Here are six updates on dental companies from the last week.
Patterson Companies' sales reached $1.5 billion during the fourth quarter, up 41.6 percent from the same period last year.
The Minnesota Vikings named 3M their Official Science Partner. 3M played a key role in building the U.S. Bank Stadium and will provide the stadium with technology, such as graphic films and a self-cleaning roof, according to Daily Norseman.
Aspen Dental practices have pledged $22,375 to The Oral Cancer Foundation, which launched a program to conduct oral cancer screenings during April. OCF screened more than 4,000 patients across 550 practices. Aspen Dental practices have donated more than $105,000 to OCF in the last six years.
Henry Schein added Joseph L. Herring and Kurt P. Kuehn to its board of directors. Mr. Herring and Mr. Kuehn will serve one-year terms and are replacing Norman S. Matthews and Louis W. Sullivan, MD, who are retiring.
Wall Street analysts project DENTSPLY to post earnings per share of $0.70 for the quarter, according to Stock Tick Tock.
Carestream is leading the global medical laser imager market. Other key vendors include Fujifilm, Agfa and KONICA MINOLTA, as reported in Market Research's "Global Medical Laser Imager Market 2016," according to cHOLLYWOOD.
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