Air Techniques

Type| Private
Industry| Dental Equipment Manufacturing
Founded| 1962
Founder| Louis E. Brooks
Headquarters| Melville, New York

Area served

| Globally

Number of employees

| 235 as of September 2018
Parent| Dürr Dental
Website| airtechniques.com

Air Techniques, Inc. is a manufacturer of dental equipment, including air compressors, vacuums, intraoral cameras, caries detection aids, digital imaging systems, x-ray units, and film processors. All products are manufactured and shipped from the company's 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) facility in Melville, New York.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Current Products
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

* 1962 \- Founders [2] were Louis E. Brooks, Jack Alpert, and George Kauer, with the goal of developing equipment to improve the practice of dentistry.
* 1979 \- Manufacturing facility and executive offices are established in Hicksville, New York.
* 1990 \- Western facility was opened.
* 2006 \- Company headquarters relocated to new 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2). Facility in Melville, NY.
* 2007 \- Air Techniques supports the Susan B. Komen foundation in their efforts to promote breast cancer awareness. All major trade show compressor & vacuum units are painted pink, with a portion of sales donated to the cause.
* 2009 \- Spectra caries detection aid received FDA clearance and is introduced to dental market.[3]
* 2010 – Several international specific products are launched: ScanX Duo, AirStar 22INT, VacStar 40INT and Astra Intraoral Camera.
* 2011 – Air Techniques launched new company website.[4]
* 2013\- Air Techniques launches its merchandise line called Monarch. It comprises Surfaces, Instruments, and Equipment Cleaners, along with Skin & Hands (hand lotion and hand sanitizer).[5]
* 2014\- Air Techniques launches ProVecta S-Pan Panoramic X-ray).[6]
* 2015\- Air Techniques launches AirStar NEO Air Compressors with NEO Pulse Software, VacStar NEO Wet Vacuum Systems, ProVecta HD X-ray, and ProVecta S-Pan Cephalometric X-ray).[6]
* 2016\- Air Techniques launches CamX Elara Intraoral Camera, CamX Spectra Caries Detection Aid, CamX Triton HD, and AirStar 100 Air Compressor).[6]
* 2017\- Air Techniques launches Monarch Vinyl Upholstery Cleaner, ScanX Intraoral View, and Mojave LT3).[6]
* 2018\- Air Techniques launches ScanX Swift View, and CamX Triton HD with Proxi Head).[6]

## Current Products

Product Name | Category

|

Acadia | Amalgam Separator
AirStar | Dental Air Compressors
AirStar NEO | Dental Air Compressors
AT2000 XR | Automatic Film Processor
CamX Elara | Intraoral Camera
CamX Spectra | Caries Detection Aid
CamX Triton HD | Interchangeable Camera System (Caries, Proxi, HD Intraoral Imaging)
Monarch | Merchandise Line
Mojave | Dry Vacuum Systems
Mojave LT | Dry Vacuum Systems
Peri-Pro | Automatic Film Processor
ProVecta HD | Intraoral X-ray
ProVecta S-Pan Panoramic | 2D Panoramic X-ray System
ProVecta S-Pan Cephalometric | 2D Panoramic and Cephalometric X-ray System
ScanX Classic | Digital Radiography System
ScanX Duo | Digital Radiography System
ScanX Intraoral | Digital Radiography System
ScanX Intraoral View | Digital Radiography System
ScanX Swift | Digital Radiography System
ScanX Swift View | Digital Radiography System
VacStar | Wet Vacuum Systems
VacStar NEO | Wet Vacuum Systems
Visix | Imaging Software

## References

1. ↑ "Air Techniques Expands," Dr. Lorne Lavine, The Digital Dentist, July 2006, "[1]"
2. ↑ "Healthcare Equipment and Supplies, Air Techniques, Inc.". Bloomberg Businessweek. July 2011. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4303628.
3. ↑ "Spectra Caries Detection Aid". The Dental Advisor. November 2010. http://www.dentaladvisor.com/clinical-evaluations/evaluations/spectra-caries-detection-aid.shtml.
4. ↑ Mallia, Joseph (January 2011). "Dental supplier upgrades website". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/business/inside-long-island-business-1.811933/dental-supplier-upgrades-website-1.2623374.
5. ↑ http://www.airtechniques.com/Dental/merchandise.cfm
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://www.airtechniques.com/our-history/

## External links

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