CareCapital and Putt Medical Announce Comprehensive Partnership to Advance Localization and Accessibility of Orthodontic Care

Songbo Investment is committed to advancing the localization of dental products and technologies, ensuring that product development and training education are more closely aligned with local indications, clinical scenarios, and the usage habits of dentists in China. This approach helps dentists conduct case treatments more quickly and effectively, making oral healthcare more affordable and accessible to patients.

Building on years of sustained efforts to promote the domestication of clear aligner orthodontics, in December 2021, Shuimu Investment announced a comprehensive partnership with Putuo Medical, a leading Chinese manufacturer in the field of fixed orthodontics. The collaboration encompasses equity investment, R&D upgrades, training and education, and channel development, all aimed at driving the high-quality development of domestically produced self-ligating brackets to benefit a broad population of orthodontic patients.

Since its establishment in 2006, Putai Medical has been deeply engaged in the field of domestically produced fixed orthodontic materials, offering a comprehensive product portfolio that includes self-ligating brackets, metal brackets, ceramic brackets, orthodontic mini-implants (temporary anchorage devices), and digital precision alignment systems. The company is committed to providing clinicians with innovative and reliable products, empowering them to deliver straight, healthy smiles for their patients.

As a leading enterprise in China’s fixed orthodontics sector, Putuo Medical has closely aligned with clinical needs and physicians’ usage preferences, completing more than ten R&D iterations of its self-ligating product lines and launching self-ligating bracket products such as PT 7, PT 6, PT 5 Plus, and PT 3 Plus. Meanwhile, guided by the principles of efficiency, precision, and intelligence, Putuo Medical is actively exploring digital enablement in fixed orthodontics and has introduced the Putuo Digital Precision Orthodontic System, fully dedicated to serving dental professionals.

Huang Kun, Partner at Songbai Investment, stated, “We strongly align with Putuo’s philosophy of ‘lowering treatment barriers for patients and serving dental practitioners.’ Through our collaboration, Songbai aims to advance the localization of self-ligating bracket products, thereby reducing orthodontic treatment costs and benefiting a broader population. Meanwhile, we will spare no effort in promoting the international expansion of outstanding Chinese orthodontic brands, helping Putuo bring high-quality, domestically produced self-ligating brackets and technologies to the global orthodontic stage. We also anticipate that, with the long-term development of digital technologies, fixed orthodontics and clear aligner therapy will become increasingly integrated, providing dental practitioners with comprehensive, digital product and technical support, and offering patients holistic orthodontic treatment solutions.”

Wang Jianjun, Chairman of Putuo Medical, stated, “Shuimu Capital is a builder in the dental industry. We have always deeply appreciated Shuimu’s steadfast commitment to the field of orthodontics. Making orthodontic care accessible is the shared mission of Putuo and Shuimu in this new era, serving as the continuous driving force behind our relentless research and dedicated service to doctors and patients. We believe that through the collaboration between Putuo and Shuimu, we will accelerate the popularization of oral health education and training, as well as foster innovation in clinical dental materials and technologies. We also look forward to leveraging Shuimu’s full-industry-chain capabilities and its global dental resource network to help Putuo, a Chinese orthodontic brand, gain broader recognition both domestically and internationally, thereby enabling ‘Made in China’ products, represented by Putuo, to reach the global market more rapidly.”

Since 2015, Shuangbai Investment has been deeply rooted in the development of the dental industry. Its global dental network encompasses nearly 50 dental enterprises across China, South Korea, the United States, Spain, Sweden, and Germany, with orthodontics being one of its key focus areas. Previously, Shuangbai provided a long-term, stable development platform for Angelalign, the leading Chinese manufacturer of clear aligners. It collaborated with Gradient Orthodontics to develop 3D-printed materials for clear aligner therapy, entered into a strategic partnership with Qimei Orthodontics to explore new models for orthodontists’ entrepreneurship and professional growth, cultivated multiple specialized orthodontic clinical and educational institutions in Europe and the United States, and promoted the advancement of intraoral scanning technologies adapted to diverse clinical scenarios. Looking ahead, Shuangbai will continue to dedicate itself to advancing research and education in international orthodontics, helping outstanding Chinese orthodontic products reach global markets.

Putuo Medical is a global medical device company and an industry leader integrating the research and development, manufacturing, and sales of orthodontic materials. Since its establishment in 2006, the company has been dedicated to the R&D, domestic manufacturing, and clinical application of self-ligating brackets. By combining these with orthodontic mini-implants and digital precision correction systems, Putuo Medical continuously provides innovative and reliable orthodontic solutions to dental professionals, empowering them to create aligned and healthy smiles for their patients.

In the realm of product and service offerings, Puti Medical leverages its global business service network to provide dental professionals with expert product consultation and support. By empowering operations through digitalization, the company enhances communication efficiency with dentists and delivers products and services tailored to their individualized needs.

In the field of R&D and technology, Putai Medical, leveraging its status as a National High-Tech Enterprise, actively engages in close collaborations with major universities and colleges across China. It has established school-enterprise training bases covering intelligent manufacturing, stomatology, and dental technology, thereby facilitating the practical implementation and translation of "industry-academia-research-application" integration.

In the field of clinical applications, Putuo Medical established the Putuo Young Innovation and Research Society in 2016, bringing together key players in the global development of oral health to exchange frontline clinical experience, share cutting-edge scientific research achievements, and jointly contribute to comprehensively advancing the level of dental medicine, thereby contributing wisdom and strength to a Healthy China and a Healthy World.

Songbai Investment focuses on the global oral health industry, committed to becoming a builder of the dental discipline and industry. It provides a long-term and stable development platform for talents and enterprises in the oral health sector, understands the vision of dental professionals, addresses pain points across the entire upstream, midstream, and downstream industrial chain, and particularly concentrates on fields such as technological R&D, medical education, and information technology.

In the field of technological R&D, Songbo possesses industry-leading management teams and R&D capabilities in invisible orthodontics, dental implants, bone regeneration, medical imaging, intraoral scanning, and prosthodontics. Its controlled subsidiaries include Angelalign, Purgo Biologics, and Neoss Implant Systems, while its equity investments span Upcera, Carestream Dental, Pintech, Putte Medical, DeepCare, and Hugo. Strategic partners include Germany’s BEGO and South Korea’s Medit.

In the field of medical education, Songbai Holdings holds controlling and minority stakes in large-scale dental healthcare institutions and chain clinics, introduces global educational resources, establishes well-equipped dental training and education centers, and delivers high-quality dental care services to patients through its network of dental healthcare institutions across China.

In the field of information technology, Songbai has established an in-house IT team to empower a vast network of dental distributors and healthcare service providers across China, thereby enhancing its service capabilities for both dentists and manufacturers. Through investments in Songbai Dental and Xinhua Guangkouqiang, Songbai is driving the digital transformation and upgrading of the midstream dental industry.