ACE Surgical Supply.
Henry Schein surgical-supply brand for oral surgery grafts, membranes, and related instruments, formed as ACE SOUTHERN in 2022.
- Dental Manufacturer
- USA
- Implants & Oral Surgery
- Instruments
About ACE Surgical Supply
ACE Surgical Supply Company of Brockton, Massachusetts, and Southern Anesthesia and Surgical of West Columbia, South Carolina, announced on 6 July 2022 that they would operate as one company, ACE SOUTHERN, from 1 August 2022. The release says both businesses were already subsidiaries of Henry Schein and that Henry Schein and ACE had announced the purchase of Southern Anesthesia and Surgical in 2017.
The same release says the combined firms had 95 years of serving surgical specialists and that one company was founded by an oral surgeon and the other by a pharmacist. It does not print the original founding year of ACE on that page. A later Henry Schein dental page says ACE SOUTHERN has more than 50 years of industry experience and that an oral surgeon and a pharmacist shaped the business.
Henry Schein's ACE SOUTHERN page says the brand is a source for bone-graft and oral-surgery products, names alloOss allograft and NuOss xenograft, and says ACE SOUTHERN has accreditation from the American Association of Tissue Banks. That accreditation statement is Henry Schein's, and buyers who need the certificate should ask for the current AATB listing.
A Henry Schein Germany implant page still describes ACE Surgical membranes and instruments, including RCM6 and conFORM resorbable collagen membranes and the NuOss particulate line. Catalog records on this site also list ACE surgical drills and screws. Order from the current Henry Schein ACE SOUTHERN channel, because the old standalone ACE site is no longer the primary store. The July 2022 release places the pre-merger ACE Surgical business in Brockton, Massachusetts, and Southern Anesthesia and Surgical in West Columbia, South Carolina.
Also known as ACE Surgical, ACE SOUTHERN.
Key Offerings
Product and equipment lines dentists commonly associate with ACE Surgical Supply.
alloOss
Henry Schein's ACE SOUTHERN page lists alloOss particulate, syringe, and block allografts. Treat processing method, particle size, and indications as label facts. Do not assume every allograft SKU is stocked in every Schein branch.
NuOss
The same page lists NuOss collagen block, particulate, plugs, and syringe as xenografts. The German Henry Schein page describes NuOss as a deproteinized bovine bone mineral and says NuOss Collagen includes about 5 percent bovine collagen. Confirm the English IFU for the lot you buy.
Resorbable membranes
Henry Schein lists resorbable membranes in the ACE SOUTHERN assortment. The German product description names RCM6 and conFORM as type I collagen membranes and prints resorption windows of up to about 6 months for RCM6 and about 3 to 4 months for conFORM. Use the membrane IFU, not a secondary catalog, for handling.
Surgical instruments
Henry Schein catalog listings attach the ACE Surgical name to items such as trephine burs, site dilators, and bone screws. Those are instruments and hardware, separate from the tissue products, and they need their own sterility and reuse instructions.
Who ACE SOUTHERN suits
This brand fits oral surgery and periodontal practices that already buy grafts and surgical supplies through Henry Schein. The bone grafting guide is the indexable page for comparing graft categories.
Implant motors and periotomes are adjacent purchases, not ACE tissue products. See the implant motor guide and the periotome guide when the tray needs those instruments.
Tissue versus hardware
alloOss and NuOss are graft materials with different origins. Membranes are a barrier product. Screws, tacks, and burs are metal instruments. A socket-preservation plan can need more than one of those categories, and each has its own expiration and storage rule.
The July 2022 release is about combining ACE Surgical and Southern Anesthesia and Surgical. Anesthesia drugs from the Southern Anesthesia side are a pharmacy question. This profile stays on the dental surgical grafts and instruments described on the Schein pages.
How to order
Henry Schein says ACE SOUTHERN products are available through its catalog and online ordering. Ask the Schein representative which SKUs ship from stock and which are tissue products with lot paperwork.
AATB accreditation is claimed on the Schein page for the tissue side of the business. It does not describe a warranty on a metal trephine. Keep the tissue tracking documents with the patient record as your local rules require.
Related Guides
Buying guides that mention this brand.
Questions buyers ask
Is ACE Surgical still an independent company?
The 6 July 2022 release says ACE Surgical and Southern Anesthesia and Surgical, both Henry Schein subsidiaries, began operating as ACE SOUTHERN on 1 August 2022. Current product pages sit on Henry Schein.
What grafts does the brand sell?
The Henry Schein ACE SOUTHERN page names alloOss allograft forms and NuOss xenograft forms, plus resorbable membranes and synthetic particulate. Read the package insert for indications and particle size.
Does AATB accreditation cover every SKU?
Henry Schein says ACE SOUTHERN has American Association of Tissue Banks accreditation in the context of its tissue business. Instruments such as burs are a different product type. Ask Schein which certificate applies to the tissue SKU.
Which guides fit this shelf?
Use the bone grafting guide for graft materials and the periotome guide for a related instrument category.