DENTSPLY ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH IDMOS

DENTSPLY International Inc. today announced a long-term collaborative agreement with IDMoS Dental Systems Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of IDMoS plc for the commercialization of IDMoS' caries detection and monitoring technology. IDMoS was formed in 2001 to commercialize patented disease detection technology, based on AC Impedance Spectroscopy Technique (ACIST), developed by its founders and the University of Dundee and the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Under the agreement, DENTSPLY will have exclusive worldwide rights to market products based on the technology and IDMoS will be responsible for further development of the technology.

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