Switching to Zimmer from another implant company?

[Anonymous]

I am looking at an open position with Zimmer and I am coming in from anther implant company that I have worked and for many years as a successful rep. Frankly, it is not about good product/bad product, but rather a possibility for higher income with Zimmer. Can anyone tell me the good, bad, and ugly about the company? My biggest concern is how their implants/regen compete with the low-price companies like MIS, Implant Direct, and BioHorizons. Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

I am looking at an open position with Zimmer and I am coming in from anther implant company that I have worked and for many years as a successful rep. Frankly, it is not about good product/bad product, but rather a possibility for higher income with Zimmer. Can anyone tell me the good, bad, and ugly about the company? My biggest concern is how their implants/regen compete with the low-price companies like MIS, Implant Direct, and BioHorizons. Thanks!

All depends on your territory with Zimmer. Find out how it has performed the last couple of years and why the territory is open.

 

[Anonymous]

I am looking at an open position with Zimmer and I am coming in from anther implant company that I have worked and for many years as a successful rep. Frankly, it is not about good product/bad product, but rather a possibility for higher income with Zimmer. Can anyone tell me the good, bad, and ugly about the company? My biggest concern is how their implants/regen compete with the low-price companies like MIS, Implant Direct, and BioHorizons. Thanks!

How can you have worked as a successful implant rep and not know these answers?? Seriously dude, maybe you need to switch industries because it is obvious from these questions that you have never had a substantive conversation about anything implant related with your customers.

 

[Anonymous]

"Re: Switching to Zimmer from another implant company?"

Is that the same as switching from 2 ply to 1 ply toilet paper ?

I like 2 ply, too many 'surprises' with one.....

 

[Anonymous]

This is a test balloon question trying to dredge up info on the potential acquisition of Zimmer Dental. Nice try though.

 

[Anonymous]

What he said... to the original poster (or poser...) if you are indeed going from another implant company to Zimmer, be prepared to have your ass handed to you. Zimmer has nothing... not even their FZX or ZXF or whatever the company is they had to partner with to offer CAD/CAM can save them. They are too reactionary, have no useful products in the pipeline (pleeeease, don't try to tell me the TM implant offers any advantage - don't doubt me: just go to DT and read the buzz about implants from the EAO. No one gives a hoot about TM metal.)
The industry is simply leaving their shell of a once viable company in the dust. Whoever acquires them will surely do it for their book of business and throw away their out-dated manufacturing and products.
As Stephen Stills sings: "For What it's Worth"...

 

[Anonymous]

What he said... to the original poster (or poser...) if you are indeed going from another implant company to Zimmer, be prepared to have your ass handed to you. Zimmer has nothing... not even their FZX or ZXF or whatever the company is they had to partner with to offer CAD/CAM can save them. They are too reactionary, have no useful products in the pipeline (pleeeease, don't try to tell me the TM implant offers any advantage - don't doubt me: just go to DT and read the buzz about implants from the EAO. No one gives a hoot about TM metal.)
The industry is simply leaving their shell of a once viable company in the dust. Whoever acquires them will surely do it for their book of business and throw away their out-dated manufacturing and products.
As Stephen Stills sings: "For What it's Worth"...

I heard ID was looking to purchase them. Jerry's 4th time to own them. He cant get away from his original baby.

 

[Anonymous]

If you are a specialist who uses Zimmer you are an absolute moron

 

[Anonymous]

End of the year sales and Zimmer is giving away implants for the holidays! Ho Ho Ho or is it Ha Ha Ha?

 

[Anonymous]

It's been Christmas for a while. They are giving that stuff away!

 

[anonymous]

Know your history:

The Implant Industry Eventually Copied Dr. Niznick's Patented Internal Design: Dr. Niznick's internal, anti-rotational, screw-retained connection is acknowledged as being the most stable connection in the industry. Over the years, numerous implant manufacturers have attempted to copy this patented feature in one form or another. After ensuing litigation and/or arbitration, the following companies have either obtained licenses on the patent, or have been legally compelled to refrain from making products that infringe Dr. Niznick's U.S. Patent 4,960,381: Calcitek, Lifecore, 3i®, Steri-Oss, Straumann, Astra, Altetec, Park Dental, Sapkos Implant Company and Osteo-Implant Corporation (OIC®). A number of foreign companies that manufacture Screw-Vent clones have also been prevented from selling their products in the United States, such as four Israeli companies, Alpha Bio, Hi-Tech, MIS and Medigma, and the German company, Bego. Friadent and Straumann obtained licenses on Niznick's internal wrench-engaging patent in 2000. Steri-Oss developed the internal Tri-Lobe internal connection in 1998 and Nobel Biocare acquired Steri-Oss in 1999. Its ads featuring the Replace Select implant claimed that "Internal connection - what every dentist wants".

In 1999, Straumann Dental added an internal octagon to the conical connection of the ITI implant. Paragon responded by filing a patent litigation lawsuit and by developing an implant with a compatible platform and surgical protocol. Dr. Niznick introduced this new line of one-stage implants in 2000 and called it SwissPlusT. The standard SwissPlus implant features the basic design of the Straumann's ITI syn-Octa® implant, but with additional self-tapping features and a fixture mount that also serves as the transfer and abutment.

 

[anonymous]

He's baaaaack!

 

[anonymous]

Know your history:

The Implant Industry Eventually Copied Dr. Niznick's Patented Internal Design: Dr. Niznick's internal, anti-rotational, screw-retained connection is acknowledged as being the most stable connection in the industry. Over the years, numerous implant manufacturers have attempted to copy this patented feature in one form or another. After ensuing litigation and/or arbitration, the following companies have either obtained licenses on the patent, or have been legally compelled to refrain from making products that infringe Dr. Niznick's U.S. Patent 4,960,381: Calcitek, Lifecore, 3i®, Steri-Oss, Straumann, Astra, Altetec, Park Dental, Sapkos Implant Company and Osteo-Implant Corporation (OIC®). A number of foreign companies that manufacture Screw-Vent clones have also been prevented from selling their products in the United States, such as four Israeli companies, Alpha Bio, Hi-Tech, MIS and Medigma, and the German company, Bego. Friadent and Straumann obtained licenses on Niznick's internal wrench-engaging patent in 2000. Steri-Oss developed the internal Tri-Lobe internal connection in 1998 and Nobel Biocare acquired Steri-Oss in 1999. Its ads featuring the Replace Select implant claimed that "Internal connection - what every dentist wants".

In 1999, Straumann Dental added an internal octagon to the conical connection of the ITI implant. Paragon responded by filing a patent litigation lawsuit and by developing an implant with a compatible platform and surgical protocol. Dr. Niznick introduced this new line of one-stage implants in 2000 and called it SwissPlusT. The standard SwissPlus implant features the basic design of the Straumann's ITI syn-Octa® implant, but with additional self-tapping features and a fixture mount that also serves as the transfer and abutment.

 

[anonymous]

Straumann is a revolving door. Nobody takes them seriously anymore.

 

[anonymous]

lack of leadership

 

[anonymous]

not sure why anyone would pay over $300 and place a zimmer implant. totally blows my mind. If you even did the slightest of research you would know that the implant they have been selling since 2001, tapered screw vent, is just the implant that Niznick and Paragon sold to them. So if you can buy the same implant, with the SAME surface treatment, and the same connection from Implant Direct at $175....why on earth would you ever use Zimmer? And they have limited sizing on their two piece implant. Probably Trump supporters I would guess.

 

[orangeisthenewblack]

not sure why anyone would pay over $300 and place a zimmer implant. totally blows my mind. If you even did the slightest of research you would know that the implant they have been selling since 2001, tapered screw vent, is just the implant that Niznick and Paragon sold to them. So if you can buy the same implant, with the SAME surface treatment, and the same connection from Implant Direct at $175....why on earth would you ever use Zimmer? And they have limited sizing on their two piece implant. Probably Trump supporters I would guess.

you know who would place a Zimmer implant? Someone that is too lazy to do any research whatsoever on where the implant and company came from.....they just listen to the local oral surgeon or their buddy up the street and since they heard about zimmer in dental town they use that system. Yeah...but they have a friction fit abutment....yes...yes..they do.....that Implant Direct invented and patented.....wonder why they don't use it anymore??