GLIDEWELL LABORATORIES PARTNERS WITH HENRY SCHEIN TO OFFER BRUXZIR® SOLID ZIRCONIA MILLING BLANKS TO DENTAL LABORATORIES IN EUROPE
Newport Beach, CA, February 26, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Glidewell Laboratories, the parent company of Prismatik Dentalcraft, Inc., and Henry Schein, Inc., the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, announced today that they have partnered to offer milling blanks for Glidewell’s best-selling brand of monolithic restorative zirconia, BruxZir® Solid Zirconia, to dental laboratories in Europe. The increased availability of the popular and clinically successful material will help interested laboratories to meet the growing demand for natural-looking, durable dental prostheses by adding a customized line of BruxZir restorations to their own product portfolios.
Henry Schein will begin offering all BruxZir style milling blanks including BruxZir Shaded Milling Blanks, BruxZir Shaded 16, and BruxZir Anterior. With complete and consistent shade penetration, these evolutions on the original white BruxZir formula ensure repeatability, improved turnaround times, and lower labor costs.
"Henry Schein's Zahn Dental laboratory division has done an outstanding job expanding BruxZir market share in North America and we look forward to working with Henry Schein on the European rollout."
David Casper, President of Prismatik Dentalcraft, Inc.
“We are extremely happy to expand BruxZir distribution in Europe with Henry Schein,” says David Casper, President of Prismatik Dentalcraft. “Henry Schein’s Zahn Dental laboratory division has done an outstanding job expanding BruxZir market share in North America and we look forward to working with Henry Schein on the European rollout.”
Henry Schein is set to debut the BruxZir line of milling blanks in Europe in March 2016.
About Glidewell Laboratories
Glidewell Laboratories, based in Newport Beach, California, is an industry-leading provider of high-quality dental lab products and services to dental professionals nationwide for a low cost. Established in January 1970 by Jim Glidewell, CDT, the lab specializes in crown & bridge, ceramic, removable full and partial dentures, dental implants and prosthetic components, and full-cast restorations. With a decades-long heritage of technological innovation, Glidewell Laboratories has been at the forefront of dental CAD/CAM development, promoting a forward-thinking strategy that includes materials advancement, technique improvement, and clinical education in an effort to bring comprehensive treatment to patients across the economic spectrum.
About Henry Schein’s European Dental Business
In Europe, Henry Schein has a highly-experienced team of more than 4,000 Team Schein Members serving the medical, dental, animal health and technology markets. Henry Schein’s European Dental business offers an extensive selection of dental supplies, equipment, trainings, specialized products and practice solutions to support the company’s customers in operating their practices efficiently, attaining their business goals and delivering the highest quality care to their patients. The company serves dental practitioners, dental technicians, laboratories and clinics through its subsidiaries in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
About Henry Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) is the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners. The company also serves dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care sites. A Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500® and the NASDAQ 100® indexes, Henry Schein employs nearly 19,000 Team Schein Members and serves more than one million customers.
The company offers a comprehensive selection of products and services, including value-added solutions for operating efficient practices and delivering high-quality care. Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, with a selection of more than 100,000 branded products and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 150,000 additional products available as special-order items. The company also offers its customers exclusive, innovative technology solutions, including practice management software and e-commerce solutions, as well as a broad range of financial services. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Henry Schein has operations or affiliates in 33 countries.
For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com.
Contact
Dave Casper
President, Prismatik Dentalcraft, Inc.
Phone: +1949 399 8388
E-mail: Dave.Casper@glidewelldental.com
Stefanie Fleige
Senior Manager, International Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 40 665 68 691
E-mail: Stefanie.Fleige@henryschein.de
