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Align Technology to Acquire Exocad
Align Technology has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Exocad for
approximately EUR 376 million in cash. Exocad offers fully integrated workflows to dental
labs and dental practices via a broad customer base of partners and resellers in over 150
countries. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of 2020.
The acquisition brings Exocad's expertise in restorative dentistry, implantology, guided
surgery, and smile design to the Align technology portfolio, extending Align's Invisalign and
iTero digital solutions and paving the way for new, seamless cross-discipline dentistry in lab
and at chairside. Exocad also broadens Align's platform reach in digital dentistry with close to
200 partners and more than 35,000 licenses installed worldwide.
This acquisition is the next step in the collaboration between Align and Exocad that
started in 2017 with the integration of Align's iTero intraoral scanners and Exocad chairside
CAD software. The collaboration later expanded to a fully validated workflow that enabled
in-house milling of dental restoration on any compatible milling machine, and most recently,
at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting 2020, the new Exocad Connector.

Industry News
Information in this section is culled from releases that were delivered to
news@dentaltown.com. All material is subject to editing and space availability.

Implant Direct's Smartbase Engaging
Abutment Receives 510(k) Clearance
Implant Direct announced that its Smartbase abutment has received 510(k) clearance for
use with the Legacy and InterActive systems and is now available for sale in the United States.
Smartbase CAD/CAM engaging abutments combine high aesthetics and more freedom of
choice with screw-retained restorations.
The abutment features a dual-hue finish: The gold anodization allows for the use of more
translucent restorative materials, while the pink anodization of the titanium base offers a
more natural blending with gingival tissue. The concave transgingival profile shapes tissue
growth for a thicker gingival cuff, reducing the chances of the abutment showing through
and enables subcrestal placement. The Smartbase abutment also supports a digital and
conventional workflow.
Information: implantdirect.com/smartbase

Glidewell Announces
4th Annual Symposium
Glidewell, has announced the fourth annual
Glidewell Symposium scheduled for Nov. 6-7, at
the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
The event will provide practical clinical
education and business strategies designed
to make an immediate difference in dental
practices. Topics will cover all phases of general
dentistry, including restorative techniques and
materials, dental implants, tissue regeneration,
in-office scanning and milling, dental sleep
medicine and practice management. Attendees
will earn 12 hours of continuing education units.
The session's first day includes
presentations designed to offer solutions to the
challenges of everyday dentistry. Keynotes will
be presented by Dr. Gordon J. Christensen and
Dr. Jack Hahn, an implant-dentistry pioneer who
has been placing and restoring implants for five
decades. The doctors will share stories about
their clinical research and wisdom gained as
practicing dentists.
On the second day, attendees can choose
from several tracks for focused, in-depth
lectures, and hone in on clinical information,
tools and techniques to better serve their
patients. After Saturday's focused tracks, all
attendees will be invited to the Glidewell Expo, a
hosted barbecue and VIP party at the Glidewell
campus in nearby Newport Beach. On both
days of the symposium, attendees will also be
able to browse interactive exhibits featuring
3D printing, intraoral scanning, in-office milling,
CAD/CAM workflow, dental implants, and
regenerative and restorative materials.
Information: glidewellsymposium.com

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