DENTSPLY International | Our Company | History Of Innovation
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History Of Innovation
The dental community is buzzing over SureFil® SDR® flow's advanced chemistry and innovation. The excellent cavity adaption, ability to be bulk filled, reduced shrinkage stress, and overall chair time reduction makes this product an innovation to be remembered in dental history.
SureFil® SDR® flow represents a major evolution in dentistry. It is the first bulk fill flowable base making procedures significantly easier and faster, while providing long-lasting results and saving up to 40% in placement time. The time saved and the outcome achieved is beneficial for patients and dentists alike.
"Every once in a while during a career, a new product comes that truly does change the game. SureFil® SDR® flow is one of those special products. It greatly improves clinical time without sacrificing quality. I have placed posterior composites for almost twenty years, and this product is a winner for both the doctor and patient," said DDS, Greg Wright.
SureFil® SDR® flow is just one of the latest in a long history of corporate innovation. For more than a century, DENTSPLY has worked to improve smiles and self-confidence of dental patients by making care faster, more effective and more affordable.
Founding Fathers 6/23/1899
On June 23, 1899, The Dentists' Supply Company of New York was formally chartered by the state of New York with four founding fathers: Jacob F. Frantz, M.D., Dean C. Osborne, George H. Whiteley and John R. Sheppard. The first headquarters was located on 42nd Street, New York City in the Candler Building.
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The First Product 7/20/1899
By July 1899, the company was serving dental retail outlets as well as manufacturing its first product, artificial teeth called Platinum Pin Teeth. This represented a major improvement in the design and manufacture of previous artificial teeth and dentures.
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Company Firsts in Dentistry 3/1/1914
The company established the first systematic facial shape and size relationship that accurately applies to denture tooth form.
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First Interntional Location 6/1/1920
The Dentists' Supply Company of New York established its first international office, a manufacturing facility located in Paris, France. A second Paris facility was added to the lineup in 1924.
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Shade Guide Success 3/15/1925
The company was the first one to present the industry in the mid 1920s with tooth colors that could match natural teeth. This shade guide consisted of a sample display unit, featuring 25 different shades of teeth.
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A Germany Facility is Welcomed 6/1/1925
The first German tooth production facility, Zahnfabrik Wienand Sohne G.m.b.H, was acquired.
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Coming To York 7/1/1948
Company personnel and energies focused on efforts in York, Pennsylvania with the first Research Center facility built in 1948 focusing on Prosthodontics.
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