Dentsply Sirona

Est. 2016

United States

The world's largest manufacturer of professional dental products, formed by the 2016 merger of Dentsply International and Sirona Dental Systems. Its implant division is an assembly of acquired systems rather than a single lineage.

Fixtures

Implant Systems

Platforms

Compatible Brands

History

Dentsply Sirona was created in February 2016 by the merger of Dentsply International - a US dental products manufacturer with roots stretching back to the 1890s - and Sirona Dental Systems, the German imaging and CAD/CAM specialist.

The implant portfolio came together through acquisition. The Friadent line (Frialit, Xive, Ankylos) arrived through Dentsply's German dental holdings, with Frialit-1 dating to 1974 as the first root-analogue implant and Ankylos developed in 1986. In 2011 Dentsply bought Astra Tech from AstraZeneca for $1.8 billion - its largest acquisition in 115 years - and in 2016 added MIS Implants for $375 million to cover the value segment.

The result is an unusual structure: Astra Tech, Ankylos, Xive, and MIS operate as distinct brands with incompatible connections, each retaining its own clinical following.

Timeline & Acquisitions

1974
Frialit-1, the first root-analogue dental implant, developed by Friadent (then Friedrichsfeld AG) with Prof. Dr. Willi Schulte.
1986
Ankylos developed by Friadent, introducing its TissueCare connection concept.
2001
Xive launched, prosthetically compatible with Frialit.
2011
Dentsply acquires Astra Tech from AstraZeneca for $1.8 billion.
2016
Dentsply International merges with Sirona Dental Systems to form Dentsply Sirona.
2016
Acquires MIS Implants Technologies (Israel) for $375 million.