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business Ivoclar Vivadent acquires Nobel Biocare offers quicker delivery for Swiss start-up Kapanu NobelProcera bridges Nobel Biocare has announced that customers using the company’s Nobel- Procera solutions can now receive NobelProcera bridges in zirconia sooner. Estimated delivery times have been cut from four days to three, helping dental professionals signifi - cantly reduce treatment times. The time-saving is the result of a con- certed effort to further enhance effi - ciency at the NobelProcera produc- tion centres in Mahwah in the US and Chiba in Japan. Victor Nieto, Vice President of Global Operations at Nobel Biocare, said: “We are pleased that we can now offer our customers high-quality NobelProcera bridges in less time. Time is precious for dental profes- sionals and patients alike. Across Nobel Biocare, we are innovating to offer superior solutions that shorten treatment times. Providing precision- engineered restorations faster is an important part of this.” Moreover, quality control is a pri- ority for the teams at the Nobel- Procera production sites, where strin- NobelProcera milling machines at the Nobel Biocare manufacturing site. gent procedures are in place to help ensure that customers receive only restorations of the highest quality. In this regard, Belgian master dental technician Luc Rutten, who re- cently visited the NobelProcera facil- ity in the US, stated: “The plant in Mahwah really impressed me. Quality assurance there is outstanding. After every step in the production process, they carry out a precision review. Rigorous accuracy is maintained at the level of a few microns. The result- ing precision of the copings, abut- ments, bridges and implant bars in ti- tanium and zirconia leaves nothing to chance—which means that I feel noth- ing but confi dence.” More information can be found at www.nobelbiocare.com/nobelprocera. AD Sign up FREE – weekly e-news delivered to your inbox – latest industry developments – event specials – exclusive interviews with key opinion leaders – product information – clinical cases – job adverts Sign up to the fi nest e-read in dentistry www.dental-tribune.com HKIDEAS 2017 5 The future of dentistry: Augmented reality enables patients to see their restorations before the actual treatment starts. Ivoclar Vivadent, one of the world’s leading dental manufacturers, has acquired the Swiss start-up company Kapanu, specialised in custom software solutions for desktop, web and mobile applications. Both companies intend to work together on the development of innovative dental applications. Kapanu is a start-up and spin-off company of ETH Zurich, a science, technology, engineering and mathe- matics university. The company was founded in 2015 and consists of a team of scientists and developers who pro- duce leading-edge software for the dental industry. Ivoclar Vivadent and Kapanu plan to work together to develop innova- tive dental applications that connect real-life processes with the digital world. Their main objective will be to determine how the usage of augmented reality can facilitate dental diagnos- tics, case analysis and treatment ther- apies, Ivoclar Vivadent announced in a press release. Further details of the acquisition were not disclosed. World Summit Tour heads to Shanghai After hosting major events in Tokyo in Japan in February, San Diego in the US in May, and Nice in France in June, the 2017 World Summit Tour will make its fi nal stop in Shanghai on 25 and 26 November. Once again, attendees can again expect an ex- tensive programme of sci- entifi c lectures by interna- tional and regional spea - kers, hands-on workshops on various solutions, as well as a display of Dentsply Sirona’s comprehensive portfolio. The company’s products cover the full range of implant treat- ment, including imaging systems for diagnostics and treat- ment planning, computer-assisted surgical procedures and bone regen- erative materials, as well as a variety of patient- specifi c CAD/CAM pros- thetic solutions, such as Atlantis and CEREC. Congress participants will again be invited to view the poster exhibition, for which dental professionals can sub- mit poster abstracts in the categories of clinical appli- cation and research until 15 September. The winning entries in the competition in both groups will be awarded €1,500 each. With the World Summit Tour, Dentsply Sirona brings together current scientifi c news with the latest cli- nical and digital develop- ments in implant dentistry. The theme of the tour— “Because inspiration and confi dence matters”—is intended to refl ect the com- pany’s dedication to improved oral health and enhanced quality of life for implant patients worldwide. About 1,200 dental professionals were welcomed in each of the cities of the tour, according to the organisers.