Align Technology has completed its acquisition of Cadent, a provider of 3D digital scanning solutions for orthodontics and dentistry and makers of the iTero and OrthoCAD iOC scanning systems.
The acquisition strengthens Align's ability to drive adoption of Invisalign by integrating Invisalign treatment more fully with mainstream chairside tools and procedures in doctors' practices. The combination of the two companies should help accelerate the use of intraoral scanning in the dental industry by leveraging Align's global sales reach, marketing capabilities, and base of more than 55,000 ClinCheck software users, the company said.
Cadent President and CEO Timothy Mack has been appointed senior vice president of business development.
Align plans to maintain all Cadent products and services, which include the iTero digital impression system, OrthoCAD iOC orthodontic digital impression system, OrthoCAD iCast, OrthoCAD iQ, and OrthoCAD iRecord. As part of an ongoing program to evaluate interoperability of intraoral scanning systems for future use with Invisalign treatment, Align is in final interoperability beta tests with Cadent's intraoral scanning systems.
