The Rocket Dental founders discussing the CAD design of the RING retractor at the screen
The Rocket Dental founders discussing the CAD design of the RING retractor at the screen

We are dentists. And we developed RING because we need it ourselves every day.

Rocket Dental is a family business. Founded by two dentists across two generations. Owner-led and self-funded. We develop what our customers need, not what investors expect.

You invest in scanners, in CAD/CAM, in premium materials.

You invest in staff and in rooms.

But the most fundamental problem in every procedure, unobstructed access to the treatment field, remains unsolved.

Everything you invest in assumes one thing: you can see.

RING makes sure you can.

Why we
developed RING.

So dentists can work with a clear field and both hands on the patient.

Dentistry is changing. Practices are getting more digital. Workflows are faster. Standards for precision and patient comfort are rising. And more and more treatment rooms are operated solo. The dentist working without constant chairside assistance.

What isn’t changing. Every treatment begins with access to the mouth. Every second spent retracting lips and cheeks is a second less for the treatment itself. Every scan that fails because the cheek blocks the view. Every composite build-up that could be more precise if the field stayed clear one breath longer.

We developed RING because this bottleneck doesn’t have to exist anymore. A clear field for the eye, the scanner and the camera. A field that stays open. Both hands free on the patient.

Dental examination with mirror and probe while the RING retractor holds lips and cheeks back

The people behind RING.

Sebastian Horvath, dentist and co-founder of Rocket Dental, in a shirt with the Rocket Dental logo

Dr. Sebastian Horvath

Co-Founder, Co-Inventor, Co-CEO

Sebastian is a dentist with his own practice in Germany. One of the most digitized practices in the country. His clinical focus is on complex full-mouth rehabilitations where prosthodontics, esthetics, and digital workflows come together.

Board-certified specialist in prosthodontics (DGPro). Adjunct Assistant Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Published author, including in Quintessence of Dental Technology (QDT, 2026) on his practice’s treatment concept.

What drives him. Having the tools that make excellent treatment possible. RING was created because the most important tool was missing. The retractor he wanted to have himself, every day.

Married, two children. Plays golf, skis, most often with his family.

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Domonkos Horvath, co-founder of Rocket Dental, in a shirt with the Rocket Dental logo

Dr. Domonkos Horvath

Co-Founder, Co-Inventor, Co-CEO

Dentist for over 40 years. Inventor of the world’s first flexible, latex-free lip and cheek retractor, today used in over 130 countries with over 100 million clinical applications. Multiple patents in dental product development.

With RING, Domonkos solved the fundamental constraint of his own earlier invention. How to manufacture a three-dimensional ring retractor from a single flat polymer part. Replacing the flexible membrane entirely with flexing struts in the same polymer.

The question wasn’t whether it could be done better. The question was: what would I build differently today, given what dentistry demands now?

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Dr. Dr. André Heeg, strategic advisor to Rocket Dental, in a shirt with the Rocket Dental logo

Dr. Dr. André Heeg

Strategic Advisor

A trained maxillofacial surgeon who moved into strategy consulting. Managing Director and Partner at BCG X, the technology and digital arm of Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s leading strategy consultancies. Previously at Zocdoc, one of the largest digital health platforms in the US.

André ensures that Rocket Dental operates as professionally as a company as RING performs as a product. From the ordering experience to customer service to scaling. His focus is making every touchpoint with Rocket Dental seamless for the customer.

Why this matters. An outstanding product deserves an outstanding company behind it. André brings the structure. So you can rely on the product, and on everything around it.

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From idea to product.

2001

Patent Filed Domonkos Horvath files patents for novel lip and cheek retractors.

2004

Launch of the Original The first latex-free lip and cheek retractor for broad clinical use hits the market.

2005

Second Product Domonkos Horvath develops a complementary product for rubber dam application.

2004-2024

The Global Standard Over 100 million applications. More than 130 countries. A product category that didn't exist before.

2024

The Idea What if we could rethink everything from scratch with what we know today?

2025

Development and Founding RING is developed. Rocket Dental GmbH is founded on 07.11.2025. Two generations, one goal.

2026

Award and Market Launch In the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2026, RING wins a Red Dot and enters the market.

What we believe in.

Honesty over marketing

We don't sell promises. We sell a product we use ourselves every day. If something doesn't work, we say so.

Simplicity over complexity

The best clinical tools are the ones you don't have to think about. RING has one size, one application, one purpose.

Practice over theory

Every decision at Rocket Dental is validated by daily clinical practice. Not in a meeting. At the dental chair.

Ready for
a clear field?

Meet RING.
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