Companies obtain dental shade matching, color measurement assets

MORTON GROVE, Illinois--Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG, Vident and JJL Technologies LLC have announced that Vita and Vident have acquired substantially all of JJL Technologies' dental business.

This acquisition includes certain assets and rights to intellectual property developed by JJL Technologies related to dental shade matching and color measurement of teeth and dental materials.

JL Technologies, founded by Wayne Jung, Russell Jung, and Alan Loudermilk, is a developer of color measurement/shade matching instruments and technologies and is the original developer of the product that was successfully introduced to the market by Vita and Vident as the Vita Easyshade system.

Russell Jung, DDS, and COO of JJL Technologies, said, "We are delighted to announce this agreement, which followed years of collaboration that resulted in the Vita Easyshade system becoming the worldwide market leader for dental shade matching and color measurement."

Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.