Agreement expands Henry Schein’s offering to cover full breadth of dental implants

Henry Schein, Inc., (NASDAQ:HSIC) the largest distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners, and Dentatus, an innovative designer and manufacturer of precision high-tech dental products, today announced a five-year agreement establishing Henry Schein as the exclusive distributor of the Dentatus Atlas narrow body implant system in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Through this agreement, Henry Schein will now be able to offer dental practitioners the full breadth of dental implants.

“In this important and growing market, the Dentatus Atlas system stands apart and is distinctly different from other systems, with clear benefits that shorten healing time and increase patient comfort,” said Stanley Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. “In North America alone, we estimate the edentulous population who could benefit from this technology to be approximately 50 million people, with projected six million new edentulous patients per year. We look forward to working closely with Dentatus to offer these important new products to our North American, Australian and New Zealand dental customers.”

The Dentatus Atlas implants surrounded with the Tuf-Link Resilient Denture liner provides secure retention and cushioned patient comfort. The implant low profile eliminates the need to drastically reduce the denture, and its small diameter allows placement where significant bone loss has occurred without bone augmentation. The Atlas flapless surgical procedure, which is significantly less expensive than a conventional implant procedure, shortens healing time and reduces discomfort. The procedure requires no surgical incision and no sutures—both of which are typical for wider, more conventional implants—and it can be performed using only local anesthesia in the office of a patient’s general dentist in only 45-60 minutes. The patient can walk out of the office wearing their refitted denture right away.

With Dentatus Atlas implants, denture wearers of any age can experience healthier and better looking smiles with comfortable and fully functioning dentures. After undergoing the procedure, patients are able to keep their dentures in place while sleeping, brush them in the morning and treat them like natural teeth. Dentures can be easily removed and reseated without any stress. Patients are able to laugh, smile, maintain a nutritious diet and eat their favorite foods with confidence.