Dental News

Global clear aligner market: The stars are aligned

BURNABY, Canada: The global clear aligner market continues to grow at a rapid pace and looks set to overtake fixed appliances as the most popular ...

Henry Schein announces completed acquisition of Condor Dental

MELVILLE, N.Y., US: Henry Schein’s acquisition of Condor Dental, first announced in June, was completed last week. The company, which serves general ...

Vast majority of US dentists increase pay for dental teams

CHICAGO, US: Around 80% of owner-dentists in the US have provided pay increases to the dental assistants and hygienists on their staff within the last 12 ...

Henry Schein to acquire Condor Dental and expand its operations in Switzerland

MELVILLE, N.Y., US: Henry Schein has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held dental distribution company Condor Dental in a transaction ...

Dental sales a mixed bag as war and supply difficulties bog down pandemic recovery

LEIPZIG, Germany: Dental companies may have expected a widespread ebbing away of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to bring them out of the financial woods. However, ...

SmileDirectClub slashes net loss, signals major strategy change for 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn., US: SmileDirectClub (SDC) became the public face of direct-to-consumer (D2C) orthodontics when it experienced phenomenal growth between ...

Straumann Group to acquire Berlin clear aligner manufacturer PlusDental

BASEL, Switzerland: The dentist-led clear aligner treatment solutions provider PlusDental is to become part of the Straumann Group. The full acquisition ...

Western Dental to acquire Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners and form super-DSO

ORANGE, Calif., US: Western Dental announced in May that it had entered into a definitive agreement to purchase fellow dental service organisation (DSO) ...

Preferences for fixed restorations and resulting impact on the US and European overdenture markets

BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada: In recent years, patient preferences for fixed restorations have driven significant growth in both the US and European ...

Envista finalises intra-oral scanner acquisition

BREA, Calif., US: On 20 April, Envista Holdings announced that it had completed its acquisition of Carestream Dental’s intra-oral scanner business. As ...

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Dentsply Sirona appoints interim executives amid leadership reshuffle

CHARLOTTE, N.C., US: John Groetelaars has been appointed interim CEO of Dentsply Sirona as part of a leadership reshuffle that included the immediate ...

Jorge Gomez leaves Dentsply Sirona to become CFO of Moderna

CHARLOTTE, N.C./CAMBRIDGE, Mass., US: This week, Dentsply Sirona announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), Jorge Gomez,...

Envista announces rebranding of imaging business

BREA, Calif., US: Having divested its KaVo treatment unit and instrument business, Envista announced last week that its imaging segment will now be ...

Manhattan dental office accepting cryptocurrency

NEW YORK, US: A Manhattan dental clinic’s adoption of cryptocurrency as a payment method has highlighted the growing acceptance of digital currencies by ...

HASSBio America appoints new president

FAIRFAX, Va., US: The US branch of Human-Aid System Supplier (HASS), a South Korean manufacturer specialising in all-ceramic dental materials, has announced...

Dentistry ends 2021 with strong sales despite Omicron, supply chain troubles

LEIPZIG, Germany: The performance of the companies that supply dentists can be described as a thermometer in the mouth of dentistry at large. And whereas ...

Clear aligners: The star of 2021

LEIPZIG, Germany: Last year, clear aligner therapy provided dentists around the world with an attractive income stream even as patient volumes remained ...

Young Innovations acquires Medical Purchasing Solutions

ALGONQUIN, Ill., US: Global dental products supplier Young Innovations has announced its acquisition of pharmaceutical and surgical supplier Medical ...

GlaxoSmithKline announces name of independent healthcare company

LONDON, UK: In 2018, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, outlined its intention to separate its consumer ...

Envista starts new year with intra-oral scanner acquisition

BREA, Calif., US: Carestream Dental will sell its intra-oral scanner business to Envista Holdings in a deal that will cost the latter US$600 million ...

Corus boosts growth in France with appointment of Nicolas Bonnard as CEO

PARIS, France: The French dental market is on its way to becoming the key market for prosthetics and orthodontics company Corus. The company serves over ...

Envista closes divestiture of KaVo treatment unit and instrument business

BREA, Calif., US: Envista, a dental equipment and supplies manufacturing company, has recently announced that it has closed the previously disclosed ...

Third-quarter results indicate strong growth for 3D-printing companies

LEIPZIG, Germany: Whereas the impact of COVID-19 continues to disrupt many sectors, the 3D-printing industry appears to have regained strength and is moving...

Rapid Shape evaluates medical device applications in bioresorbable 3D-printing resins

HEIMSHEIM, Germany/BIRMINGHAM, UK: Rapid Shape is evaluating a partnership between its vat polymerisation 3D-printing technology and a new class of ...

Apple’s iOS 14 shakes up digital dental brands

CUPERTINO, Calif., U.S.: In the past, key steps in maintaining one’s privacy might have entailed drawing the curtains after dark, planting a hedge or ...

Pandemic headwinds batter SmileDirectClub

NASHVILLE, Tenn., U.S.: SmileDirectClub (SDC) is a leading provider of remote clear aligner therapy, but the company has missed out on the economic immunity...

Nexa3D partners with 3D DDS to distribute 3D-printing technology to dentists and laboratories

VENTURA, Calif., U.S.: Dental professionals can now make the most of Nexa3D’s portfolio of ultrafast polymer 3D printers owing to a new reseller ...

Dentistry learns to live with COVID-19 as incidence and earnings bifurcate

LEIPZIG, Germany: COVID-19 infections have increased dramatically in many countries—particularly in Europe—as the northern hemisphere inches towards its...

Europe’s clear aligner market heats up as Impress opens new production facility

BARCELONA, Spain: Orthodontics company Impress has opened an automated clear aligner production facility that uses HP industrial 3D-printing technology. The...