Glidewell Dental’s Inclusive Prosthetic Components are now available for Dentsply Sirona’s ASTRA TECH Implant System EV. According to Glidewell, its history of manufacturing implant components cleared by the Food and Drug Administration and compatible with third-party implant systems minimizes unnecessary vendor markups, giving dentists predictable pricing on implant restorations with no surprises in their lab bills.
“This expansion increases the number of dentists who can prescribe Inclusive Custom Abutments and screw-retained crowns to achieve optimal gingival contours and restoration aesthetics,” said Grant Bullis, vice president and general manager of manufacturing at Glidewell Dental. “We previously outsourced any ASTRA EV cases we received at a significantly higher fee. By adding ASTRA EV to our Inclusive family of restorative solutions, we’re able to produce premium restorations at a lower price for dentists who use this system.”
In addition to advancing the dental lab’s ability to efficiently fabricate implant restorations, Glidewell says, the manufacture of prosthetic components at the company’s ISO 13485-certified facility in Irvine, California, continues to provide clinicians and other dental labs with implant parts at considerable savings compared to the cost of original equipment manufacturer components.
“We’re very excited to continue the expansion of our Inclusive line of prosthetic components to cover more implant systems. In addition to driving down costs, we believe that the ability to purchase implant parts from a single source, with uniform pricing regardless of implant platform, simplifies the restorative process for everyone, from us here at Glidewell, to the dentists restoring implant cases, to our colleagues in the dental lab industry,” said Brian Volken, director of implant business development.
Inclusive Prosthetic Components include an array of titanium bases, aesthetic and multi-unit abutments, analogs, titanium screws, temporary and UCLA abutments, bite verification cylinders, digital and conventional transfer copings, and more, Glidewell says. Over the past decade, the company adds, it has invested in CAD/CAM technology, mills, and quality control standards designed to ensure tight tolerances, precision matching, processing and cleaning, and validation testing from fatigue strength assessment to packaging integrity analysis.
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