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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the launch of an innovative and bold line of dental implant solutions that I believe will create a paradigm shift in modern implant design and treatment protocols.

I started placing and restoring dental implants in 1971 and launched my first dental implant company, Core-Vent, in 1982. In 1986, I introduced the Screw-Vent^® with the first Conical Connection that assured stability between abutment and implant. In 1999, that evolved into the Tapered Screw-Vent^® (“TSV”). Core-Vent was sold at the end of 2000 to what is now Zimvie^®and the TSV is still its flagship product. In 2004, I re-entered the dental implant industry with Implant Direct^® (“ID”) in the same Los Angeles factory I built for Core-Vent Manufacturing in 1994. At Implant Direct I pioneered all-in-1 packaging and on-line ordering, to create the Value Segment of the implant industry. ID entered the market in 2006. By 2010, ID was one of, if not, the leading company among general dentists. Sybron, a division of Danaher, acquired ID at the end of 2010, and I continued with them as president another 3 years.

The following decade saw a plethora of new implant companies enter the US market from Israel, Korea and Brazil. The two leading premium-priced companies, NobelBiocare^® and Straumann^®, acquired value brand companies to compete with the many discount brands. Both DSOs and corporate implant centers, like ClearChoice^®, expanded their marketing efforts directly to the public, increasing the demand for dental implants. Implant education courses being offered by dental implant companies, implant affiliated organizations, and private practices, had dramatically risen. Along with the increase in public awareness and expansion of dentists placing implants, came a significant increase in both mechanical and biological complications, particularly peri-implantitis.

With the expiration of my non-compete in March 2022, I decided to see if I could make a significant contribution to the dental profession again. I had the manufacturing and cleanroom facility in Calabasas, CA, and the distribution, cleanroom and teaching facility in Las Vegas, NV (previously leased to ID). I had the knowledge, experience and access to a dedicated workforce ready to develop solutions to address the issues emerging in the industry. What followed was a 3+ year adventure to create the new company and the next generation dental implant systems. Today, with a staff of 128 employees (40 of whom came over from ID), we have received FDA Clearance to market the fifth generation Niznick-developed implants with 2 new patents issued and 3 more pending. Paragon’s implants are appropriately called the GEN5^® and the GEN5+, representing the fifth generation evolving from the 1982 Core-Vent implant. Several other implant designs are in production including the patented NizPlant^®, a 1-piece implant with a dual-function platform that accepts Locator^® style attachments and can function as a MUA. NizPlant is currently pending FDA clearance.

I am genuinely excited about Paragon’s introduction and look forward to the response of discerning dentists looking for better solutions and better value.

Sincerely,

Gerald Niznick, DMD, MSD