for the first time.

Since then, the company has been continuously developing materials and processing methods. Meanwhile, blanks such as the Zolid Gen-X, which has integrated colour gradients in 16 VITA shades, allow for lifelike restorations. In addition to their excellent aesthetic properties and outstanding mechanical values, they prove convincing owing to a diversity of indications and long-term clinical success. In the context of quality assurance, only the best raw materials are processed using the strictest test methods and certified processes. To give an example, Amann Girrbach is one of the first dental companies to be certified in accordance with the European Union’s new medical device regulation (MDR), thus supporting users in complying with MDR obligations.

“[We] are taking this opportunity to underline our quality promise with a ten-year warranty on all Zolid materials”

Melanie Röschmann, director of Amann Girrbach’s global consumables business unit, commented: “This year, we are celebrating two special anniversaries that once again demonstrate that we at Amann Girrbach are constantly driving the boundaries of technical possibilities forwards. At the same time, we are taking this opportunity to underline our quality promise with a ten-year warranty on all Zolid materials.” Röschmann was delighted to announce that Amann Girrbach will be hosting a new series of webinars on the topic of working with zirconia this year. “We view ourselves as a holistic system provider and support our customers along the entire customer journey. With this in mind, we will also be focusing more on training and education regarding zirconia in the coming years,” she said.

Zolid White wurde 2012 auf den Markt gebracht und war der allererste Rohling von Zolid. © Amann Girrbach

Zolid Preshade feierte 2013 seine Premiere und war der erste voreingefärbte Zolid-Rohling. © Amann Girrbach

Im Jahr 2014 brachte Amann Girrbach mit Zolid FX White das erste Zirkonoxid für monolithische Frontzahnrestaurationen auf den Markt. © Amann Girrbach

Zolid FX Preshade kam 2015 auf den Markt. Abgebildet ist eine Restauration von Brücke 35–37 monolithisch, bemalt. © Amann Girrbach

Zolid FX Multilayer, eine innovative Lösung, die 2016 eingeführt wurde, war der erste Rohling mit integrierten Farb- und Transluzenzgradienten. © Lucas Lammott/M31 Dental Studio

Zolid HT+ White kam 2017 auf den Markt und war der erste Rohling für monolithische, weitspannige Brücken. © Alexander Wünsche/Zahntechnik

Hier abgebildet ist eine Arbeitskombination aus Zolid HT+ White und Zolid FX ML, letzteres kam 2018 auf den Markt. © Benni Votteler/Dentaltechnik Votteler

Im Jahr 2019 brachte Amann Girrbach Zolid HT+ Preshade auf den Markt. Abgebildet ist eine REAX-Brückenrestauration, 13–23 vestibulär und Gingiva-Cutback. © Luís Manuel Rocha Saraiva/Clarity Lab

Zolid Gen-X wurde 2020 auf den Markt gebracht. Dank seiner hervorragenden Materialeigenschaften ist es ein Material für alle Indikationen. © Atsushi Hasegawa/Organ Dental Lab

Zolid DRS wurde 2021 von Amann Girrbach auf den Markt gebracht und ermöglicht das Hochgeschwindigkeitssintern von Kronen in 20 Minuten. © Benni Votteler/Dentaltechnik Votteler

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