Zimmer Biomet (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Dental product portfolio to include non-resorbable membranes and sutures. The new OsseoGuard® non-resorbable product line includes dense PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) membranes in multiple texture variations, as well as a titanium mesh and PTFE sutures. OsseoGuard products are currently available in the US and Canada.

OsseoGuard membranes are specifically engineered to eliminate bacterial infiltration into the surgical site while preventing tissue from growing into the bone cavity. High-density PTFE used in the manufacturing process greatly reduces the membrane’s pore size to a submicron (less than 0.3 microns) level. OsseoGuard non-resorbable dental membranes are recommended in certain complex cases, such as vertical ridge augmentation procedures, where longer lasting and space-maintaining membranes are needed because resorbable products may resorb too quickly.

“Zimmer Biomet Dental is very excited to now provide advanced barrier membranes and sutures to our customers for ridge augmentation and other relevant procedures,” said Indraneel Kanaglekar, Vice President, Global Product Management and R&D. “As a market leader in dental regenerative solutions, it is important that we keep diversifying and growing our available solutions in order to address the specific needs and preferences of clinicians.”

OsseoGuard non-resorbable membranes are available in a variety of textured, smooth (non-textured), titanium reinforced and titanium mesh options, giving a clinician the choice of different handling, shapes, sizes and thicknesses. OsseoGuard sutures offer eight precision needle options. These new products supplement the already robust portfolio of resorbable membranes, which includes Puros® Pericardium, CopiOs® Pericardium, CopiOs Extend®, BioMend®, BioMend Extend™, OsseoGuard and OsseoGuard Flex®.

For more information on OsseoGuard Non-Resorbable Membranes and Sutures, or any of Zimmer Biomet Dental’s solutions for regenerative procedures, contact a Zimmer Biomet sales representative or visit www.zimmerbiometdental.com.

About Zimmer Biomet

Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, Zimmer Biomet is a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare. We design, manufacture and market orthopaedic reconstructive products; sports medicine, biologics, extremities and trauma products; office based technologies; spine, craniomaxillofacial and thoracic products; dental implants; and related surgical products.

We collaborate with healthcare professionals around the globe to advance the pace of innovation. Our products and solutions help treat patients suffering from disorders of, or injuries to, bones, joints or supporting soft tissues. Together with healthcare professionals, we help millions of people live better lives.

We have operations in more than 25 countries around the world and sell products in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.zimmerbiomet.com or follow Zimmer Biomet on Twitter at www.twitter.com/zimmerbiomet.

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This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning Zimmer Biomet’s expectations, plans, prospects, and product and service offerings, including new product launches and potential clinical successes. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management and are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. For a list and description of some of such risks and uncertainties, see Zimmer Biomet’s periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in Zimmer Biomet's filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. Zimmer Biomet disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers of this release are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements, since there can be no assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. This cautionary statement is applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this release.

Sidekick Master…box of IMPLANT DRIVERS (27 tips: 8mm, 13mm & 25mm) With Universal Torque Wrench.

Sidekick Master is NEW and is compatible with the most popular implant systems on the market. With a smart clipping mechanism that allows you to quickly assemble/disassemble the driver’s tip and the head. Smile Line has created a special clamp forceps which the tip is perfectly designed to match the profile of the driver’s head for extra tightening or difficult un-tightening. Extremely comfortable with direct access to the head’s side without removing the driver from its place. The Sidekick Master includes nine (9) different implant models, in the three (3) different lengths. The goal is you have exactly what you need, in the correct model and length…available at your fingertips!

Comes with NEW Universal Torque Wrench (#D-490) 15/20/25/35 Ncm Adjustable thanks to its’ adapter. This Dynamometric Key is compatible with all Sidekick driver tips.

For more information, please contact Smile Line USA, Inc. at 877-755-6868 or www.smilelineusa.com

Chairside CAD/CAM dentistry has promised convenience since its inception, including the advent of the single-visit crown; however, with convenience can come compromise. While software and equipment technology has advanced continuously, materials have struggled to keep pace. A strong material might appear lifeless in the mouth, while a more esthetic material may crack or fracture. Recognizing the need for a well-balanced alternative that maximizes new high-speed sintering technology, 3M is introducing 3M™ Chairside Zirconia – a new CAD/CAM zirconia block optimized for the fast-sintering CEREC® SpeedFire Furnace¹. The new block offers an optimal blend of high strength and esthetics to go along with a fast sintering time of approximately 20 minutes^2,3 for a thin-walled crown.

“The esthetics and better sintering time of 3M™ Chairside Zirconia have made this my go-to zirconia material,” said Daniel Butterman, DDS. “It polishes very easily and has a good level of translucency. I see no need to glaze this material.”

For easy shade matching, the material is available in eight different shades and two block sizes designed for crowns and three-unit bridges⁴ to match the VITA® classical shades. Additionally, due to its low minimum wall thickness of 0.8 mm, dentists are able to carry out less invasive preparations and preserve more tooth structure.

“The overall promise of chairside dentistry has always been efficiency in a single-visit appointment,” said Karen Burquest, Global Business Leader, 3M Oral Care.

“Our new zirconia is designed for high-speed sintering to deliver even more efficiency without compromises in strength or esthetics.”

3M Chairside Zirconia offers a high flexural strength option of over 800 MPa, and has a fracture toughness that meets stringent ISO standards. This gives it ideal strength for single-unit crowns and three-unit bridges.

The cementation process is simplified, as well, with the option to use either 3M™ RelyX™ Luting Plus Resin Modified Glass Ionomer Cement or 3M™ RelyX™ Unicem 2 Self-Adhesive Resin Cement. These easy to use, reliable cement options offer trusted solutions for your chairside zirconia needs.

3M Chairside Zirconia will be featured and available for pre-ordering at the Chicago Midwinter meeting February 21-24, 2019. 3M Chairside Zirconia will officially launch at IDS in March. Product will be available for sale in the US on May 1, 2019.

For more information about 3M Chairside Zirconia, please visit 3M.com/ChairsideZirconia or call 1-800-634-2249.

References

1. 3M provides sintering parameters for ovens capable of sintering zirconia in less than 2 hours. Please review the 3M Chairside Zirconia Instructions for Use for sintering details.

2. CEREC® SpeedFire furnace, restorations with particular designs (parameter integrated in CEREC® software; wall thickness 1.2 mm or less).

3. 19.6 min for small, thin walled crowns; 22.4 min for all other crowns.

4. With one pontic supported on each side by a crown.

About 3M Oral Care

3M Oral Care promotes lifelong oral wellness through inventive solutions that help oral care professionals achieve greater clinical, professional and personal success. Learn more at 3M.com/dental.

About 3M

At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily. With $32 billion in sales, our 90,000 employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNewsroom.

3M and RelyX are trademarks of 3M Company. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies. Used under license in Canada. © 3M 2018. All rights reserved. 

Easier than ever, faster than before, more accurate than previously possible – all describe Primescan, the new intraoral scanner from Dentsply Sirona. With its completely new, patent pending digital impressioning technology Primescan enables high-precision digital impressions to be taken of the entire jaw. These scans present numerous possibilities for users. Primescan was designed for various digital workflows – with the laboratory directly in the practice, with CEREC or in cooperation with external partners. Validated interfaces noticeably simplify the process, offering dentists the flexibility they desire.

Bensheim/Salzburg, February 4th, 2019. What was considered an absolute sensation more than 30 years ago is almost taken for granted today. In terms of quality, digital intraoral impressions are in no way inferior to conventional methods[1], and therefore, are becoming a reliable alternative for taking impressions of both individual teeth and the entire jaw for more and more dentists. Dentsply Sirona introduced the digital impression to dentistry with CEREC. Now, with Primescan, the Company is introducing an intraoral scanner with outstanding technology, which enables scans that are more precise than anything we have known before. This has been substantiated by a new study at the University of Zurich[2]. "Dentists rightly expect products and solutions from Dentsply Sirona, that make their work at the dental practice easier, safer and better," says Dr. Alexander Völcker, Group Vice President, CAD/CAM and Orthodontics at Dentsply Sirona. "Primescan is the solution to an important issue in practices – the option of faster, precise impressioning - which is easy to manage in the usual practice environment, which is reliable, which delivers clinically flawless results, and which is simply fun to use."

Scans up to 20 millimeters in depth

Primescan’s optical impression system has been decisively developed. The scan of the surfaces of the teeth is done with high-resolution sensors and shortwave light, capturing up to one million 3-D data points per second. With optical high-frequency contrast analysis, they can now be calculated more accurately than ever before. Dentsply Sirona has submitted a patent application for this process. With Primescan, it also is possible to scan deeper areas (up to 20 mm). This enables digital impressions even for subgingival or particularly deep preparations. Virtually all the tooth surfaces are captured, even when scanning from very shallow angles. Primescan captures the dental surfaces immediately, in the required resolution and with a high sharpness even at great depths, thereby ensuring a much more detailed 3-D model.

To monitor the scanning process simply and easily and to be able to assess the model immediately, the accompanying Primescan AC acquisition center has a modern touchscreen that pivots and swivels as needed to ensure it is always set to the most favorable ergonomic position. Dentists acknowledge the intuitive operation and high level of comfort during first-time use, which is also greatly appreciated by patients.

Primescan also scores in terms of hygienic safety. Thanks to the smooth surfaces of Primescan and the acquisition center, the hygienically critical areas, which are often difficult to clean, can be reprocessed safely, quickly and easily.

Comprehensive range of applications

The precise scanning technology enables Primescan to be implemented universally. Not only does it produce high-precision images of natural teeth and preparations, it also provides extremely accurate images of other materials commonly used in dentistry. For example, implant specialists appreciate the simple impressions of edentulous arches or sites with implants, and orthodontists highly rate the detailed scan results for soft tissues (gums, frenulum). With this new scanning technology, impressions can be completed very quickly. A full jaw impression, including model calculation, is complete in just two to three minutes.

Maximum flexibility for further processing of the scanned images

With Primescan, users can leverage the full potential of digital processes for better treatment. The modular concept offers a suitable solution for every need within the practice. The digital 3-D model can be transmitted to a laboratory via the new Connect software (formerly Sirona Connect), and can also be further processed with different software, e.g., for orthodontic or implant treatment planning. The newly developed Connect Case Center Inbox enables laboratories around the world to connect to the Connect Case Center. In the process, validated scan data from both Primescan and Omnicam can be received easily for further processing in the desired programs and workflows. Alternatively, the restoration can be planned and manufactured in the practice using the new CEREC software 5, with its pleasing fresh, new design, intuitive touch functionality and noticeably improved screen resolution. 

Dr. Alexander Völcker expresses his confidence. "Digital impressions with Primescan are the starting point for other exciting digital processes without limiting the future decisions of dental practices. With our seamless solutions and validated workflows with external partners, we are setting new standards which, thanks to digital technologies, enable even better dentistry."

Due to various certification and registration periods, not all products are immediately available in all countries.

Dentsply Sirona at IDS 2019:

"Inspired by your needs" is the motto under which Dentsply Sirona will demonstrate at the IDS 2019 how it is redefining dentistry. From March 12 to 16, 2019 in Halls 10.2 and 11.2, dentists and dental technicians can look forward to revolutionary technologies and equipment for practices and labs, and simpler, more clinically safe solutions along with an attractive trade show bonus.

Visit our website www.dentsplysirona.com/ids.

1.  Zimmermann M et. al. Precision of guided scanning procedures for full-arch digital impressions in vivo. J Orofac Orthop. 2017 Nov;78(6):466-471. doi: 10.1007/s00056-017-0103-3. Epub 2017 Jul 21.Epub 2017 Jul 21.

2. Mehl A et. al., Accuracy of complete- and partial-arch impressions of actual intraoral scanning systems in-vitro, Int J Comput Dent., Publishing date: March 2019

Unless stated otherwise, all statements in this press release refer to a comparison of Dentsply Sirona products.

ABOUT DENTSPLY SIRONA:Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with over a century of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. As The Dental Solutions Company™, Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better, safer and faster dental care. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in York, Pennsylvania, and the international headquarters is based in Salzburg, Austria. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY. Visit www.dentsplysirona.com for more information about Dentsply Sirona and its products.

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This information and any attachment thereto contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements reflect views and assumptions regarding expectations and projections about future events and are based on currently available information or information available on the date of any document incorporated by reference. You can generally identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could," "estimate," "will," "believe," "anticipate," "think," "intend," "expect," "project," "plan," "target," "forecast", and similar words and expressions. However, these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements and may include statements relating to future revenues, expenses, margins, profitability, net income/(loss), earnings per share and other measures of results of operations and the prospects of future growth of our business. These forward-looking statements are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. For a discussion of such risks, uncertainties and other matters that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks relating to, among other factors, the market for dental products and services, pricing, future sales volume of the Company's products, the possibility of changing economic, market and competitive conditions, dependence on products, dependence on key personnel, technological developments, intense competition, market uncertainties, dependence on distributors, ability to manage growth, dependence on key suppliers, dependence on key members of management, government regulation, our ability to integrate the businesses of Dentsply Sirona, acquisitions and affiliations, readers are urged to carefully review and consider various disclosures made by the Company and Dentsply Sirona in their public filings, including in their Annual Reports on Form 10-K and in their reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, the Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document or the attachments to reflect new information or future events or developments after the date any such statement is made.

PREAT Corporation is proud to announce and welcome the addition of Brandon Roberts as Quality Control Specialist. Mr. Roberts joins PREAT with over 7 years of experience as a Quality Control Coordinator and Quality Assurance Manager in varying industries. “We are excited to have Brandon join the PREAT family as we continue to grow and expand. His valuable experience and breadth of knowledge in both domestic and international regulatory requirements will play a critical role in our continued growth,” said Chris Bormes, President of PREAT Corporation.

Hauppauge, NY – (February 1, 2019) – Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE:CMD), announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition to acquire Omnia S.p.A. (“Omnia”), an Italian-based market leader in dental surgical consumable solutions. 

The portfolio infection prevention solutions of Cantel’s Dental division, Crosstex International Inc. (“Crosstex”) will be further expanded to include Omnia’s wide-ranging portfolio of sutures, irrigation tubing and customized dental surgical procedure kits, with a focus on procedure room set-up and cross-contamination prevention. 

“Omnia’s comprehensive product lines of high-quality, innovative infection prevention and surgical solutions will be a strong addition to our growing dental portfolio,” said Gary Steinberg, President of Crosstex, Cantel’s Dental division. “We believe Omnia’s existing sales channels and focus on specialty dentistry will better equip us to service an additional segment of the dental market where maintaining aseptic procedures is critical.” 

“We are very excited to join Cantel’s Dental division,” stated Robert Cerioli, new Managing Director for Cantel’s European Dental business (formerly President of Omnia) “As a part of the Cantel organization, we are better equipped to service the dental practices and expand the adoption of both the Omnia and Crosstex portfolios within the European markets.” 

About Cantel Medical Corp. 

Cantel Medical Corp. is a leading global company dedicated to delivering innovative infection prevention products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers, which improve outcomes, enhance safety and help save lives. Our products include specialized medical device reprocessing systems for endoscopy and renal dialysis, advanced water purification equipment, sterilants, disinfectants and cleaners, sterility assurance monitoring products for hospitals and dental clinics, disposable infection control products primarily for dental and GI endoscopy markets, dialysate concentrates, hollow fiber membrane filtration and separation products. Additionally, we provide technical service for our products. 

For further information, visit the Cantel website at www.cantelmedical.com. 

About Crosstex International, Inc. 

Crosstex International, Inc., the Dental division of Cantel Medical Corp., manufactures a wide array of unique and innovative infection prevention and compliance products for the global healthcare industry. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, Crosstex is a recognized leader for its portfolio of waterline treatment and compliance solutions, biological monitoring, sterility assurance, and preventive products, nitrous oxide sedation, and personal protection equipment (PPE). 

For further information, visit www.crosstex.com. 

About Omnia S.p.A. 

Omnia is a leading manufacturer and distributor of custom procedure kits, sutures and irrigation line systems, with a special focus on the set-up of the operating room and the prevention of cross-contamination. Omnia has a solid history of developing, manufacturing and selling innovative sterile and disposable surgical products. These products are specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of dental surgery. 

For further information, visit the Omnia website at www.omniaspa.eu.