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EXOCAD SUPPORTS OVERLAND FOR SMILE TO PROVIDE DENTAL

CARE FOR DISADVANTAGED KIDS IN EASTERN EUROPE

exocad GmbH, an Align Technology, Inc.
company, today announced its 2020 holiday
contribution to the non-profit organization
"Overland for Smile (ONLUS)” which it has
supported since 2018. exocad's donation is
estimated to help support dental care for
more than 160 disadvantaged children and
teenagers in Eastern Europe.
A portion of the donation includes pro-
ceeds from the charitable T-Shirt campaign
during the two-day exocad Insights event in
September 2020, which featured two key
slogans "JUST CAD IT" and "arCADe cham-
pion" created specifically for this campaign
and printed on purple T-shirts.
"We are very pleased with the proactive
support and donations we have received
from exocad," reported Cinzia Prazzoli, free-of-charge. The modern dental equip-
President and General Manager of ONLUS, ment within its vehicles and other necessary
continuing: "With the donated amount, we dental supplies are financed by donations,
can ensure providing dental care for a total like those provided by exocad. The teams
of 166 children and teenagers from orphan- supporting these missions also donate their
ages across Eastern Europe." time. To date almost 29.000 children and
ONLUS has operated a mobile dental teenagers have received complimentary
practice since 2005. Dedicated teams, each dental exams and over 11.000 have received
consisting of ten doctors and support vol- dental treatment.
unteers, regularly drive to different Eastern
European areas to provide dental care to Further information is available at
children and teenagers from the orphanages exocad.com and overlandforsmile.it

IDS 2021: The preparaTIonS are runnIng aT full SpeeD!

The preparations for the International event. Furthermore, numerous enquiries ences, events as well as one-to-one commu-
Dental Show (IDS) are in full swing. The have been received from companies that nications with customers. The GFDI
leading international trade fair of the dental had decided not to participate at the event GesellschaftzurFörderung der Dental-
industry that was originally scheduled to in March, but who now see the changed IndustriembH, the commercial enterprise
take place in March 2021, is now being schedule as an important sign for a success- of the Association of German Dental
staged from 22 to 25 ful, pioneering industry Manufacturers (VDDI) and Koelnmesse
September 2021 this year, development. IDS will there- GmbH are convinced that the trade fair at
due to the current pandem- by be organised as a hybrid the end of September will be sustainably
ic. The planning is entering trade fair format for the first influenced by the anticipated, improved
the hot phase with the start time. In addition to the phys- health situation and the related relaxation
of the online application ical exhibition, the digital of regulations regarding travel.
process. Almost all of the platform IDSconnect offers The exhibitors of IDS and interested
companies that had regis- information on products as companies can use the convenient and
tered for March have also well as system solutions, user-friendly online application process at
confirmed their participa- which enable the streaming https://application.ids-cologne.de/with
tion for the newly scheduled of webinars, press confer- immediate effect.

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