The innovations and the new corporate design on display caused plenty of excitement at the Kulzer booth.
New technologies, expert exchanges and exciting live demos – at the 37th International Dental Show (IDS), visitors to the Kulzer booth gained first-hand insights into integrated solutions for smooth workflows in dental practices and labs. The highlight was the 3D printer cara Print 4.0, which attracted plenty of attention. The Hanau-based dental supplier’s new corporate design also proved popular.
With the large, green tooth icon right at the heart, Kulzer’s booth at this year’s IDS stood out from a distance. More visitors than ever before dropped by – including many international visitors – and were able to see the company’s new corporate design up close on 660 m2 of space. It went down well. “The new design is a great fit for Kulzer,” said Andreas Kimmel, a dental technician from Koblenz, Germany. “It represents the linear, innovative strategy of the company. I was also impressed with the expert knowledge of their consultants.” Visitors to the booth could also experience the entire dental workflow, step by step – from the use of the intraoral scanner cara Trios in practices, to aesthetic veneering in labs. “This allowed the public to get to know us as a partner for integrated solutions,” explained Novica Savic, Chief Marketing Officer at Kulzer. “With products that will be even more connected and integrated from now on, we are helping to ensure efficient processes in labs and practices. Under our new name, Kulzer, we remain a reliable partner for dental technicians and dentists.”
3D printer pulls in crowds
The 3D printer cara Print 4.0, along with its printing materials and the polymerization unit HiLite Power 3D, was especially popular. “The cara Print 4.0 is not only fast, it is extremely precise. It accurately renders even the smallest details, and is very appealing from a price perspective,” explained Dr. Ulrich Koops, Group Product Manager for Digital Fixed Prosthetics at Kulzer, to the numerous visitors at the booth.
Digital and analogue innovations
As well as its 3D printer, Kulzer presented other innovations for digital manufacturing in labs. Take the model scanner cara Scan 4.0, which offers dental technicians a compact scanner with high precision secured. In addition, with cara Mill 2.5, cara Mill 3.5 and cara Mill 3.5L, Kulzer offers various milling machines with different production volumes – suitable for every requirement and attuned milling materials. When it comes to the dima material-discs, dental technicians can choose between zirconium dioxide with different grades of translucency and multilayer, plus PMMA – and, since the IDS, even wax.
Kulzer also remains innovative when it comes to classic dental materials: for example, Hera Moldarock® Royal is a new super hard plaster that combines the excellent characteristics of Type 4 plasters and is demoldable after just 30 minutes. Meanwhile, the new eco-alloy Herastar AU, which contains 33 percent gold, offers a cost-effective alternative to alloys with a high gold-content, while also matching them in terms of processing properties.
Products in action
In dental technology demonstrations, experienced speakers like Thomas Backscheider, Dieter Ehret, Björn Maier and Rüdiger Neugebauer showed how users can achieve outstanding results with ceramics, composites, gingival shades, and more. For example, dental aesthetics specialists demonstrated how HeraCeram® Zirconia 750 can be used to achieve natural-looking veneerings and characterizations. A young dental technician watched their presentation: “I work with this ceramic myself, so it’s very interesting to hear what kind of practical tips the experts have up their sleeves.”