W&H Dentalwerk
| W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH
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| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1890 in Berlin |
| Seat | 5111 Bürmoos , Salzburg |
| management | Peter Malata |
| Number of employees | around 1,200 worldwide; Bürmoos 730 (2019) |
| Branch | Dental industry |
| Website | www.wh.com |
The W & H is a 1890 in Berlin founded, since 1944 in the municipality Bürmoos in the Austrian province of Salzburg -based company. The now global company is one of the leading manufacturers of dental instruments and devices.
Company history
The W & H was founded in 1890 by the Berlin precision engineers Jean W boar and Hugo H traffic light ( W & H established). The company was the first in Europe to manufacture mechanically operated straight and contra-angle handpieces . In 1944, due to the fighting in Berlin during the Second World War, W&H relocated to the geographically remote Bürmoos, where Consul Peter Malata was appointed by the Allies as administrator of the company after the war in 1946 .
On May 20, 1958, Peter and Hilde Malata acquired the dental factory. In addition to the first building extensions in Bürmoos, the first W&H subsidiary, W&H Germany, was opened in 1964. Further branches followed in Austria, France, Italy, Sweden and Great Britain.
Peter Malata jun. took over the business on December 1st, 1996 and innovations in management followed. In 1999, the W&H Sterilization production facility was opened near Bergamo in Italy . Between 2000 and 2009 W&H expanded its product portfolio and a second production site was opened in Bürmoos.
In 2015 the company celebrated its 125th anniversary.
Today W&H is represented in more than 110 countries. The family business, legally a GesmbH , is one of the world's leading companies in dental technology .
The company has its own museum in Bürmoos.
Products
The products for dentistry are used in dental practices, dental clinics, dental laboratories and in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The current product range includes instruments and devices for the areas of application
- Dental restoration and prosthetics
- Endodontics
- Oral surgery and implantology
- Prophylaxis and Periodontics
- Hygiene and care
- Dental laboratory
as well as for the veterinary sector .
Certificates such as the international ISO 9001 certificate, ISO 13485 and Annex II of Directive 93/42 / EEC are standard for W&H products. In 2007, W&H received the environmental certificate from quality austria in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001 : 2004.
Product history
In 1895, W&H manufactured a universal handpiece with an adjustable head tilt in order to get optimal access to the treatment site. The first filing contra-angle made in 1926, the so-called cursor , simplified root canal preparation .
- 1939 first step drill . With the help of this machine, dental treatments could be carried out independently of the current. By pressing a pedal - similar to a mechanical foot-operated sewing machine - the drills could be set in rotation.
- 1959 first shoulder drill on the market. This made outpatient dental treatment possible so that bedridden patients could also be treated.
- 1960 Turbo 60 , first dental turbine
- 1978 first Roto-Quick coupling on the market. This allowed the instruments to be rotated freely and easily through 360 ° and made changing instruments easier.
- 1979 first push button clamping for turbines. For the first time, the drill could be changed by pressing a button on the back of the instrument head.
- 1983 Elcomed , the most powerful and fastest small surgical device to date. The engine achieved a drive speed of up to 45,000 rpm.
- 1989 a special endo-contra-angle handpiece . The root canal was prepared using so-called aleatoric, i.e. random, movements instead of a rigid sequence of movements. This enabled the endo file to better follow the natural course of the root canal.
- 1995 898 LE ( Low Emission ), a quiet turbine. Thanks to the high power transmission, the idle speed could be reduced to 300,000 rpm.
- 2001 Implantology engine for detailed work with dental implants
- 2007 Synea generation of turbines with sterilizable light emitting diodes
- 2007 Introduction of surgical handpieces and contra-angles with generator technology
- 2009 contra-angle handpieces of the Alegra series with independent sterilizable LED light
- 2013 Turbine with sterilizable fivefold LED ring in the head of the instrument for shadow-free illumination of the treatment area
- 2013 Piezomed , a surgical drive with automatic tip recognition
- 2013 Assistina 3 × 3 , a device for automatic internal and external cleaning and oil maintenance for turbines, handpieces and contra-angles
- Three innovations in 2015: the Lisa sterilizer , an accelerated type B sterilization cycle and a system for real-time remote monitoring via Wi-Fi
- 2016 Primea Advanced Air dental turbine, first air-operated dental high-speed drive with electronic air control for constant removal rate
- 2018 first surgical device with implant stability measurement. Using resonance frequency measurements, the device can determine both the primary stability of implants and the optimal point in time for loading the implant.
Awards (selection)
- 2018: State Prize for Innovation for the project "Primea Advanced Air - a technological leap in dental treatment"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schramböck awards W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH with the 2018 State Prize for Innovation . OTS announcement of March 23, 2018, accessed on March 23, 2018.