Benco Dental, the nation’s largest independent distributor of oral healthcare technology and supplies, is bolstering its CAD/CAM and imaging offerings with the addition of Planmeca and Asiga to its roster of vendors.
"We believe in offering customers the power of choice via the widest possible selection of carefully curated products," said Lisa Fleming, Benco Dental's Digital Dentistry Manager. "We're delighted to add world-class CAD/CAM and imaging devices from the globally respected, deeply rooted dental industry leader Planmeca. It's also exciting to help expand awareness and availability of Asiga's reliable, affordable lineup of 3D printers and materials."
• Planmeca products have a massive installed user base spanning over 120 countries. From advanced CBCT imaging systems to open architecture CAD/CAM systems, Planmeca offers one of the most comprehensive product offerings in the industry. Even more importantly, Planmeca systems are powered by a single robust software platform for unparalleled practice efficiency – Planmeca Romexis®. Planmeca is strongly committed to continual research and development; driving technological advancements through product development and proprietary improvements to health care, including Planmeca Ultra Low Dose™ and Planmeca CALM®. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Planmeca is the largest privately-owned dental manufacturer with over 4,600 employees worldwide.
In addition, Benco Dental will also now offer Ivoclar restorative material blocks compatible with Planmeca products.
• Formed in 2007, Asiga launched the world’s first LED based DLP 3D printer in 2011 and started the affordable desktop stereolithography revolution which changed digital manufacturing forever. The company won the MJSA’s 2012 Thinking Ahead award for best new technology and gained international recognition for the innovations contained within the Pico, MAX and PRO 4K platforms that continue to lead their respective categories to this day. Asiga's product development and manufacturing is managed in-house at their facilities in Sydney, Australia. Benco Dental will offer first-line technical support for purchasers in addition to Asiga's unlimited lifetime tech support.
The new product offerings are part of Benco Dental's continual strengthening of its decades-long commitment to serving both in-house and commercial laboratories. In addition, Brian Denby is returning to Benco Dental as Field Sales Director for Dental Labs, where he'll leverage more than two decades of sales and marketing experience. He began his dental career as a CEREC Specialist for both chairside and lab, joining Benco Dental in 2003 to specialize in digital product offerings and capital equipment before spending a combined 15 years with AstraTech and Straumann. Brian has championed the early adoption of digital dentistry, while focusing on full mouth rehabilitation. Browse Benco Dental's 360+ page lab catalog here.
Both Planmeca and Asiga products will be featured in Benco Dental's CenterPoint design and equipment showrooms for hands-on product demonstrations. Learn more about CenterPoint locations in Texas, California and Pennsylvania.
