Dental Asia March/April 2023

DENTAL UPDATES
Amann Girrbach presents a check over €17,000 to the Cleft Kinderhilfe
A check to the amount of €17,000 was
presented by Jörg Mayer, CFO of Amann
Girrbach, to Stephanie Günther, representative
of the Austrian Cleft Kinderhilfe.
Amann Girrbach has been supporting the Cleft
Kinderhilfe since 2018 in Germany as well as
in Austria since 2019, and has already initiated
several fundraising campaigns, in several cases
together with dealers and customers. As part
of a Christmas raffle by employees and with the
support of the company’s top management, a
further donation check has now been handed
over: at the turn of the year 2022/23, sum of
€17,000 was donated to the Austrian Cleft
Kinderhilfe.
“We are very pleased to be able to give
something back to society in 2022/23 as
well. It is important to us that we make our
contribution and actively live commitment.
Since we began our support for the German
and Austrian Cleft Kinderhilfe, numerous
surgical interventions and therapies have
already been made possible,” said Mayer.
Günther, who herself is also an employee
at Amann Girrbach, was delighted with the
generous donation.
“I’m doubly happy, so to speak — I’m delighted
to receive this fantastic donation check for
something that is very close to my heart,
and at the same time I’d like to thank my
colleagues and our management for their
great commitment. We can really make a
big difference with this. To give an example
— in the years 2020 to 2022, more than
150 children were helped thanks to Amann
Girrbach. After difficult and sometimes rather
paralysing times due to the pandemic, it is
wonderful to be able to get back on track
and give as many children as possible the
prospect of a future. After all, this is not a
mere cosmetic correction, but often a matter
of survival for the affected children.” DA
Koite Health expands to Germany, signs Lumoral
accord with white cross
Finnish health technology company Koite
Health has signed an agreement with German
distribution and training company, white cross.
Following the agreement white cross will
focus their marketing efforts on over 55,000
dentistry professionals in the German market
to promote the use of Lumoral — the latest
technology on the market for improved oral
health self-care.
With its training institute — praxisDienste
Institut für Weiterbildung — white cross has
been for the past 22 years market leader
in Germany in the field of training dental
prophylaxis specialists including prophylaxis
assistants and dental hygienists. white cross
is responsible for educating one third of
all new prophylaxis assistants and dental
hygienists in Germany. In addition, the CEO of
white cross also runs a private university —
Medical School 11 — in Heidelberg, Germany,
which educates health professionals through
its BSc Dental Hygiene study programme. The
educational programme of the praxisDienste
Institut für Weiterbildung is offered in 11 major
cities in Germany with Heidelberg being the
administrative headquarter.
The agreement between Koite Health and white
cross includes all activities necessary to launch
a novel medical device and a new technology
in the German market. Through training and
education, the company seeks to ensure that
dental professionals in the world’s second
largest market are well informed about Lumoral
so that they can recommend the treatment to
patients.
“We have about 55,000 active dentists in
Germany in addition to around 25,000-30,000
dental prophylaxis assistants and dental
hygienists. Our mid-term goal is to see 10% of
this target group becoming familiar with the
Lumoral-treatment and actively recommending it
to their patients based on the patients’ individual
oral health risk profile,” said Prof Werner
Birglechner, who leads both white cross and
Medical School 11 private university.
Prof Birglechner stressed that cutting-edge
technologies are essential for the company’s
training and distribution business. He said: “Our
customers expect that they are trained with the
latest scientifically proven technologies. We
strongly believe that this is the case for Lumoral.”
Prof Werner Birglechner, CEO of white cross and
Medical School 11
white cross strives to provide patients with the
best possible modern treatment for oral diseases.
The Lumoral-collaboration fits well with this goal.
Sakari Nikinmaa, CEO of Koite Health, said:
“Partnership with Prof Werner Birglechner and
white cross is an important step for Lumoral’s
geographical expansion from Nordics to Central
Europe. Our strategy is to partner with industry
leaders to raise awareness among professionals
about the Lumoral product and its benefits and
to build global sales structure to secure product
availability globally.
“Prof Birglechner and his team have excellent
resources, and they are experts in educating new
solutions to the dental segment. We see them
as a perfect partner in building a presence in
the second biggest dental market globally. By
working together, we can take oral health to a new
level and provide patients with the best possible
treatment experience and outcomes.” DA
10 DENTAL ASIA MARCH / APRIL 2023