Amann Girrbach, one of the leading manufacturers in the field of zirconia, is celebrating two important anniversaries this year: 15 years ago, the company produced zirconia blocks for the fabrication of dentures for the first time and exactly ten years ago, the globally successful Zolid brand was launched. Customers will therefore receive a ten-year warranty on all Zolid materials as of now. At the same time, Amann Girrbach will be hosting various webinars on zirconia throughout the year under the hashtag #nosurprisezirconia.
Amann Girrbach was one of the first companies to start manufacturing zirconia for dentures 15 years ago. Due to the rising demand for increasingly aesthetic zirconias and the desire for more cost-effectiveness and process reliability, Amann Girrbach introduced the Zolid brand five years later. With Zolid, CAD/CAM blanks that achieved high aesthetics without requiring complex veneering processes were available to users for the first time.
Since then, the company has been continuously developing the corresponding materials and processing methods: meanwhile, blanks such as the Zolid Gen-X allow for lifelike restorations with integrated colour gradients in 16 Vita shades. In addition to the excellent aesthetic properties and outstanding mechanical values, they prove convincing due to their diversity of indications and their clinical long-term success. In the context of quality assurance, only the best raw materials are processed here using the strictest test methods and certified processes. To give an example, Amann Girrbach is one of the first dental companies to be certified in accordance with the new Medical Device Regulation, thus supporting users in complying with MDR obligations.
"This year we are celebrating two special anniversaries that once again demonstrate that we at Amann Girrbach are constantly driving the boundaries of technical possibilities forwards," said a delighted Melanie Röschmann, Director Global Business Unit - Consumables at Amann Girrbach. "At the same time, we are taking this opportunity to underline our quality promise with a 10-year warranty on all Zolid materials. We view ourselves as an holistic system provider and support our customers along the entire customer journey. With this in mind, we will also be focusing more on training and education in the coming years with regard to zirconia. This year, we will be kicking off with a series of webinars on the subject of working with zirconia."
Celebrating 10 years of Amann Girrbach Zolid Zirconia
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2012 |
Material: | Zolid White |
Made by: | Amann Girrbach |
Milestones: | First Zolid blank |
Caption: | Bridge 13-16 infiltrated, 13 reduced frame, 14, 15 reduced vestibularly, 16 monolithic, coloured |
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2013 |
Material: | Zolid Preshade |
Made by: | Amann Girrbach |
Milestones: | First pre-shaded Zolid blank |
Caption: | Crowns 34-37 34 reduced, fully veneered 35 vestibularly veneered 36 circularly veneered 37 monolithic, coloured |
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2014 |
Material: | Zolid FX White |
Made by: | Amann Girrbach |
Milestones: | First monolithic anterior restorations |
Caption: | Veneers 33-43 monolithic, infiltrated and coloured |
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2015 |
Material: | Zolid FX Preshade |
Made by: | Amann Girrbach |
Caption: | Bridge 35-37 monolithic, coloured |
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2016 |
Material: | Zolid FX Multilayer |
Made by: | CDT Lucas Lammott, M31 Dental Studio, Gloucester MA, USA |
Milestones: | First blank with integrated colour and translucency gradients |
Caption: | Crowns 13-23 monolithic, glazed |
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2017 |
Material: | Zolid HT+ White |
Made by: | CDT Alexander Wünsche, Zahntechnique, Miami FL, USA |
Milestones: | First blank for monolithic, wide-span bridges |
Caption: | REAX bridge, monolithic, coloured and glazed |
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2018 |
Material: | Combination work Zolid HT+ White & Zolid FX ML |
Made by: | MDT Benni Votteler, Dentaltechnik Votteler, Pfullingen Germany |
Caption: | Implant bridge 16-26 (Zolid HT+ White) vestibular and gingiva cutback, rest monolithic. Molar crowns 16,17,27 (Zolid FX ML) monolithic, coloured & glazed |
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2019 |
Material: | Zolid HT+ Preshade |
Made by: | DT Luís Manuel Rocha Saraiva, Clarity Lab, Porto Portugal |
Caption: | REAX bridge, 13-23 vestibular and gingiva cutback, rest monolithic |
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2020 |
Material: | Zolid Gen-X |
Made by: | CDT Atsushi Hasegawa, Organ Dental Lab, Chigasaki-City, Japan |
Milestones: | Just one material for all indications - due to excellent material properties |
Caption: | Crowns 13-23 monolithic, coloured and glazed |
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2021 |
Material: | Zolid DRS |
Made by: | MDT Benni Votteler, Dentaltechnik Votteler, Pfullingen Germany |
Milestones: | High-speed sintering of crowns in 20 minutes |
Caption: | Crown 36 monolithic, colored and glazed 16 monolithic, coloured |
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Tuesday, 3 December, 2024