In 2012, Kuraray Medical and Noritake Dental Supply joined forces, and Kuraray Noritake Dental was born. By bringing together the materials and technologies developed by these market-leading companies, Kuraray Noritake Dental has continued to deliver a range of innovative and reliable products to more than 90 countries worldwide. Now, the company is inviting everyone to celebrate its tenth anniversary by attending its upcoming symposium, which has the theme “Up to now and from now on: From innovation to simplification”.

More than four decades ago, Kuraray shook up the dental market with the introduction of CLEARFIL BOND SYSTEM F, the world’s first total-etch adhesive system. Having inaugurated the era of adhesive dentistry, the company continued to introduce new products over the following years and focused on innovation backed by sustained investment in R & D.

The merger of the dental divisions of Kuraray and Noritake means that Kuraray Noritake Dental now benefits from an exceptional knowledge of organic and inorganic chemistry across its suite of dental solutions. The KATANA Zirconia range, for example, employs the company’s unique multi-layered zirconia technology to provide a ceramic restorative material with superior translucency and perfect blending properties, whereas rapid bond technology ensures that CLEARFIL Universal Bond Quick delivers a lasting bond faster and more easily than ever. This ability to deliver products that are easy to use yet do not compromise on quality is what makes Kuraray Noritake Dental stand out.

Join the celebrations on 7 October

For its tenth anniversary symposium, Kuraray Noritake Dental has invited various international key opinion leaders to discuss their experiences with the company’s products. Prof. Bart Van Meerbeek, co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Adhesive Dentistry and one of the most respected authorities on the topic of dental bonding agents, will pair up with the renowned Prof. Junji Tagami to examine the latest direct bonding and adhesive luting technologies. After this, Drs Michael Skramstad and Sameer Puri will discuss their day-to-day use of translucent dental zirconia and how it can optimise aesthetic outcomes for patients.

Dental technicians Aki Yoshida and Nondas Vlachopoulos will then show participants how to select the best variety of zirconia for various prosthetic production processes, after which Dr Nicola Scotti and Prof. Lorenzo Breschi will demonstrate the reality of modern user-friendly products for direct composite restorations. Finally, Prof. Markus Blatz and Dr Gerard Chiche will outline their decade of experience in using Kuraray Noritake Dental’s self-etching adhesives to bond all-ceramic crowns and onlays.

In between these presentations, a range of short videos will shine a spotlight on Kuraray Noritake Dental’s employees, who will share development stories and interesting facts.

“We’re proud to be experts in creating science-based dental solutions focused on reliability and predictability, and are committed to improving oral health and enhancing quality of life across the world through these products,” a company spokesperson said, adding: “We invite the whole dental team to join us in celebrating ten years of innovation and breakthrough products.”

More information about the symposium can be found here.

Great solution for challenging task

Veneer treatment can be challenging. The aesthetic expectations of patients opting for veneers are extraordinarily high, handling and seating of the extremely thin restorations is difficult and adhesion needs to be excellent due to their non-retentive design. In order to meet the expectations and to provide for a reliable long-term performance, it is thus essential to select not only an appropriate restorative material, but also an aesthetic, easy-to-handle, high-performance cementation system. The new PANAVIA™ Veneer LC from Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. consisting of PANAVIA™ V5 Tooth Primer, PANAVIA™ Veneer LC Paste and CLEARFIL™ CERAMIC PRIMER PLUS offers the required optical, handling and bonding properties.

PANAVIA™ Veneer LC supports highly aesthetic outcomes in many ways. Coming in four different shades with matching try-in pastes, it allows users to take into account the individual shade requirements and to simulate the outcome. The material’s great flowability and minimal film thickness facilitate seating and support highly aesthetic margins. Properties responsible for undetectable margins over time include the great colour stability, polishability and polish retention of PANAVIA™ Veneer LC.

In order to keep the working field clean and dry during veneer cementation and to simplify the procedure, a simultaneous placement technique is recommended. PANAVIA™ Veneer LC is predestined for this technique as it offers a working time of 200 seconds*. Hence, multiple veneers may be placed at once without having to race against the setting reaction. The time and effort involved in veneer placement is further reduced by an ideal consistency of PANAVIA™ Veneer LC that prevents drifting or sagging, its non-stickiness, easy excess removal and great polishing properties.

A high bond strength to tooth structure that is stable over time is obtained due to the integration of Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.’s touch-cure technology, which initiates the polymerization at the adhesive interface as soon as PANAVIA™ Veneer LC Paste is applied to PANAVIA™ V5 Tooth Primer, but does not affect the setting reaction of the cement. In this way, the tooth-adhesive interface is sealed securely without shortening the working time. A high bond strength to restorative materials is obtained by use of the proven CLEARFIL™ CERAMIC PRIMER PLUS.

Equipped with this combination of innovative and proven features, PANAVIA™ Veneer LC leaves nothing to be desired in the context of aesthetic, accurate and efficient veneer placement.

*Working time under ambient light (8000 lux.).

At Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. we are proud that our products are being developed using innovative technologies, paying attention to detail and keeping in mind the needs of our customers.

We are committed to offering outstanding products that provide dental professionals with the flexibility for self-expression and creativity, adding value and delivering superb aesthetic results to each and every procedure.

Usability, simplicity and, of course, quality always in mind - providing dental professionals with materials that will make their daily practice stress free.

As a prove that our products meet the needs of dentists and lab technicians alike, we are happy to share with you the EC Certificates of Full Quality Assurance System that we have received from The Notified Body.  Those can be downloaded below.

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Our commitment to you:

Kuraray Noritake dental products offer dental professionals all over the world high-quality products using simple procedures with long-lasting results. With the COVID-19 outbreak, all of us are now going through difficult times which we were not prepared for. Our thoughts are with all those people who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

We, at Kuraray Europe GmbH, as the European sales office of Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc., feel a strong responsibility towards our customers and partners, colleagues and communities and we would like to inform you that, in spite of the challenges we are now facing, we will do our best to provide you with the services that you require:

1. Business as usual.

It is both important that we continue to provide products and services to all our customers and at the same time secure the safety of our employees. With that in mind, we have transitioned most of our employees not involved in manufacturing to working remotely and eliminated all non-essential and cross-border travel. This change should not impact in any way how you, our dear customers, contact us. We are ready, willing and able to support you. Clearly, to keep face-to-face interactions to a minimum, we will focus our communication on what is most convenient for you – either a phone call, through email or video chat (Skype, FaceTime or Google Hangout). Whatever is convenient for you!

2. Delivery

As of today, we have sufficient inventory for both dentists and dental labs, as well as reliable logistics. Thanks to our global network of dealer-depots, dental professionals all over the world will continue to have direct local access to our wide range of Kuraray Noritake Dental products. Kuraray Europe GmbH will exert every effort possible to deliver your orders on time. Parallel to this, we kindly ask you to make sure that somebody in your office will be available to receive the parcel. In case, for whatever reason this is not possible, please notify your supplier in advance.

3. Technical Services.
   Our technical service is available to meet your needs.

If there is anything else that we can do to support you, please let us know.

We wish you all the best. Take good care and stay healthy.

Sincerely,

Kuraray Europe GmbH

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