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international magazine of oral implantology

Implant Direct Combined Implant and Abutment Businesses Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., and Implant Direct Int’lInc.announcedthattheyhaveenteredintoade- finitive purchase agreement pursuant to which Sybron Den- tal and Implant Direct will com- binetheirimplantandabutment businesses into a single opera- tion to be named Implant Direct Sybron Int’l. The combined business will be led by Dr Gerald Niznick, president and founder of Implant Direct. Dan Even, President of Sybron Dental Specialties’ stated, “Implant Direct has created a unique value propositionintheimplantindustrybybeingabletoof- ferhighquality,innovativedentalimplantproductsat affordable prices through its state-of-the-art manu- facturing facility in Los Angeles, California. Under DrNiznick’scontinuedleadership,thisacquisition,in combination with Sybron Implant Solutions and At- tachments International,strengthens Sybron’s posi- tion in the implant industry and offers Implant Direct the opportunity to accelerate sales growth of what is already the fastest growing company in the implant industry.”DrNiznickadded,“Iamveryexcitedtobea part of Sybron, which has a 100 year history of providing service, quality and innova- tion to dental professionals. With our exceptional manu- facturing and product devel- opmentcapabilities,togetherwewillbroadentheop- portunitiesfordentistsandpatientsaroundtheworld toenjoythebenefitsofhigh. Implant Direct Int’l Inc. 8840 West Russell Rd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 info-eu@implantdirect.com www.implantdirect.com Schütz Dental A professional implant system does not have to be complicated! Our IMPLA™ research and development team is composedofin-houseengineersaswellasexternal professionaluserssuchasimplantologists,oralsur- geons and dentists. Over the years, the goal of this team has always been to create an implant system that leaves nothing to be desired for beginners as well as for advanced implantologists. The system featuresallnecessarytoolsandaccessories,froma well-appointed surgery box all the way to platform switching,tomakeimplantationaseasyandassafe as possible for all parties concerned.The IMPLA™ family has grown significantly over the years. One traditional part of the family is the classic IMPLA™ Dual Surface implant,a conical screw implant with a passive thread and a polished implant shoulder.A newer member of the family is IMPLA™ Micro Re- tentionwithitsspecialprimarystability.Thisimplant isespeciallysuitedforverysoftbone.Amicrothread at the implant neck gives this implant the little bit of extra stability necessary for implantation in combi- nationwithasinuslift.IMPLA™Cylindricalistheall- rounder and suitable for nearly every indication. Its self-cutting thread offers the necessary flexibility requiredbybeginnersaswellasadvancedusers.In- tegrated platform switching reduces the marginal bonelosstoaminimum.AllIMPLA™implantshave a high-purity surface which is obtained with a spe- cialsurfacetreatmentprocedureandaspecificacid formulation. This method creates an ideal surface roughness superior to that of many other implants available in the market.Furthermore,IMPLA™ im- plantsaremanufacturedwithahighlypreciseinter- nalhexagonwhichensuresanaccuratefitbetween implant and abutment. Brand new and available since the beginning of 2011 is our latest develop- ment,thenewonestageMiniImplant,suppliedwith a conical or a ball-abutment.Just imagine that you wouldnotevenhavetodecidebetweenthosemany optionsbeforehand!TheIMPLA™surgicalboxcon- tains all tools necessary to insert each of these dif- ferentimplants,leavingyouwiththeflexibilitytode- cidewhichimplantyoupreferaseachcasepresents itself.Inaddition,withthecomputernavigationsys- temIMPLA™3Dforpreciseplanningandtemplate- guided implantation, IMPLA™ offers you a great tool for virtual planning using a three-dimensional bone model. Schütz Dental GmbH Dieselstr. 5–6 61191 Rosbach, Germany export@schuetz-dental.de www.schuetz-dental.com BIOMEDIZINISCHE TECHNIK BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Joint journal of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering in VDE and the Austrian and Swiss Societies for Biomedical Engineering Editor-in-Chief: Olaf Dössel, Karlsruhe, Germany Impact Factor 2009: 0.525 5year Impact Factor: 0.739 6 issues per year (approx. 450 pages per volume). Languages of publication: German/English ISSN (Print) 0013-5585, ISSN (Online) 1862-278X CODEN BMZTA7 Biomedizinische Technik / Biomedical Engineering (BMT) is a high-quality forum for the exchange of knowledge in the fields of biomedical engineering, medical information technology and biotechnol- ogy/bioengineering. As an established journal with a tradition of more than 50 years, BMT addresses engineers, natural scientists, and clinicians working in research, industry, or clinical practice. 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