Here are six updates on dental companies from the last week.
On April 7, Aspen Dental is opening a practice in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Raymond Merkler, DMD, will lead the practice.
During a meeting with investors, 3M discussed its five-year strategic plan and reiterated its guidance for 2016. The company expects full-year profits to fall between $8.10 and $8.45 per share, according to Star Tribune.
Henry Schein penned a deal with J. Morita, which gives Henry Schein a 50 percent stake in the company's subsidiary One Piece. J. Morita's One Piece consists of eight dental dealers which serve nearly 6,000 Japanese clinics. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to Innivateli.
Analysts have a quarter earnings per share estimate of $0.60 on DENTSPLY shares. The company had EPS of $0.59 in the same quarter the year prior, according to Riverside Gazette.
Biolase shares fell nearly 8.5 percent in short interest. In March, the total short interest was 3.02 million shares.
Carestream filed a 510 (k) application with the FDA for the clearance of its OnSight 3D Extremity System. The device captures weight-bearing and other patient extremity images through its cone beam CT technology.
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