Dental News - Materialise Dental and Zimmer Dental establish partnership

Materialise Dental

Tue. 18 January 2011

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Materialise Dental has announced that it has established a partnership with Zimmer Dental. As a result of this partnership, a jointly developed and integrated guided implant surgery solution is now available on the market.

Harold C. Flynn Jr. president of Zimmer Dental, said: “Our new partnership is valuable in that we can now offer our customers the possibility to plan their surgeries with SimPlant dental implant treatment planning software, and safely and accurately meet their patients’ implant needs thanks to our Zimmer Guided Surgery Instrumentation and the compatible Materialise Dental SAFE SurgiGuide solution. Our partner stands strong not only in the field of computer guided implant dentistry, but also customer service – it’s those added values that make Materialise Dental a solid and reliable partner for us. Through this partnership, our customers gain access to an all-encompassing guided surgery solution comprising software, simple instrumentation, and implants.”

The innovative Zimmer Guided Surgery Instrumentation is used in conjunction with the Tapered Screw-Vent Surgical Kit and offers clinicians a streamlined, flexible, and efficient way to aid in more precise implant site preparation — allowing for improved clinical outcomes. It accommodates both traditional and guided surgery procedures, and allows for depth control, drill orientation, and enhanced positional and angulation control.

Materialise Dental leads the market in computer guided implant dentistry. Its SimPlant technology has been around for nearly two decades, and provides a fully integrated implant treatment planning tool. SimPlant has been designed to be user friendly and easy to work with. It guides dental professionals step by step during their implant planning and allows them to plan an implant case with ease and confidence. Planning in 3D helps clinicians achieve top esthetic results, and communicate in a crystal clear visual way to all parties involved.

The Materialise Dental SAFE SurgiGuide solution is used with a brand specific guided surgery kit. It provides drill guidance, guided implant placement and full depth control. Used in conjunction with SimPlant implant planning software, SAFE SurgiGuide offers a user friendly tool for increased accuracy and predictability in implant surgery. Zimmer Dental now offers its customers the possibility to plan their surgeries in SimPlant and perform guided surgery with its SAFE compatible Zimmer Guided Surgery Instrumentation.

Bart Swaelens, CEO of Materialise Dental, said: “We are proud to partner with Zimmer Dental, as it is one of the largest and most innovative and respected players in the dental implant market today. This is yet another partnership that is in line with our compatibility strategy, allowing our customers the freedom and flexibility to not only continue using their favorite implant brands and scanning equipment, but also their preferred surgical instrumentation.”

For decades, Zimmer Dental has gained the trust of thousands of clinicians worldwide who count on its comprehensive line of products to deliver successful patient outcomes. By streamlining the implant placement process with a new line of Guided Surgery Instrumentation, Zimmer Dental has again reinforced its commitment to offering meaningful and flexible solutions to clinicians. Zimmer Guided Surgery Instrumentation is certain to be a hit with customers who value the benefits of 3D case planning and restoratively driven outcomes.

Headquartered near San Diego in Carlsbad, Calif., Zimmer Dental has built a history of innovation and success with its trusted line of dental implants, prosthetics, and regenerative products. Proudly offering one of the most comprehensive dental implant product lines available, Zimmer Dental is a market leader in the development of world-class implantology products and educational programs focused on empowering clinicians and improving patients' lives. Zimmer Dental’s parent company, Zimmer Holdings Inc. (NYSE and SWX: ZMH), is a worldwide leader in joint replacement solutions for knee pain and hip pain, and provides comprehensive spine care solutions for acute and chronic back pain. The company also provides a broad range of trauma and orthopedic surgical products.

Materialise Dental has always been at the forefront of developing innovative 3D technology solutions for dental professionals and oral and maxillofacial surgeons. It strives to offer the best 3D diagnostic and (implant) treatment planning tools available on the market.

Materialise Dental has set the standard for accommodating the service needs of its customers through the development of the SimPlant CompatAbility concept, including SimPlant software and an easy-to-choose-from range of SurgiGuide drill guides. Next to the SurgiGuide types of support (bone-, mucosa- and tooth-supported SurgiGuide drill guides), Materialise Dental also offers case-tailored SurgiGuide solutions: SAFE (used with a brand specific guided surgery kit), Universal (used with a standard surgery kit to perform guided surgery) and Pilot (offering pilot drill guidance).

The open and complete SimPlant CompatAbility concept offers its users worldwide well-documented solutions that are compatible with all implant brands and all CT images and contributes to increased accuracy, improved esthetics, minimally invasive surgery and Immediate Smile.

SimPlant Academy is the educational division of Materialise Dental, providing courses and training worldwide. The Academy involves an exclusive community of top experts in implant dentistry dedicated to optimizing guided implant dentistry. Tailor-made courses allow dental professionals to learn about CT images, computer guided implant dentistry, guided surgery, and the impact this state-of-the-art technology has on their daily practice.

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