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Planmeca USA’s United States dental
agreement with industry market research
Henry Schein reports estimate that demand for
helps meet increased dental equipment and products will
need for dental increase by 5% in 2012. In the United
12 products and States, this trend is fueled by favorable
equipment population trends, such as the large
number of people over age
50
As baby boomers age, they are more partners and the dental community with
likely to require repair and restorative the most technologically advanced oral
dental products and services, such health products backed by customer
as crowns, bridges or dentures, and care, education, and field support,” he
implants, than other segments of the said.
population.
With expanding markets comes
Planmeca USA is well-equipped expanding support needs, too. As Henry
to take advantage of this trend, with Schein’s distribution network opens
a leading line of imaging products new sales avenues for products, pressure
that help dentists diagnose and treat a will increase to meet this expanded
full range of oral health problems. To need for support and technical
better ensure that the line of imaging information on these products. To meet
products would reach a wider dental this need, Planmeca USA personnel
market, Planmeca signed an agreement hosts technical trainings in-house and
with Henry Schein, Inc., which is also travels to Henry Schein centers
now a U.S. distributor of its full line to conduct sales training on products.
of dental equipment, software, and Additionally, they have been working
other products. Henry Schein is the closely with a number of Henry Schein
world’s largest provider of health-care publications to communicate about
products and services to office-based Planmeca products to its vast market
dental, medical, and animal health of dentists in North America.
practitioners.
“Planmeca and Henry
This new partnership Schein have a shared
puts Planmeca on firmer commitment to quality and
footing against other customer service, and we are
U.S. imaging companies. pleased to be embarking on a
According to Planmeca new relationship in the U.S.
USA President Bob market,” Pienkowski said.
Pienkowski, “We both view “Henry Schein’s customers
this exciting partnership as rely on the company for
a path toward mutual sales a comprehensive offering
growth. We want to provide of dental equipment and
our innovative products through well- for the latest in advanced technology
trained dealer distribution networks that solutions. We look forward to helping
provide excellent service and support Henry Schein continue to meet its
to our end users and their patients. customers’ needs and to our future
Planmeca strives to provide our dealer mutual success.”
