Here are five updates from the dental technology industry that Becker's reported on in January.
1. Align Technology announced the iTero Lumina intraoral scanner, an upgraded version of previous models.
2. Convergent Dental and Patterson Companies entered into an agreement for Patterson Dental to be the exclusive distributor of Convergent's Solea laser in North America.
3. Neocis, the manufacturer of the Yomi dental implant robot, secured $20 million in funding to support the company's growth.
4. Justin Schlaikjer, DDS, a periodontist in St. Louis, surpassed his 320th robotic dental implant case using the Yomi system.
5. Align completed its acquisition of Cubicure, a privately held 3D printing company based in Austria.