Corporate Profiles

Implant Direct Sybron International

Implant Direct Sybron International (IDSI) brings together Sybron Dental Specialties, with its 100-year history of providing service, quality, and innovation to dental professionals, and Dr. Gerald Niznick, an implant pioneer with 35 US patents and 30-year history in the dental implant industry (Core-Vent 1982), Paragon (1997), and Implant Direct (2004).The joint venture, IDSI, is led by Dr. Gerald Niznick, a dentist with a Masters degree in prosthodontics and two honorary doctorates for his contributions to implant dentistry. He revolutionized the implant industry in 1986 with the introduction of the Screw-Vent® implant with its patented internal hex connection (Niznick–US Patent #4,960,381), which has become the cornerstone of modern implant design.

Dating back to the early 1980s, Dr. Niznick’s focus has been to provide high quality products at value-added prices with simplified surgical procedures and versatile prosthetic options. Following this strategy, Implant Direct forced the major implant companies to dramatically discount their products to their volume customers and thus was attributed with creating an implant price-point shift in just 4 years. The industry changes and recent economic factors have prompted many dentists to have a “reality check” on the best options for their practices and patients.

Planmeca

Planmeca USA prides itself on offering innovative and high tech dental equipment

Planmeca USA is the North American Subsidiary of Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland. Finnish Planmeca Oy is one of the largest privately held companies in the dental equipment market. Planmeca’s product lines include dental care units, dental x-rays, digital imaging, and software applications worldwide. More than 98% of Planmeca USA’s production is exported to over 100 countries.

The company has been a forerunner in digital imaging and advanced, computer-integrated dental care concepts for years. Planmeca USA is strongly committed to research and development and innovative solutions. Planmeca USA delivers complete dental solutions with integrated high-tech device and software options with exquisite design. The company is well established in high-tech dental markets worldwide and has considerable market shares in the United States, Japan, and several European countries.

Zest Anchors

For 40 years, Zest Anchors has been a global leader in the manufacturing of overdenture attachments. The original Zest® Anchor Attachment was developed in 1972 by Max Zuest at his dental laboratory in San Diego, California. Forty years later, this pioneer of dentistry is remembered for his vision, having invented self-aligning attachments to combat the damage done by the improper seating of overdentures. Our company has since achieved certification to the stringent requirements of ISO 90011/13485 for the design and quality manufacturing of dental attachments. The Locator® product line is our third generation of attachments and has achieved worldwide acceptance as the premier overdenture attachment in the dental industry.

ChaseHealthAdvance

ChaseHealthAdvance provides third-party financing for medical treatments in the dental, orthodontic, vision, cosmetic, hearing, chiropractic, and veterinary fields. We help patients overcome the financial barriers associated with elective procedures not covered by insurance by providing patients with no-interest and extended-payment financing.

ChaseHealthAdvance began in the spring of 2006 when Chase Card Services launched a patient-financing pilot program in select US markets. The initial program was an almost immediate success, and after evaluating the market opportunities for expansion, Chase purchased Unicorn Financial Services in August 2007. At the time, Unicorn was a leader in the patient financing market. The acquisition allowed Chase to leverage Unicorn’s decade of market experience, patient financing-specific credit data, turn-key systems, and comprehensive provider-reporting package to become a combined business, which was launched as ChaseHealthAdvance financing optionsSM on March 3, 2008.

Today, ChaseHealthAdvance is driven by two core values—creating innovative products, and advocating for the patient and the practice. Both of these values can be seen in our “No Surprise” financing principle. We strive to make the entire financing process transparent by providing simple, easy-to-understand product terms and disclosures for everyone involved. Our goal is to make sure that nothing catches a patient or practice off-guard during the financing process. We want to make sure that the satisfaction of the patients’ experience during treatment extends to the repayment process.

Vatech

Vatech is a leading provider of dental digital radiography and offers the most diverse product portfolio, including cone beam CT, panoramic imaging, cephalometric, and intraoral sensors. Dedicated solely to innovative digital x-ray imaging technologies that aid doctors and their patients, the company develops and manufactures its own digital radiographic sensors, the most critical component of diagnostic x-ray systems.

Vatech was established in early 1992 in South Korea. Starting as an industrial equipment manufacturer, it quickly realized the need to bring quality, well-made dental digital radiography products to the market. In 2002, it released the first digital panoramic x-ray unit into the South Korean market. In 2005, it developed the world’s first 3-in-1 dental digital radiography unit allowing cone beam CT, panoramic, and cephalometric functions to be used in one platform.

Today, there are 8 branch offices and 17 technical support centers worldwide, with 11 overseas offices in 9 countries throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Vatech America is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ, with an additional branch office in Yorba Linda, CA.