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York, PA –August 31, 2011 – DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ – XRAY), a global leader in professional dental products, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Astra Tech AB, a leading provider of dental implants, customized implant abutments, and urology and surgery products, from AstraZeneca.

Astra Tech, a market leader and innovator in the field of implant dentistry and CAD/CAM abutments, announces a global strategic alliance with 3Shape A/S, the Danish-based provider of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions.

Press release March 2011
Mölndal, Sweden, March 2011 – Astra Tech is proud to present the
members of the Scientific Committee and Scientific Award Committee for the Astra Tech World Congress 2012.

Press release March 2011
Mölndal, Sweden, March 2011 – Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments from Astra Tech continue to elicit fantastic response from customers all over Europe, bringing the successful abutments that fit all major implant systems to more and more customers and patients every day.

OsseoSpeed™ TX Profile from Astra Tech – anatomically designed for sloped ridges
Mölndal, Sweden, March 2011 - Astra Tech launches an anatomically
designed implant for sloped ridges called OsseoSpeed™ TX Profile.
This uniquely shaped implant eliminates the common compromise
between marginal bone levels and esthetics in sloped alveolar ridge
situations.

Mölndal, Oktober 2010

Astra Tech, ett av världens snabbast växande företag inom tandimplantat, välkomnar 3 000 tandläkare från hela världen till Göteborg. I maj 2012 håller företaget sin tredje världskongress och denna gång på hemmaplan i Göteborg.

Waltham, MA. (July 2010). Astra Tech expands the Atlantis™ patient-specific abutment options to include XiVE™ and Frialit™ implants from Dentsply Friadent and Standard/Standard Plus (Wide Neck) implants from Straumann for North American customers. 

Dentsply Friadent is the latest manufacturer to be added to the rapidly expanding Atlantis™ patientspecific abutment assortment, while Atlantis abutments are already available for major implant systems such as Astra Tech, Straumann, Nobel Biocare, Biomet 3i and Zimmer Dental.  These introductions are the latest in a series of Atlantis abutments being developed for new implant interfaces, further securing Astra Tech’s leadership position in providing patient-specific abutments for all major implant systems. 

Astra Tech, leading provider of comprehensive solutions for dental implant therapy, plans to introduce additional interfaces and material choices for the Atlantis™ patient-specific solution in 2010. The complete Atlantis™ compatibility chart is available at www.atlantisabutment.com.

Mölndal, Sverige (April 2010). Astra Tech, ledande leverantör av heltäckande lösningar för implantatbehandlingar, har glädjen att meddela att utbudet av Atlantis™ distanser nu även gäller för implantaten NobelActive™ NP 3.5 och RP 4.3, 5.0 för kunder i Europa och Australien.

Astra Tech erbjuder individuellt anpassade distanser i fyra olika material: titan, guldtonat titan, vit zirconia och tonad zirconia.  

I och med att Astra Tech erbjuder Atlantis-distanser för NobelActive™ implantat stärker vi vår ledande ställning inom individuellt anpassade distanser för alla större implantatsystem. Lanseringen är det senaste tillskottet i en serie Atlantis-distanser som utvecklas för nya implantatgränssnitt som exempelvis Straumann™ Bone Level-implantat. Under 2010 kommer Astra Tech att introducera ytterligare gränssnitt och valbara material för de individuellt anpassade lösningarna med Atlantis™.

Astra Tech, a market leader in the field of implant dentistry, announces their strategic alliance with Dental Wings, the Canadian-based provider of CAD/CAM solutions with specialized development of 3D scanners, beginning in early 2010. As a result, Dental Wings users worldwide will have the ability to remotely transfer scans to Astra Tech’s design and manufacturing centers for the production of Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments for all major implant systems.

The latest CAD/CAM technology for patient‐specific abutments is now gaining ground on the European dental market. The Swedish medical device company Astra Tech AB, a subsidiary of AstraZeneca, is introducing the Atlantis™ solution for all major implant systems.

Astra Tech challenges the current standard in marginal bone maintenance and sets a new standard implying only 0.3 mm of bone loss for a successful implant. Also, Astra Tech launches Atlantis™, a unique method of producing patient-specific abutments based on the appearance of the final tooth, in Europe.

- Den begränsade benförlusten som dokumenterats med Astra Techs implantatsystem indikerar att det är dags att revidera vår gamla standard från 1986. En ny norm borde kanske enbart acceptera hälften så stor benförlust än den tidigare normen för att en tandimplantat- behandling ska anses lyckad, säger Tomas Albrektsson, professor i biomaterialforskning vid Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborgs Universitet.

3M ESPE and Astra Tech AB, a leader and innovator in the dental implant industry, announce a global partnership to provide Astra Tech’s Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments to 3M ESPE Lava™ customers. The two companies have developed an interface which will enable the Lava™ Scan ST Design System to communicate directly with Astra Tech’s Atlantis technology.

Thousands of delegates from 23 countries are expected to attend the second Astra Tech World Congress, held June 4-7 at the newly opened Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center in Washington, DC.

“We are delighted that this year’s event will enable more than 130 of the world’s most respected dental professionals and researchers to present their latest findings in the field of implant dentistry,” says Peter Selley, President & CEO of 
Astra Tech AB.

Det medicintekniska företaget Astra Tech, dotterbolag till AstraZeneca, fortsätter sin
expansion på marknaden för dentala implantat. Nu förvärvar företaget sin distributör i
Japan, Denics International Co., Ltd., som 2006 hade en omsättning på 185 miljoner SEK.

Oktober, 2007

Pressinformation 13 juni, 2007

Press release, March 8, 2007

Pressrelease, 7 april 2006

Andreas Thor, övertandläkare och specialist i käkkirurgi vid Akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala, får Astra Techs vetenskapliga pris för tillämpad forskning inom området tandimplantat. Priset delas ut på Astra Techs världskongress i New York den 7 april.

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