Press release Dental Wings Inc. 1/3 Vita and Dreve join Dental Wings to create a full denture work- flow within the DWOS digital dentistry platform. International Dental Show (IDS), Cologne, Germany, March 12, 2013: Vita, Dreve and Dental Wings join forces to deliver to the dental market the most comprehensive digital manufacturing process for full dentures. This partnership will bring together Vita’s world-renowned expertise in denture teeth and materials for prosthetic restorations, Dreve’s extensive knowhow of in 3D Printing and Dental Wings powerful DWOS CAD capabilities. The DWOS Full Dentures Application will include the digital design and manufacturing of both mucosa-supported and implant-supported full dentures. The application will embody the Dental Wings spirit of openness to accept standard STL files from all open input devices including: intra-oral, impression and models scanners. Similarly, it will support all relevant output devices such as Dreve 3D rapid manufacturing printers and various milling systems. The DWOS Full Denture Application will contain the complete digitized VITA denture teeth library, giving dental professionals total design flexibility in meeting the esthetic demands of the patient. Additionally, the application will be seamlessly integrated with the DWOS Screw Retained Bar & Bridge (SRBB) Application, ushering in a new era of simplicity in implant supported denture design and fabrication. The ability to design "prosthetically- driven" implant bars based on the simultaneous virtual denture design propositions, will allow laboratory technicians to achieve an advanced degree of functionality and esthetics never before possible. Similarly, with this cross-application integration, technicians will be enabled to design and fabricate dentures supported directly on locator type implant interfaces. The parties expect that the development of DWOS denture application will be completed in 2013 for launch in early 2014. Henry R. Rauter, President of VITA commented: “Following our strategic goal of being an innovation leader in the dental industry, we are excited to be part of this state-of-the-art project together with most reputable dental companies such as Dreve and Dental Wings. Each company has been contributing its well-acknowledged specific know-how to bring out a digital process for the production of dentures that dental professionals and patients will appreciate and strongly benefit from.” Dr. Volker, Managing Director of Dreve commented: “Dreve is proud to partner with world-leading companies like VITA and Dental Wings to offer an innovative and complete digital solution for producing dentures. We will contribute our knowledge and experience for decades in the fields of scannable impression materials and Rapid Manufacturing technologies. Our key for success is based on our expertise concerning dental applications in combination with a wide range of materials developed and produced in Unna, Germany. We believe that the mutual project with VITA and Dental Wings will define a new quality standard for dentures leading to unique benefits for the patients in terms of biocompatibility and comfort.”
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Dental Wings Inc. 1/3
Vita and Dreve join Dental Wings to create a full denture work-flow within the DWOS digital dentistry platform.
International Dental Show (IDS), Cologne, Germany, March 12, 2013: Vita, Dreve and Dental Wings join forces to deliver to the dental market the most comprehensive digital manufacturing process for full dentures. This partnership will bring together Vita’s world-renowned expertise in denture teeth and materials for prosthetic restorations, Dreve’s extensive knowhow of in 3D Printing and Dental Wings powerful DWOS CAD capabilities.
The DWOS Full Dentures Application will include the digital design and manufacturing of both mucosa-supported and implant-supported full dentures. The application will embody the Dental Wings spirit of openness to accept standard STL files from all open input devices including: intra-oral, impression and models scanners. Similarly, it will support all relevant output devices such as Dreve 3D rapid manufacturing printers and various milling systems.
The DWOS Full Denture Application will contain the complete digitized VITA denture teeth library, giving dental professionals total design flexibility in meeting the esthetic demands of the patient. Additionally, the application will be seamlessly integrated with the DWOS Screw Retained Bar & Bridge (SRBB) Application, ushering in a new era of simplicity in implant supported denture design and fabrication. The ability to design "prosthetically-driven" implant bars based on the simultaneous virtual denture design propositions, will allow laboratory technicians to achieve an advanced degree of functionality and esthetics never before possible. Similarly, with this cross-application integration, technicians will be enabled to design and fabricate dentures supported directly on locator type implant interfaces. The parties expect that the development of DWOS denture application will be completed in 2013 for launch in early 2014. Henry R. Rauter, President of VITA commented: “Following our strategic goal of being an innovation leader in the dental industry, we are excited to be part of this state-of-the-art project together with most reputable dental companies such as Dreve and Dental Wings. Each company has been contributing its well-acknowledged specific know-how to bring out a digital process for the production of dentures that dental professionals and patients will appreciate and strongly benefit from.” Dr. Volker, Managing Director of Dreve commented: “Dreve is proud to partner with world-leading companies like VITA and Dental Wings to offer an innovative and complete digital solution for producing dentures. We will contribute our knowledge and experience for decades in the fields of scannable impression materials and Rapid Manufacturing technologies. Our key for success is based on our expertise concerning dental applications in combination with a wide range of materials developed and produced in Unna, Germany. We believe that the mutual project with VITA and Dental Wings will define a new quality standard for dentures leading to unique benefits for the patients in terms of biocompatibility and comfort.”
Dental Wings Inc.
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Naoum Araj, President of Dental Wings commented: "We are proud to partner with industry stalwarts such as VITA and Dreve to offer within our DWOS Ecosystem a digital denture application. This initiative fits perfectly with Dental Wings' goal of enabling dental labs to access trusted workflows and materials with open technologies. It is through collaborative efforts such as this one with VITA and Dreve that we break through technical barriers to create transformational systems that change the industry landscape. We are convinced that this application will empower dental laboratories to improve their productivity, product quality and bottom line. The Full Dentures Application will be available to the thousands of DWOS users worldwide."
About VITA
Headquartered in Bad Säckingen / Germany, VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co.KG has been developing, producing and marketing innovative solutions for dental prosthetics according to consistently high quality standards for over 85 years, and has been known from the very beginning as a pioneer and worldwide trendsetter. The VITA shade standard, for instance, is recognised internationally in the dental branch as a shade reference system. Users in 120 different countries benefit from the comprehensive range of products and services provided by VITA Zahnfabrik. These include analogue and digital tooth shade determination systems, acrylic and ceramic teeth, veneering and framework materials for conventional and computer-aided manufacturing procedures, dental equipment as well as a wide range of service and training facilities. VITA Zahnfabrik, Spitalgasse 3, D-79713 Bad Säckingen, Germany.
Dreve company is a medical device manufacturer with the Dental and Hearing aid industry as core markets supplying customers in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1949 and family-owned since it is located in Unna/Germany with affiliates in Singapore, the US and Russia. Being a pioneer and leader in the implementation of Rapid Manufacturing technologies in its core markets for more than 10 years the company supplies CAD/CAM materials and production technologies as well as offers the manufacturing service of custom medical devices to its customer base. Innovation MediTech GmbH - A Dreve Company, Max-Planck-Str. 31, 59423 Unna, Germany
Dental Wings Inc. is the developer of the DWOS platform that offers dental professionals the ability to plan, design and fabricate dental prosthetic cases within an integrated ecosystem of software applications. DWOS supports all open digital input devices including: CBCT\CT scans, model scans, chair-side intraoral scans and impression scans, while enabling secure data and file exchange amongst all related collaborators through DWOS Connect. DWOS Applications can be used to fulfill an extensive range of clinical indications, including; implant planning, guided implant surgery, crown & bridge, custom abutments, screw-retained bridges, implant bars and partial frameworks. while offering numerous manufacturing possibilities. Dental Wings is a privately owned company that also develops, manufactures and sells high precision 3D scanners to the dental industry. It is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
