Astra Tech Archives - Oral Health Group

Nobel introduces NobelReplace Conical Connection and NobelReplace Platform Shift

Nobel‘s website has always been an industry leader in terms of esthetics and informatics http://www.nobelbiocare.com/en/campaigns/nobelreplace-conical-connection-and-platform-shift/default.aspx#t4211532 I particularly enjoy the clinical case reports and videos – check out the link above. Also, delighted to see that along with Astra Tech, Straumann and their own Active – platform switching is being built into the overall design. Related … Read more

Dentsply and Astra Tech sitting in a tree, D-o-m-i-n-a-t-i-n-g

Personally, bigger is never better. Customer service and the value of the enduser goes out the window in lieu of margins and bottom lines. Perhaps Bret W. Wise may see this as an opportunity to turn the corporate culture of Dentsply around, but I’m not going to hold my breath. We’ve become a market driven … Read more

Interview: ‘Lasers are going to revolutionise implantology’

“Luke, I am your father” has suddenly taken a strange twist. And the rumoured purchase of AMD lasers by Dentsply in concert with the acquisition of Astra Tech should be making more and more sense. The new LightWalker hard- and soft-tissue dental laser system from Fotona was introduced at IDS 2011. The system offers a … Read more

Standard Oil – Dentsply International – do the math?

One has to wonder whether a colossus is the answer to the future of dentistry. Does a monolithic entity that detaches itself at the corporate level, further and further from it’s client base, r Image via CrunchBase eally bring needed change to an industry and in turn does it deliver the needed products to their … Read more

Astra Sells Dental Unit for $1.8 Billion

By Margot Patrick from the Wall Street Journal LONDON–AstraZeneca PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to sell Astra Tech to Dentsply International Inc. for $1.8 billion,after a sale process that attracted strong interest from private-equity firms and strategic buyers looking to tap into growth in the dental-implants market. The transaction, expected to close in the second half, will … Read more

AstraZeneca Near Sale of Unit to Dentsply

From Bloomberg – June 21, 2011 AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) is close to an agreement to sell Astra Tech, a Swedish maker of dental implants and medical devices, to Dentsply International Inc. (XRAY) for about $1.8 billion,said a person with knowledge of the sale. No deal has been reached and the talks may still fall apart, said the person, … Read more

Atlantis Abutments – Astra Tech Implants

I’ve mentioned Todd Welch before – www.wtnperio.com and www.wtnperioblog.com – he’s a superb talent. Check out his latest posting today. Image by M. Janicki via Flickr Here is a recent case I completed. I place Astra Tech dental implants and typically utilize Atlantis abutments for implant supported bridges and anterior implants. I have the lab … Read more

AstraZeneca to sell £1.3 billion dental unit as it focuses on medicine business

From the DailyMail in the UK – 1.3 billion pounds is 2.04 billion Cdn dollars Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has begun a £1.3 billion auction of its dental implants and medical devices division as it looks to focus on its core medicine business. Bids for Astra Tech, which makes catheters and breathing aids, as well as advanced dental … Read more

Astra Tech is ON FIRE!!!!!

3Shape and Astra Tech have agreed on a global strategic alliance. The scandinavian companies intend to develop of a new software. (DTI/Photo courtesy of Dimitriy Shironosov) Mar 4, 2011 | EUROPE Scandinavian dental specialists form global alliance by Yvonne Bachmann, Dental Tribune International LEIPZIG, Germany: 3Shape, a Danish company specialised in the development of dental … Read more

Astra Tech’s OsseoSpeed TX implant line launched to the US market at AO Annual Meeting

Astra Tech, leading provider of comprehensive solutions for dental implant therapy, launched their OsseoSpeed™ TX implant line to the US market at this year’s AO Annual Meeting. The OsseoSpeed™ TX implant comes as the next step in the continuous evolution of the Astra Tech Implant System™ with its modified tapered apex design, first introduced with … Read more

About 20 bidders circle AstraZeneca unit – interesting, but I just liked the design of corporate headquarters by Frank Gehry

By Quentin Webb LONDON | Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:34am EST (Reuters) – About 20 bidders are readying offers for all or parts of Astra Tech, the dental and medical devices unit that AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) hopes could fetch $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Astra Tech, which had revenues last year of $535 million, … Read more

Astra Tech at the IDS

Check out the link on the Astra Tech website for their technical videos Astra Tech Videos Products At Astra Tech Dental we aim to provide dental professionals with the freedom of unlimited possibilities when it comes to implant therapy. Our products and solutions are designed to help make your job easier, but we never compromise … Read more

UH OH!!!!!!!!!!

AZ looks to sell off Astra Tech dental and devices unit WORLD NEWS | NOVEMBER 17, 2010 KEVIN GROGAN AstraZeneca has reportedly hired JPMorgan to find buyers for its Astra Tech business,the sale of which could bring in $2 billion. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker told PharmaTimes World News that “as a general rule, we don’t comment on market speculation”. … Read more